Three suspects bearing the now-commoner Akharaphongpricha surname are in police custody, according to a police spokesman. The three are among 17 people arrested so far in connection with Pongpat’s alleged corruption and bribery network . The two others were also arrested. According to a Thai business source, as many as 30 to 40 people, most of them policemen in effect appointed to the force at Vajiralongkorn’s behest, will be cashiered. As many as 50 law enforcement officials’ names are said to appear on a bribe payment record seized from a businessman connected with the oil-smuggling ring.