webfact Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Chonburi motorcycle taxi rider has a secret - he is a police colonel Picture: Thai Rath If you take a ride with motorcycle taxi rider Number 16 at a rank in Chonburi you are being driven around by a senior policeman. "Lung Oot" is really Pol Col Theerasak Phopsila. The rank of colonel is normally associated with station chiefs but Theerasak is humble, honest, hardworking and proud of providing for his family. Thai Rath interviewed him yesterday outside the Region 2 Police Training Academy in Chonburi where there is a bike rank. Theerasak said he qualified as a new cop from the academy in 1976. Since then he has worked his way up the ranks from a new recruit to a corporal, a sub-lieutenant, a lieutenant colonel and now full colonel. He got the last promotion after he applied for early retirement though he is still attached to the Don Hua Lor station in an advisory capacity. He said that around 20 years ago he was stuck on the rank of corporal and had a wife and three kids to feed. He decided that the best way to provide for his family was to start earning extra cash in his free time as a motorcycle taxi rider. His wife - Jae-kung agreed. In fact she even became a rider too to make ends meet. "Even though I am a police colonel these days does not mean I will stop providing for my family," he said. "Some people may think it strange that someone of my rank is doing this but I don't think so. They can look down on me as much as they like - I don't care". He said that he even does other jobs like act as a security worker at an ice factory and a gold shop in his spare time. "When they found out I was a top policeman they balked at giving me a job", he said. "But when I explained that my motive was to provide for my family they gave me the jobs". He added that he is proud of being a hard working man and helping to raise his family with his wife. Source: Thai Rath -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-08-22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atyclb Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 good for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tradewind777 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Great example of a hard working cop that makes extra money from work rather than graft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mehrdad Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ks45672 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 12 minutes ago, mehrdad said: ??? Security at an ice factory lol Did he forget ice is illegal? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Andersen Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 now everyone knows a real honest police officer can't get a decent salary and need extra job for proving a decent life for his family that is why police is so corrupt shame on you Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulic Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Full respect to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Media1 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Honest Thai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattayadgw Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Can't take anything away from a hard working Thai man especially when most want to sit around and wait till the mrs comes home with money to pay for booze +++ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Troll post removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryPattaya Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Good Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinnock Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 All credit to him for finding an honest way to earn enough cash to look after his family - and it does show why so many of his colleagues rely on "on-the-spot-fines" to supplement their incomes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whaleboneman Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Promote him to head of Thai Police now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 He should sit in Pattaya taxis and arrest them for failure to obey the laws of the land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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