Thailand police chief faces charges for helping Red Bull heir flee after crash [Video]

• Prosecutors in Thailand announced indictments against a former national police chief for impeding legal action against Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya.
• Yoovidhya is accused of a 2012 hit-and-run crash that killed a Bangkok police officer.
• He allegedly drove a Ferrari that hit the officer’s motorcycle, resulting in the officer’s death, before fleeing to his family’s luxury compound.

Prosecutors in Thailand announced Tuesday they will indict a former national police chief on charges of impeding legal action against an heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune who was accused of killing a Bangkok police officer in a 2012 hit-and-run.

Several government officials and police officers have been accused of a conspiracy to help Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya escape justice by fleeing abroad in a case widely held up as an example of how the rich and well-connected enjoy impunity in Thailand.

Vorayuth is the grandson of Chaleo Yoovidhya, one of the creators of …