17 year old legal fight for schoolboy who is now a grown man against the Police finally ends in victory

September 5, 2026 at 9:33 pm

in Crime , Living , Media , Politics , Thailand

Seventeen years after Royal Thai Police arrested the wrong schoolboy, assaulted him and tried to force a confession, Rittirong Chuenjit has won a decisive and final Supreme Court victory. The court ordered police to pay ฿4.38 million and erase his criminal record and fingerprints. His family had pursued more than 50 government agencies, criminal cases and three levels of civil court. Their fight also unfolded alongside Thailand’s later torture law reforms, while Rittirong continued psychiatric treatment from an ordeal that began when he was only 18.

Wrongly arrested and assaulted at 18, Rittirong Chuenjit wins ฿4.38m after a 17-year fight. Supreme Court orders police to erase his criminal record and fingerprints. ( Source: Siam Rath )

For 17 years, the Chuenjit family fought to undo the consequences of police mistaking their son for a thief. Their struggle crossed more than 50 government agencies, criminal proceedings and three levels of civil court.

Ultimately, the family won. The Royal Thai Police must pay ฿4.38 million and erase records created by Rittirong Chuenjit’s wrongful arrest. The outcome showed that determined Thais can secure justice by tenaciously pursuing their legal rights through the courts.

However, the judgment came almost half a lifetime after Rittirong’s ordeal began. The final hearing took place on Monday morning last at the Bangkok South Civil Court. There, the court read the Supreme Court’s decisive judgment in his long-running compensation case.

The Royal Thai Police was ordered to pay Rittirong ฿4.38 million. Notably, police must also remove his criminal record and fingerprints from their database. Those records arose from a robbery he did not commit.

Police arrest wrong schoolboy before violent interrogation leaves a 17-year fight to clear his name

The extraordinary case began on January 28, 2009, when Rittirong was an 18-year-old Mathayom 6 student. Police in Prachinburi were investigating a robbery involving a snatch theft. Rittirong resembled the suspected offender. That resemblance proved enough to place the schoolboy under suspicion. Officers from the Prachinburi Provincial Police Investigation Division arrested him. Yet police had the wrong young man.

During questioning, officers attempted to force Rittirong to confess. According to evidence later presented in court, they handcuffed his hands behind his back. Officers then forced him onto the floor and physically assaulted him. More seriously, they placed a black plastic bag over his head. His breathing was restricted while police pressed him for a confession. He was also threatened during the interrogation.

Rittirong had not committed the offence. Subsequently, police apprehended the real perpetrator and prosecutors proceeded against the actual offender. The robbery case against Rittirong therefore collapsed. However, establishing his innocence did not undo everything that had happened. Police had already arrested, interrogated and fingerprinted him. His details had also entered the criminal records system.

As a result, his father, Somsak Chuenjit, began seeking accountability for what had happened to his son. It became a struggle lasting 17 years. Initially, the family attempted to pursue complaints through official channels. Somsak later said officials refused to accept complaints on three occasions. Even so, the Chuenjits continued approaching government bodies and seeking action against the officers.

Family turns to the courts after failed complaints as police officers face convictions over Rittirong

In time, the matter reached the Office of the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission. That investigation was subsequently dropped because of insufficient evidence. The setback did not end the family’s efforts. Across the entire campaign, the Chuenjits submitted complaints and letters to more than 50 government agencies. Meanwhile, the years of proceedings placed heavy financial and personal pressure on the family.

The prolonged struggle severely affected the family’s economic position and mental well-being. Rittirong also required psychiatric treatment following his ordeal. According to the case information, that treatment continues today. Nevertheless, the family kept pursuing criminal accountability, compensation and removal of his police records.

After more than six years, Rittirong took criminal proceedings directly to court. On June 10, 2015, he filed a case against seven Prachinburi police officers. The proceedings concerned his treatment following the wrongful arrest. Yet the criminal litigation itself required several more years before producing a judgment.

Eventually, Prachinburi Provincial Court convicted police officers in connection with Rittirong’s treatment. The court imposed prison terms of one year and four months. In addition, it imposed fines of ฿8,000. However, the prison sentences were suspended for two years. The convictions established criminal responsibility but did not settle Rittirong’s wider legal battle.

False testimony case fails as Rittirong pursues millions in compensation from the Royal Thai Police

Separately, Rittirong subsequently became a defendant himself. One officer connected with the original case brought proceedings accusing him of false testimony. That case also travelled through Thailand’s courts, adding another legal fight. Ultimately, the Supreme Court dismissed the action against Rittirong.

Meanwhile, Rittirong pursued compensation directly from the Royal Thai Police. He sued under the Act on Tort Liability of State Officials B.E. 2539, or 1996. The case was filed at Bangkok South Civil Court. It carried black case number P949/2560 and red case number P2003/2562.

The civil case then produced three dramatically different outcomes. On June 22, 2022, Bangkok South Civil Court ordered police to pay ฿3.38 million. The damages covered harm to Rittirong’s reputation, health and mental well-being. However, the Court of Appeal later slashed the award to ฿380,000.

The appellate judgment also provided for interest. It set the rate at 7.5% annually through April 10, 2021. From April 11, 2021, the rate became 5%. Consequently, the family decided to take its compensation fight to Thailand’s highest court.

Supreme Court accepts Rittirong’s appeal before raising compensation to ฿4.38 million in final ruling

The Chuenjits rejected the sharp reduction and sought permission to appeal. On April 28, 2026, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Rittirong’s civil appeal. That was a procedural decision allowing the appeal to proceed. It was not the Supreme Court’s final judgment.

The court found that Rittirong’s appeal raised an important issue under Section 249 of the Civil Procedure Code. It stated: “The plaintiff’s appeal raises an important issue that the Supreme Court should decide, in accordance with Section 249 of the Civil Procedure Code. Therefore, permission is granted for the plaintiff to appeal, and the appeal is accepted for consideration.”

The Royal Thai Police was then given an opportunity to respond. Afterwards, the completed case file was returned to the Supreme Court. Four months later, the court reached its final decision.

At 9 am on Monday, August 31, Bangkok South Civil Court convened to read the Supreme Court’s final judgment. Lawyers from the Cross Cultural Foundation attended the proceedings. The ruling brought the 17-year legal battle to its decisive conclusion.

The Supreme Court reversed the drastic reduction imposed by the Court of Appeal. Instead, the Royal Thai Police must pay Rittirong ฿4.38 million. That is ฿4 million above the appellate award. Furthermore, it exceeds the original civil court judgment by ฿1 million.

Supreme Court orders Rittirong’s police records erased after 17 years of litigation over wrongful arrest

Crucially, the final ruling went beyond financial compensation. The Supreme Court ordered Rittirong’s criminal record removed from the criminal records database. His fingerprints must also be erased. Those entries had remained despite police subsequently apprehending the real offender.

The civil chronology is therefore clear. Bangkok South Civil Court first awarded ฿3.38 million in June 2022. The Court of Appeal later reduced that figure to ฿380,000 plus interest. In April 2026, the Supreme Court accepted Rittirong’s appeal for consideration. Finally, on August 31, it awarded ฿4.38 million and ordered his police records erased.

Behind that legal chronology stood the events of January 2009. An 18-year-old schoolboy was arrested because he resembled a suspected thief. Afterwards, officers attempted to extract a confession from him. He was handcuffed behind his back, forced onto the floor and physically assaulted. A black plastic bag was also placed over his head.

Police later apprehended the real offender. Yet that discovery marked the beginning of another struggle for the Chuenjit family. The robbery accusation disappeared, but the consequences of Rittirong’s arrest did not. His family then sought action against the officers, financial compensation and removal of his police records.

Police liability and torture law reforms follow years of complaints, criminal cases and civil litigation

The first route involved government agencies and official complaints. More than 50 agencies eventually received approaches from the family. One investigation reached the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission but was subsequently dropped. The family then increasingly turned to direct litigation.

That litigation produced results on several fronts. The criminal case against the police officers produced convictions. Another case forced Rittirong to defend himself against accusations of false testimony. The Supreme Court ultimately dismissed that action against him.

At the same time, the civil proceedings established financial liability against the Royal Thai Police. However, the size of the compensation remained contested until Monday. The Supreme Court has now fixed it at ฿4.38 million and ordered Rittirong’s records erased.

The case also ran alongside major changes to Thailand’s laws covering torture and enforced disappearance. Rittirong’s experience became a case study during efforts to secure dedicated legislation. Thailand subsequently enacted the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act B.E. 2565, or 2022. The legislation came into force in 2023.

Under that legislation, torture, cruel or inhumane treatment and enforced disappearance are specifically addressed. In addition, it establishes criminal responsibility for officials covered by its provisions. The law also addresses superior responsibility where negligence permits covered violations in specified circumstances.

Rittirong spends almost half his life fighting the consequences of police arresting the wrong schoolboy

Rittirong’s ordeal, however, began 14 years before that legislation took effect. His arrest occurred in January 2009. Consequently, his family pursued the available complaint mechanisms and ordinary court system. That process ultimately consumed 17 years.

By Monday’s final hearing, Rittirong had spent almost half his life dealing with the consequences. He entered the case as an 18-year-old secondary-school student. Meanwhile, his father spent years pursuing government agencies, investigators and courts on his behalf.

The family encountered rejected complaints and an abandoned anti-corruption investigation. It also faced criminal and civil litigation stretching across years. Even after police found the real offender, its struggle continued. Likewise, a criminal conviction did not resolve the separate compensation fight.

The case ultimately returned to the mistake which started everything. In January 2009, police believed Rittirong Chuenjit was a robber because he resembled the suspect. They were wrong. Before that mistake was corrected, officers used violence while attempting to obtain a confession.

Family’s 17-year fight ends with ฿4.38 million award and order to erase Rittirong’s police records

Police subsequently apprehended the real perpetrator. However, clearing Rittirong of the robbery accusation proved only the first part of his family’s fight. The Chuenjits then spent 17 years pursuing accountability, compensation and correction of his police records.

During that struggle, they approached more than 50 government agencies. Rittirong pursued criminal proceedings against police officers and fought a separate false-testimony case. In parallel, his compensation claim travelled through all three levels of Thailand’s civil court system.

On Monday morning last, that long legal battle finally reached its conclusion. The Supreme Court ordered the Royal Thai Police to pay Rittirong Chuenjit ฿4.38 million. It also ordered police to erase his criminal record and fingerprints.

Seventeen years after police arrested the wrong schoolboy, the official records created by that mistake must finally be removed.

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Joseph Anthony is an expat from Ireland who has lived in Thailand for the last decade. He has worked extensively in the media including editorial positions in Ireland and Thailand. He is focused on economic and business stories in Thailand as well as the expat lifestyle.

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17年前，泰国皇家警察错误地逮捕了一名学生，并对其进行殴打和强迫认罪。如今，里提隆·春吉（Rittirong Chuenjit）终于在最高法院赢得了一场决定性的最终胜利。法院判令警方赔偿438万泰铢，并清除他的犯罪记录和指纹。他的家人为此奔走于50多个政府机构，提起刑事诉讼，并先后在三级民事法院进行审理。他们的抗争也与泰国后来的酷刑法改革同步进行。与此同时，里提隆仍在接受精神治疗，以应对这场始于他18岁时的磨难。

18岁时遭错误逮捕和殴打的里蒂隆·楚恩吉特（Rittirong Chuenjit）经过17年的抗争，最终获得438万泰铢的赔偿。最高法院责令警方清除其犯罪记录和指纹。（来源：暹罗快讯）

17年来，楚恩吉特一家为了消除警方误将他们的儿子当成小偷所带来的后果，进行了漫长的斗争。他们的斗争涉及50多个政府机构、刑事诉讼和三级民事法庭。

最终，家属胜诉。泰国皇家警察必须支付438万泰铢的赔偿金，并删除因错误逮捕里提隆·春吉而产生的记录。这一结果表明，只要泰国人意志坚定，坚持不懈地通过法律途径维护自身权益，就能获得正义。

然而，判决结果几乎在里蒂隆的苦难开始半辈子之后才姗姗来迟。最终庭审于上周一上午在曼谷南部民事法庭举行。庭上，法庭宣读了最高法院对其旷日持久的赔偿案的最终判决。

泰国皇家警察被责令向里蒂隆支付438万泰铢的赔偿金。值得注意的是，警方还必须从数据库中删除他的犯罪记录和指纹信息。这些记录源于一起他并未犯下的抢劫案。

警方逮捕了错误的男学生，随后对其进行暴力审讯，导致他长达17年为洗清罪名而抗争。

这起非同寻常的案件始于2009年1月28日，当时18岁的里蒂隆是六年级（Mathayom 6）的学生。巴真府警方正在调查一起抢劫案。里蒂隆与嫌疑犯长相酷似。正是这种相似性使这名学生成为嫌疑人。巴真府警察调查科的警员逮捕了他。然而，警方抓错了人。

在审讯过程中，警员试图逼迫里蒂隆认罪。根据后来在法庭上出示的证据，他们将他的双手反铐在背后，然后强行将他按倒在地并对他进行殴打。更严重的是，他们还用黑色塑料袋套住了他的头。在警方逼迫他认罪的过程中，他的呼吸受到限制。审讯期间，他还受到了威胁。

里蒂隆并未犯下此罪。随后，警方抓获了真正的罪犯，检察官也对真正的罪犯提起了诉讼。因此，针对里蒂隆的抢劫案就此撤销。然而，证明他的清白并不能抹去已经发生的一切。警方此前已经逮捕了他，对他进行了审讯并采集了指纹。他的个人信息也已录入犯罪记录系统。

因此，他的父亲颂萨·楚恩吉特开始为儿子的遭遇寻求责任。这场斗争持续了17年。起初，楚恩吉特一家试图通过官方渠道投诉。颂萨后来表示，官员们曾三次拒绝受理他们的投诉。即便如此，楚恩吉特一家仍然坚持不懈地与政府机构接触，要求对涉事官员采取行动。

在多次投诉失败后，家属诉诸法庭，而涉嫌里蒂隆事件的警官们则面临定罪。

最终，此事上报至公共部门反腐败委员会。但由于证据不足，该调查随后被撤销。然而，这一挫折并未阻止楚恩吉特一家的努力。在整个维权过程中，楚恩吉特一家向超过50个政府机构提交了投诉信和申诉信。与此同时，多年的诉讼程序也给楚恩吉特一家带来了沉重的经济和精神压力。

这场旷日持久的斗争严重影响了里蒂隆一家的经济状况和精神健康。里蒂隆本人也因这场磨难需要接受精神治疗。据案件资料显示，他至今仍在接受治疗。尽管如此，里蒂隆的家人仍然坚持追究其刑事责任，要求赔偿并消除其犯罪记录。

六年多后，里蒂隆直接提起刑事诉讼。2015年6月10日，他对七名巴真府警官提起诉讼。诉讼内容涉及他被错误逮捕后所受到的待遇。然而，刑事诉讼本身还需要数年时间才能作出判决。

最终，巴真府法院对与里蒂隆遭受虐待有关的警官作出有罪判决。法院判处他们一年零四个月监禁，并处罚金8000泰铢。然而，监禁缓刑两年执行。这些判决确立了涉案警官的刑事责任，但并未解决里蒂隆更广泛的法律纠纷。

伪证案败诉，Rittirong 向泰国皇家警察索赔数百万泰铢

此外，里蒂隆后来也成为了被告。一名与原案有关的警官提起诉讼，指控他作伪证。此案也在泰国法院审理，使里蒂隆陷入了另一场法律纠纷。最终，最高法院驳回了对里蒂隆的诉讼。

与此同时，里提隆直接向泰国皇家警察寻求赔偿。他依据《国家官员侵权责任法》（佛历2539年，即公元1996年）提起诉讼。该案在曼谷南区民事法院立案，案号分别为P949/2560（黑色）和P2003/2562（红色）。

这起民事案件随后产生了三种截然不同的结果。2022年6月22日，曼谷南部民事法院判决警方赔偿338万泰铢，赔偿范围包括对里蒂隆名誉、健康和精神损害的赔偿。然而，上诉法院后来将赔偿金额削减至38万泰铢。

上诉判决还规定了利息问题。判决将年利率设定为7.5%，直至2021年4月10日。自2021年4月11日起，利率降至5%。因此，该家庭决定将赔偿诉讼上诉至泰国最高法院。

最高法院接受了里蒂隆的上诉，并在最终裁决中将赔偿金额提高至438万泰铢。

楚恩吉特家族拒绝接受大幅减薪，并申请上诉。2026年4月28日，最高法院同意受理里蒂隆的民事上诉。这是一项程序性决定，允许上诉程序继续进行，并非最高法院的最终判决。

法院认定，里蒂隆的上诉提出了《民事诉讼法》第249条规定的重要问题。法院指出：“原告的上诉提出了一个最高法院应当依据《民事诉讼法》第249条作出裁决的重要问题。因此，准许原告提起上诉，并受理该上诉。”

随后，泰国皇家警察有机会作出回应。之后，案件卷宗被送回最高法院。四个月后，法院作出最终判决。

8月31日星期一上午9点​​，曼谷南部民事法庭开庭宣读最高法院的最终判决。跨文化基金会的律师出席了庭审。该判决为这场持续17年的法律诉讼画上了句号。

最高法院推翻了上诉法院大幅减免赔偿金的判决。皇家泰国警察必须向里蒂隆支付438万泰铢，比上诉法院的判决金额高出400万泰铢，也比原民事法院的判决金额高出100万泰铢。

最高法院下令删除里蒂隆的警方记录，此前他因错误逮捕一事已提起诉讼长达17年。

至关重要的是，最终裁决不仅限于经济赔偿。最高法院下令将里蒂隆的犯罪记录从犯罪记录数据库中删除，并清除他的指纹。尽管警方随后抓获了真正的罪犯，但这些记录仍然保留了下来。

因此，民事诉讼的时间线很清晰。曼谷南部民事法院于2022年6月首次判决赔偿338万泰铢。上诉法院随后将该金额减至38万泰铢，另加利息。2026年4月，最高法院受理了里提隆的上诉。最终，最高法院于8月31日判决赔偿438万泰铢，并下令清除其警方记录。

在这一法律事件的背后，是2009年1月发生的一系列事件。一名18岁的中学生因长相酷似一名窃贼而被捕。随后，警方试图逼迫他认罪。他被反铐双手，按倒在地，并遭到殴打。他的头上还被套上了一个黑色塑料袋。

警方后来抓获了真正的罪犯。然而，这一发现却标志着楚恩吉特一家又一场斗争的开始。抢劫指控虽然消失了，但里蒂隆被捕的后果却并未消失。他的家人随后寻求对涉事警员提起诉讼，要求经济赔偿并清除他的犯罪记录。

警方责任和酷刑法律改革是在多年的投诉、刑事案件和民事诉讼之后进行的。

第一条途径是向政府机构和官方机构投诉。最终，超过50个机构收到了家属的求助。其中一项调查甚至提交到了公共部门反腐败委员会，但随后被撤销。之后，家属逐渐转向直接诉讼。

那场诉讼在多个方面都取得了成果。针对警官的刑事案件最终定罪。另一起案件迫使里蒂隆为自己辩护，否认作伪证的指控。最高法院最终驳回了对他的这项指控。

与此同时，民事诉讼认定泰国皇家警察负有经济责任。然而，赔偿金额一直存在争议，直到周一才最终确定。最高法院现已将赔偿金额定为438万泰铢，并下令删除里蒂隆的犯罪记录。

此案发生之际，泰国有关酷刑和强迫失踪的法律也进行了重大修订。里蒂隆的遭遇成为推动相关立法进程中的一个案例研究。随后，泰国颁布了《防止和制止酷刑和强迫失踪法》（佛历2565年，即公元2022年），并于2023年生效。

该法案明确规定了酷刑、残忍或不人道待遇以及强迫失踪等行为。此外，该法案还规定了受其条款约束的官员的刑事责任。该法案还规定了在特定情况下，如果过失导致违法行为发生，则相关官员应承担上级责任。

里蒂隆几乎半生都在与警方逮​​捕错误学生的后果作斗争。

然而，里蒂隆的苦难早在该法案生效前14年就开始了。他于2009年1月被捕。随后，他的家人诉诸于现有的申诉机制和普通法院系统。这一过程最终耗时17年。

截至周一的最终听证会，里蒂隆已用了近半生的时间来应对这起案件的后果。他18岁时还是一名中学生，案件就此展开。与此同时，他的父亲多年来一直代表他奔走于政府机构、调查人员和法院之间。

该家庭遭遇了投诉被驳回和反腐调查被中止的困境，还面临着旷日持久的刑事和民事诉讼。即使警方找到了真正的罪犯，他们的斗争也仍在继续。同样，刑事定罪也未能解决单独的赔偿纠纷。

案件最终又回到了最初的错误。2009年1月，警方误以为里蒂隆·楚恩吉特是劫匪，因为他长相酷似嫌疑人。他们的判断是错误的。在纠正这一错误之前，警员在试图获取其供词的过程中使用了暴力。

经过17年的抗争，家属最终获得438万泰铢的赔偿，并被勒令清除里蒂隆的警方记录。

警方随后抓获了真正的罪犯。然而，洗清里蒂隆的抢劫罪名仅仅是他家人抗争的开始。此后17年间，楚恩吉特一家一直在追究里蒂隆的责任，寻求赔偿，并纠正他的犯罪记录。

在那段斗争过程中，他们联系了超过50个政府机构。里蒂隆对涉事警官提起刑事诉讼，并就一起伪证案进行了辩护。与此同时，他的赔偿请求也走完了泰国民事法院系统的所有三个层级。

上周一上午，这场漫长的法律诉讼终于落下帷幕。最高法院判令泰国皇家警察向里提隆·春吉支付438万泰铢的赔偿金，并责令警方清除他的犯罪记录和指纹。

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