Political meddling in the baby leopard, panther, and bear smuggling case

CIB fears political meddling in animal smuggling case – Bangkok Post, May 19, 2011
…Kittipong Khawsamang, deputy chief of the CIB’s natural resources and environmental crime suppression division, said his agency resolved to take over the case after Racha Thewa police told him “that a politician has pressured them to return the passport to the suspect”. An initial investigation had found the suspect was an alleged member of a huge wildlife trafficking ring with links to an international crime network…