Affirming that police would ensure justice to all sides and was gathering evidence and interviewing all related parties, Sanit said the investigating team would conclude the case next week. Admitting there were a limited number of investigators at each precinct hence some investigators had to handle nearly 100 cases each instead of the regulation-stated standard of one investigator with a maximum of 70 cases, Sanit said. Some lower-ranking investigators might feel uneasy and nervous if the case reports weren’t complete, he said

He said supervisors should check and provide advice when problems arise, so Sanit would discuss this further with related units of the bureau.

Stress stemmed working on the 204 car-seizure case allegedly led to a Thung Song Hong policeman Pol Captain Thawee Meunrak’s suicide last week – for which the Metropolitan Police Area 2 earlier had launched a fact-finding probe to determine if that suspicion were true.