インターポール、ひき逃げ事件のレッドブル創業者孫を国際手配

【バンコクＡＦＰ＝時事】タイでひき逃げ事件を起こし、国外に逃亡したエナジードリンク大手「レッドブル」の共同創業者の孫に対し、国際刑事警察機構（インターポール、ICPO）は「レッド・ノーティス」と呼ばれる手配書を出した。警察が4日、明らかにした。（写真は資料写真）
　ウォラユット・ユーウィッタヤー被告（３８）は２０１２年、首都バンコクで高級車のフェラーリを運転中に警察官をひき逃げし、死亡させたとみられていた。しかし７月、ウォラユット被告の訴追が取り下げられ一般市民の激しい怒りを招いたことから、複数の政府機関が捜査に乗り出し、タイ検事当局は先月、ウォラユット被告を危険運転致死罪と薬物使用の罪で新たに起訴していた。
　タイ国家警察は４日、インターポールの手配の中で最も緊急性の高いレッド・ノーティスが今週出されたことを明らかにし、「１９４の加盟国に支援を要請した」とＡＦＰに語った。
　ウォラユット被告は２０１７年、プライベートジェット機で国外に逃亡した。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2020/10/05-13:11）

Interpol has issued a red notice to arrest the fugitive Thai heir to the Red Bull billions for his role in a fatal hit-and-run, police said Sunday.
The move by the international police organisation is the latest in the years-long saga surrounding Vorayuth Boss Yoovidhya who crashed his Ferrari in 2012, killing a police officer.
The charges against Vorayuth, who is the grandson of Red Bull's co-founder, were dropped in July -- sparking public outrage from Thais who saw it as an example of impunity enjoyed by the kingdom's elite.
It spurred probes by various government agencies, including the Attorney General's Office which last month announced fresh charges against Vorayuth of reckless driving causing death and cocaine use.
National Police spokesman Colonel Krissana Pattanacharoen confirmed Sunday a red notice -- Interpol's most urgent alert -- was issued earlier this week.
After we received the confirmation, we then passed our request to 194 member countries asking for assistance from them, he told AFP.
We have to do whatever it takes to... ultimately bring him back to the country because it is a serious crime.
A red notice for Vorayuth had not been published on the Interpol website as of Sunday afternoon.
The fugitive heir fled the country back in 2017 on a private jet.
After charges against him were dropped in July, a probe conducted by Premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha's office concluded the entire investigation had been compromised.
The public outcry over Vorayuth came at a particularly tense period for the government, coinciding with near-daily protests across Thailand led by pro-democracy student leaders calling for Prayut's resignation.
Protesters have carried cardboard cut-outs of Red Bull's logo to symbolise their anger at the military-aligned government, which enjoys close alliances with the kingdom's billionaire families.
The clan of Red Bull co-founder Chaleo Yoovidhya is Thailand's second richest, boasting a fortune estimated at $20.2 billion according to Forbes.