Corruption in Thailand? Fake news!

5 hours ago, ChipButty said:

I have 2 friends who use agents because they are to lazy to do it themselves, nothing to do with money

lazy for a 5 minutes job ....? ???? (as mine is ,...if going early morning to immigration ....)

 

But yes ,....this year the KK trainee needed 20 minutes for my bank letter instead of the 5 minutes from the normal staff to do it , and shocking....???? also in need of  5 minutes walk to  around the corner from KK beach road branch to Jomtien immigration .... i really understand your 2 friends ....it is a real burden ....???? loosing 40 minutes of their life.... 

 

BTW  can those 2 friends  walk or drive to the agent .... not lazy for that .....? ????

4 hours ago, smedly said:

out of all the people I know that live here only two of them get their extensions without going through an agent and of those none of them have the funds in the bank and pay on average 15k for a 12 month extension - fact

Out of all the people I know that live here (where I do), NONE of them use an agent to do their extension, all have funds in the bank, fact.

28 minutes ago, mikosan said:

Are there honest agents?  'An honest immigration agent', sounds like an oxymoron to me.

Of course there are Honest Agents and I am sure there are honest Immigration Officers.

"He said there would be no cover up with the immigration chief - Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang - demanding results ASAP."

Where have i heard this before.?????? LOL

Pol Col Phakhayos Thanonsak of Region 6 immigration in Songkhla said that if the person turns out to be an immigration official, or any other policeman for that matter, they will face the full force of disciplinary and criminal measures. 

 

Such nonsense. Do these guys ever hear themselves speaking, and do they have any idea what fools they sound like? What ever happened with Prayuth's promises to root out the bad apple immigration guys, on the border? They likely let in thousands, to line their greedy pockets. Does he care at all, on any level, about anything other than his own enrichment, and the vintage of ridiculously expensive champagne these overly rich, self entitles ninnies, will have this evening?

 

Prayuth and this administration are the do nothing people. Their sole purpose is to protect the elite, the super rich, corporations, the police, immigration, customs, and those currently in power. Nothing else matters to these dinosaurs. 
 

Strangely enough, when I last did my visa  extensionl, and    the usual  annual fee was 1900 baht, the officer  attending to me asked for me to pay  that amount per phone banking to   his bank account.      As I dont use phone banking I declined and offered   the cash as usual..He was  most upset.

 

I thought it strange, paying into his account,,,he stated it was his personal account,,, as I thought that would be a simple way to get caught, given  phone and bank records are kept.

Big Joke will be sent down to get to the bottom of this, and will take only five minutes to determine that the person asking for money was actually just a bad person impersonating an immigration officer; the migrant made up the whole story to harm Thailand's reputation; and the REAL crime was the spreading of fake news in violation of the Computer Crimes Act. You heard it here first ????

Would love for them to visit Phuket!

6 hours ago, ezzra said:

They can set up 10 committees it will not change a thing, this  is a country that is run on payola, under the table and most cases it is understood that money HAS to change hands to get things moving...

this why we love it

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they will face the full force of disciplinary and criminal measures.

And remind me, how much force is required to punch one's way through a paper bag?

They will need a commitee to investigate the commotee.

5 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

I have paid bribes to immigration officers before for a visa extension. 

So did I to my local friendly IO, for several years, to obtain my retirement visa extension without most of the bureaucratic financial paperwork. I now live in Cambodia.

1 hour ago, jimrod said:

Because Thailand is the only country this happens in?
I think not. The main difference is, many in Thailand do it because they don't earn enough. In other countries, they do it to bolster what is already a healthy wage.
I'm, in no way, condoning their actions, but you'd think that Thailand is the only country it happens in.

 

They are just more overt, clumsy, and self entitled than most

4 hours ago, Andycoops said:

I can see the time looming on the horizon when you have to deal with immigration or the police of any kind, there will be a mandatory requirement to have all personal electronic devices switched off or handed in, like we used to do upon entering the British Embassy.

....to avoid any misunderstandings

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Pol Col Phakhayos Thanonsak of Region 6 immigration in Songkhla said that if the person turns out to be an immigration official, or any other policeman for that matter, they will face the full force of disciplinary and criminal measures.

Inactive post or transferred to a different office?

eVisa online services it's the only one  solutions to bribery, corruption, scam, and (so called) covid.

6 hours ago, webfact said:

However, RTP committees are notorious for heading nowhere even when evidence is damning.

 

On this occasion the NACC are also showing an interest. Daily News quoted a person from the National Anti-Corruption Commission as saying they will be conducting their own investigation in the matter.

Which is usually the same place as the RTP investigation.

6 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Audio clips, CCTV clips. Those are the real problems they'll Address at the committee... 

Damn those CCTV clips, catching the wrong criminals.

4 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Inactive post or transferred to a different office?

Of course, never sacked from the job his family bribed him into.

If he's very good, his 15k a month might buy a few mansions, Mercedes, a few mia nois, oodles of cash and immunity from prosecution.

6 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Audio clips, CCTV clips. Those are the real problems they'll Address at the committee... 

slap the CCTV with "lese majeste" because it shows wrongdoings of the Thai Royal Police

6 hours ago, webfact said:

On this occasion the NACC are also showing an interest. Daily News quoted a person from the National Anti-Corruption Commission as saying they will be conducting their own investigation in the matter. 

You can't blame Prayut for this, although he promised to stamp out corruption years ago, he has just admitted he does fail sometimes... I guess this is one of those times.

7 minutes ago, SGD said:

As no visa needs MENSA qualifications, my bet is 99% are fraudulant.

Nothing to do with MENSA/ability to go through the hoops.  It is time and convieniance for those who use agents legally.

What, corruption in the Immigration Service? Never!

 

Is the guy in the photo having difficulty keeping a straight face underneath that mask? Looks like he's about to "corpse" any second.

6 hours ago, fangless said:

Not all agency applications are fake.

So, in other words, some are fake.

6 hours ago, smedly said:

one of the biggest and longest running scams I have ever come across in Thailand

Sure but if they actually did enforce the rules, the bleating in here would be deafening.

8 minutes ago, BumGun said:

Sure but if they actually did enforce the rules, the bleating in here would be deafening.

Best post on the thread.  ????

Inflammatory posts and the replies have been removed. 

"No stone will be left unturned" They must be going fishing! It's the best place to find live bait! ????

6 hours ago, ChipButty said:

If you lived here 20 years ago that was normal

Still pretty normal 20 minutes ago!!!