The Royal Thai Police (RTP) is deleting criminal investigation records of anyone who has faced legal charges but later been cleared of the offences, according to Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn, assistant chief of the national police.
The new policy is intended to do away with the burden of people having to formally request the files be deleted themselves, he said.
Despite the case being closed, the records of investigations remain in the Criminal Records Division's (CRD) filing system.
