Ferrari Jo case: Squabbles among money hungry bent cops after pandemic cut traditional bribery streams, says Chuvit

[webfact]

Picture: Naew Na

 

It was only a matter of time before one of Thailand's most outspoken characters commented on the case of "Ferrari Jo" or ex cop Thitisan Uthanaphon who now faces a murder charge in the death of a drug suspect in custody in Muang district police station in Nakhon Sawan. 

 

Former politician, nightclub owner and TV celebrity and presenter Chuvit Kamolvisit let rip with a no holds barred attack on Royal Thai Police corruption on Facebook "live".

 

He said that he had sympathy for the underlings in the case who also find themselves charged with murder for he believes that they have been caught up in squabbles at the police station over who gets what slice of the "tea money" pie.

 

The video that was apparently leaked was all about the struggle for bribes and money.

 

He called a place like Nakhon Sawan a "Golden District" for bribes but the cops there had had to go without their usual revenue streams from prostitution (he called it 'entertainment', a standard Thai euphemism, notes ASEAN NOW) and gambling.

 

These had been obliterated by the pandemic closures and crackdowns meaning fights over money among the police. In addition those higher up the corruption food chain needed feeding too.

 

He said that the plastic bag over the head routine was clearly still going on to extort money even in a major police station in the heart of a city like Muang district Nakhon Sawan. 

 

If no one had seen the video then the police would have got away with "yes he died from drugs or a heart attack".

 

The truth was this was murder and extortion. 

 

ASEAN NOW notes that both chief Jo and all the officers involved have not denied the incident took place but have denied it involved extortion. Jo said he was trying to get information about drugs and was acting in the public interest to protect children from the drug menace.

 

Chuvit continued saying that some police enter the force with altruism and ideals but it is soon all about the money, reported Naew Na. 

 

He said that Thitisan would have just continued making more cash if this hadn't come to light. He described him as a person who looks the part, knows how to behave around his superiors and among the celebrity set.

 

Only now is his great wealth and past catching up with him with more investigation as questions are asked about where else there is wrong doing in his activities.

 

Chuvit was in no doubt - this kind of thing continues to go on and has happened many, many times before. 

 

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[grandpa]

It needs more people like him to speak out and tell us the truth, but most people are too frightened to speak out for fear of reprisals in this hot bed of lies and corruption from the very top down!!!

[Hayduke]

14 minutes ago, webfact said:

Jo said he was trying to get information about drugs and was acting in the public interest to protect children from the drug menace.

 

See?....it's all a misunderstanding.....he was just protecting the children.

 

 

[puck2]

No Western journalist could make a better report with all these conlusions than Chuvit. Congratulation, Mr. Chuvit.

 

He would be the best Police Chief of Thailand, but some powers would be against him. Maybe he is already too old for such a police job.

 

[Eric Loh]

3 minutes ago, grandpa said:

It needs more people like him to speak out and tell us the truth, but most people are too frightened to speak out for fear of reprisals in this hot bed of lies and corruption from the very top down!!!

He has been outspoken on police corruption for the last 20 years since he gave up his life as a major massage parlour tycoon. He created a no nonsense graft busting persona for himself and fearless whistleblower exposing police corruption like the gambling dens which were protected by the police. Did resulted in few senior Bangkok police officers transferred to inactive posts and that’s about it. No police reform and corruption still rampant. Police corruption is deeply rooted in Thailand and will be for the unseeable future unfortunately. 

[Mr Meeseeks]

3 minutes ago, Hayduke said:

 

See?....it's all a misunderstanding.....he was just protecting the children.

 

 

Sickening and repulsive lies from an inadequate little coward.

[Mr Meeseeks]

3 minutes ago, puck2 said:

No Western journalist could make a better report with all these conlusions than Chuvit. Congratulation, Mr. Chuvit.

 

He would be the best Police Chief of Thailand, but some powers would be against him. Maybe he is already too old for such a police job.

 

The top Police were all on his payroll at one time or another and they have tried to assassinate him before, and targeted his businesses. Remember the grenade attack on Chuvit's hotel on Sukhumvit Soi 24?

[KhaoNiaw]

Another interesting article in Thisrupt. Apparently 2011-17, Joe Ferrari confiscated over 300 smuggled luxury cars. Auctioned off, they totalled around 1 billion baht. 25% goes to the arresting officers and 30% to any informants. So Joe has made big money and, of course, he's the one smuggling the cars in himself. Presumably, organizing informants as well you'd guess. Sharing out the appropriate cuts to his superiors etc. and everyone's happy. 

https://thisrupt.co/current-affairs/nausea-and-corruption-in-siam-land/ 

[tomacht8]

11 minutes ago, KhaoNiaw said:

Another interesting article in Thisrupt. Apparently 2011-17, Joe Ferrari confiscated over 300 smuggled luxury cars. Auctioned off, they totalled around 1 billion baht. 25% goes to the arresting officers and 30% to any informants. So Joe has made big money and, of course, he's the one smuggling the cars in himself. Presumably, organizing informants as well you'd guess. Sharing out the appropriate cuts to his superiors etc. and everyone's happy. 

https://thisrupt.co/current-affairs/nausea-and-corruption-in-siam-land/ 

https://aseannow.com/topic/757769-hundreds-of-supercars-missing-thai-customs/

 

From 2014.

Must be a good way to make money then. "Lose" over 500 super cars. How could over 500 luxury cars disappear under customs locks? Has not been clarified until today. In contrast then, David Copperfield is an amateur.

[samtam]

9 minutes ago, KhaoNiaw said:

Another interesting article in Thisrupt. Apparently 2011-17, Joe Ferrari confiscated over 300 smuggled luxury cars. Auctioned off, they totalled around 1 billion baht. 25% goes to the arresting officers and 30% to any informants. So Joe has made big money and, of course, he's the one smuggling the cars in himself. Presumably, organizing informants as well you'd guess. Sharing out the appropriate cuts to his superiors etc. and everyone's happy. 

https://thisrupt.co/current-affairs/nausea-and-corruption-in-siam-land/ 

Yes, this aspect of the case is very illuminating. It grants a huge incentive to make a bit on the side. In "Jo's" case maybe up to THB300m. This bounty hunter scheme is an obscenity. Anyway, it's the way it is here, and ever more shall be. Exposure of the case is shocking and sickening, even when we know this is how things roll in Thailand. But Jo is just the tip of the iceberg, and without the CCTV footage he would still be fully operational. Without him, the "system" is still fully operational. The next in line for this post is champing at the bit.

[tracker1]

I would love to hear the private conversations and with whom prior to handing himself in !

[chuang]

It seem he is going to be let off lightly...Police and Customs are singing his tune....

[robblok]

1 minute ago, chuang said:

It seem he is going to be let off lightly...Police and Customs are singing his tune....

I doubt he will be let off lightly, perhaps he could keep his money as that is what they are saying the rest of his money is legal. (hard to believe). But I doubt he will escape punishment for torture leading to death. 

 

I mean the excuse of I did not want him to see my face. Everyone knows that putting a plastic bag on someone's head will kill them eventually. 

 

Lets hope im right and your wrong but then again he has a lot of money expensive lawyer and maybe can bribe the courts.

[thaibeachlovers]

When ( if ) Thailand opens up to tourists a problem may emerge as police attempt to make up for lost "income" during corona lockdowns.

IMO it might be worth waiting a while for things to settle down before holidaying there again.

[Antonymous]

54 minutes ago, KhaoNiaw said:

Another interesting article in Thisrupt. Apparently 2011-17, Joe Ferrari confiscated over 300 smuggled luxury cars. Auctioned off, they totalled around 1 billion baht. 25% goes to the arresting officers and 30% to any informants. So Joe has made big money and, of course, he's the one smuggling the cars in himself. Presumably, organizing informants as well you'd guess. Sharing out the appropriate cuts to his superiors etc. and everyone's happy. 

https://thisrupt.co/current-affairs/nausea-and-corruption-in-siam-land/ 

So that's where Voranai went. I always enjoyed his take on current affairs when he was at the BP. Thanks for the link.

[samtam]

1 hour ago, chuang said:

It seem he is going to be let off lightly...Police and Customs are singing his tune....

Promoted probably for his concern for the welfare of Thailand's children, and his Herculean efforts to eradicate drugs from them, and the population in general.

[candide]

He obviously did not do that without others, and without money going up the chain. Therefore knows too much. I would not be surprised  if a covid-19 death could be over-counted, for a change.

Edited August 27, 2021 by candide

[brucegoniners]

This guy should be PM. He's one of the few truth tellers in the country with a platform.

[jacko45k]

1 hour ago, robblok said:

I mean the excuse of I did not want him to see my face. Everyone knows that putting a plastic bag on someone's head will kill them eventually. 

Perhaps Joe could have worn a Covid mask rather than suffocating the guy.

[mtls2005]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

but have denied it involved extortion.

Which brings to mind the famous line from Animal House, from Mayor Carmine DePasto to Dean Wormer....

 

 

"So, if you mention extortion one more time I'll have your legs broken.

 

 

[DaveSamutP]

3 hours ago, puck2 said:

No Western journalist could make a better report with all these conlusions than Chuvit. Congratulation, Mr. Chuvit.

 

He would be the best Police Chief of Thailand, but some powers would be against him. Maybe he is already too old for such a police job.

 

I think you'd ultimately find that he too is utterly corrupt.

 

The difference is merely that the target of his critique is not in his clan.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

He called a place like Nakhon Sawan a "Golden District" for bribes but the cops there had had to go without their usual revenue streams from prostitution (he called it 'entertainment', a standard Thai euphemism, notes ASEAN NOW) and gambling.

 

These had been obliterated by the pandemic closures and crackdowns meaning fights over money among the police. In addition those higher up the corruption food chain needed feeding too.

And that's the truth, and Prayut has done nothing to change it... that's another truth.

[Sydebolle]

They cooked a deal already ....... trust me on this! Sitting in Myawaddy (Burma/Myanmar) and getting arrested over there by who, which authority and how to cross back into the Land of plastic bags and haven for active police officers making 43K a month resulting in 60 million Baht mansions and a fleet of cars worth a nine digits number. 

[natway09]

Believe me, Chuwit would know, he must have paid them millions when his businesses

really at their prime & I helped a little.

With all the girlie bars closed most Heads of Police Stations will be hurting.

Patong & Lumpini I am told took about 30mil each a month  when everything fully operational

[Deli]

He knows too much, will be cremated soon.

[david555]

8 hours ago, robblok said:

I doubt he will be let off lightly, perhaps he could keep his money as that is what they are saying the rest of his money is legal. (hard to believe). But I doubt he will escape punishment for torture leading to death. 

 

I mean the excuse of I did not want him to see my face. Everyone knows that putting a plastic bag on someone's head will kill them eventually. 

 

Lets hope im right and your wrong but then again he has a lot of money expensive lawyer and maybe can bribe the courts.

Could of course also he get so much guild feeling he commit suicide ....(assisted or single handled...? ) ????????

[Scouse123]

So he put a plastic bag over his head to stop him seeing his face?

 

What was all the other bags and taping him up for whilst he was handcuffed if not to stop him breathing?

 

He himself, could have worn the obligatory face mask and aviator sunglasses popular with cops!

 

Why am I even putting this on TVF?, we all know what he did, why he did, and why he is talking <deleted> now to get out of it. He is murderous filthy, scum.

 

He needs to be placed before a firing squad.

 

Police and Customs coming to his aid and trying to justify his behaviour in public statements?.......... That's an easy one, they don't want naming when it all hits the fan!

[lodstewart]

12 hours ago, tracker1 said:

I would love to hear the private conversations and with whom prior to handing himself in !

together with, ' before and after'  pictures of the wallets  ????

[Bluespunk]

14 hours ago, webfact said:

Former politician, nightclub owner and TV celebrity and presenter Chuvit Kamolvisit

Yeah, they’ve missed out his main income stream from the past…

[mikebell]

14 hours ago, natway09 said:

With all the girlie bars closed most Heads of Police Stations will be hurting.

Pattaya Plod has been strangling local businesses for years.