I really don't know where this case is headed. I have been here on and off for a total of 30 to 40 years.
I don't know any police officers personally but have interacted with a few. I have never felt threatened by the ones I have dealt with. This maybe because I have lived a sheltered life here. I just look at it as there are good and bad apples in law enforcement throughout the world.
Of course I read the news about the corruption here and just put it down to the low wages paid to the average Thai worker. What riles me is the blatant thievery of officialdom from fellow Thais who have to deal with these corrupt people. As somebody else said the average Thai knows it goes on and accepts it as part of the country's culture. UNTIL a political party is elected that has
THE PEOPLE foremost in mind it will never change.