Ex-Cop Denies Links to Crime Suspect 'Ai Prong'

A former investigator from Huay Yai Police Station, identified by the initial 'S', has publicly denied allegations that he ordered or protected crime suspect 'Ai Prong'. He confirmed knowing Prong from multiple arrests over the years but stressed he was never involved in illegal activities or drug-related matters.

Online rumors have circulated claiming the ex-officer once supervised Prong and allegedly ordered collection of funds and facilitated drug trafficking. On August 4, 2025, a reporter visited a residence in Bang Lamung District, Chonburi, to interview Pol. Lt. Col. Kesorn, the retired Huay Yai investigator known as "Dap Sor". Kesorn, now 72, retired from the force 12 years ago after previously serving at Bang Lamung Station.

Kesorn firmly denied ever being Prong's superior or ordering illegal acts. He stated that during his career he arrested Prong three to four times for theft, drugs, sexual assault, and assault. "When he was young he was a troublemaker, but not as brutal as he is now," Kesorn said, adding that Prong never negotiated and always accepted jail time.

Kesorn revealed that Prong feared him and had been warned multiple times to reform. "I told him many times to become a better person. Why do you treat prison like home? Stop it," Kesorn recalled saying. He firmly restated before media: "I was never his boss. I never ordered him to do anything. I despised him."

Kesorn acknowledged he expected social scrutiny due to his work in narcotics investigations, but insisted that if other officers were involved with Prong, it was their agency's responsibility to investigate, not his. He emphasized that after his arrests of Prong, the two had no personal contact or relationship, meeting only as suspect and police officer. Kesorn described Prong's recent crimes as brutal and far beyond anything he had anticipated.