An assistant film director, whose name is being withheld, is currently in police custody on charges of committing an indecent act on a male aged under 18.

The suspect was arrested by officials of the Department of Special Investigation and police from Bang Bua Thong district in Nonthaburi in front of a film studio on Kaset-Nawamin Road, after the Nonthaburi Provincial Court issued a warrant on Sunday.

Pol Col Worranan Srilum, director of the Special Cases Division and spokesman for the DSI, said that forensics officers have thoroughly checked the suspect’s vehicle for traces of semen, to substantiate the charges against him.