Prayuth under pressure - dozens bent policemen sacked this month for gross indiscipline

[webfact]

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported the comments of Thai PM Prayuth Chan-ocha after the latest meeting of the Police Committee that he chairs. 

 

It was revealed after the meeting at RTP HQ by Maj-Gen Yingyot Thepjamnong that following a meeting of the Police Sub-committee on Discipline, Appeal, Complaints and Human Resource Management that 25 police officers were found guilty of gross indiscipline. 

 

Nineteen were sacked from the force with 6 let go. 

 

This brought the number to 88 since the start of the year with 69 sacked and 19 let go.

 

Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe

 

Prayuth said that at the meeting he had warned the RTP about their behavior. He advised them about morality and justice.

 

Then he went into attack mode on the press dismissing allegations the force - and by extension him - are involved in human trafficking.

 

"What benefit would I gain from that?", he demanded. 

 

"Do you think I am a corrupt individual?" he asked rhetorically and with feeling. 

 

-- © Copyright  ASEAN NOW 2022-04-28

 

- Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here.

 

- Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

 

Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

[JoePai]

Anyone watch (can download) 101 East : Thailand's Fearless Cop ?

[RandiRona]

21 minutes ago, webfact said:

Prayuth said that at the meeting he had warned the RTP about their behavior. He advised them about morality and justice

Hahahahahahaha... The guy has real talent for a stand up!!

[RandiRona]

12 minutes ago, webfact said:

Then he went into attack mode on the press dismissing allegations the force - and by extension him - are involved in human trafficking.

 

"What benefit would I gain from that?", he demanded. 

A lotta brown full envelopes?? Sir!!!!

[Doctor Tom]

88 down, 22,000 to go 

[RandiRona]

13 minutes ago, webfact said:

"Do you think I am a corrupt individual?" he asked rhetorically and with feeling.

You are not really looking for a response here?? Right?? Are ya??

[Hayduke]

19 minutes ago, webfact said:

"Do you think I am a corrupt individual?" he asked rhetorically and with feeling. 

 

Can we get a show of hands?

 

 

[mtls2005]

Get a bigger broom, oh, and a new carpet.

 

 

I can't imagine what a policeman here has to do to get sacked?

 

Has Dan Ducati been sacked?

 

[sammieuk1]

New ones available at join our mob.com where the straight and upstanding bend like playdough in an hour????

[Hayduke]

31 minutes ago, webfact said:

Prayuth said that at the meeting he had warned the RTP about their behavior. He advised them about morality and justice.

 

Maybe they've been watching what you do instead of listening to what you say....

 

 

[GarryP]

What's the difference between sacked and let go in this context? Does it mean asked to resign rather than being sacked?

[BangkokReady]

26 minutes ago, webfact said:

Nineteen were sacked from the force with 6 let go. 

 

This brought the number to 88 since the start of the year with 69 sacked and 19 let go.

Sacked and let go are the same thing.  Is this a translation issue?  Can anyone explain what the original Thai is?

[BangkokReady]

2 minutes ago, GarryP said:

What's the difference between sacked and let go in this context? Does it mean asked to resign rather than being sacked?

Literally just wrote the same thing.  The original article is in Thai, so I'm wondering if there's a slight translation error.

[spidermike007]

They are all corrupt beyond imagination. And the level of corruption simply escalates, the further up the food chain you go. They police and army are not expected to be honest, and they are not expected to engage in law enforcement, traffic or public safety, on any level. It is an irrevocably broken and dysfunctional system. Any hyperbole to the contrary, is just a smoke screen, intended to deceive the most naive amongst us.

 

The Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand (ACT) is one of the most feeble and ineffective of all the tools Prayuth has used to deceive the people into believing that he is fighting corruption. Who was the last high level authority, in the police, immigration, the army, or the active administration they arrested, charged, tried convicted, and sent to prison? Very few. Why? Because Prayuth has had a mandate from the beginning to do the very opposite. To protect the elite, the super wealthy who are guilty, those that are connected, and those who are in power. Just think Dark Tao. Just think Red Bull. The list goes on, and on, and on. Only the most naive amongst us believe he or ACT secretary-general Mana Nimitmongkol are sincere about this. 

 

[RafPinto]

41 minutes ago, webfact said:

Complaints and Human Resource Management that 25 police officers were found guilty of gross indiscipline. 

Should also look at the government.
They would all be sacked.

[Enzian]

Yingluck said way back that officers should be prohibited from buying their promotions. Has that happened?

We could have a debate society meeting with the theme, Which is worse, being unqualified for the job, or outright corruption? 

[AgentSmith]

24 minutes ago, GarryP said:

What's the difference between sacked and let go in this context? Does it mean asked to resign rather than being sacked?

Not extended their contract probably.

[Whale]

57 minutes ago, JoePai said:

Anyone watch (can download) 101 East : Thailand's Fearless Cop ?

 

 

Thanks for highlighting that, it sure is powerful

[ezzra]

Me think that the majority of new recruits joying the force for the power that comes with the badge and the 'fringe benefits'....

 

[Misterwhisper]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Nineteen were sacked from the force with 6 let go. 

 

This brought the number to 88 since the start of the year with 69 sacked and 19 let go.

So Thailand makes a difference between "sacking" an official and "letting go" an official that needs to be explicitly pointed out?

 

How quaint.

 

What IS that difference, by the way?

[OneMoreFarang]

And how many were fired and prosecuted because of criminal activities including organized crime?

Or should be assume such officers don't exist?

[Karma80]

Joint 110 languishing at the bottom of the world corruption index. It's cultural and systemic in Thailand. Nothing can possibly change. Every now and again, put the head on a spike of cop actually filmed murdering someone and driving back home to his fleet of Lambos. Job done.
https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2021

[Excel]

3 hours ago, Doctor Tom said:

88 down, 22,000 to go 

346,000 to go you mean

[vandeventer]

Prayuth under pressure - dozens bent policemen sacked this month for gross indiscipline  Just how do you think we feel???

[rtco]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

he had warned the RTP about their behavior. He advised them about morality and justice.

POT ... KETTLE ... BLACK

[rtco]

3 hours ago, Whale said:

 

 

Thanks for highlighting that, it sure is powerful

Watch this, it is an eye opener

[Orinoco]

Got to be some kind of fake news going on here.

 

[Doctor Tom]

1 hour ago, Excel said:

346,000 to go you mean

Quote

probably, I've never tried to count them. 

 

[Classic Ray]

The only improvement would come from a root and branch reorganisation. This would entail the establishment of a foreign police-led Independent Commission Against Corruption as they did in Hong Kong prior to 1997, with Government and public support.

 

But I don’t think the will exists in Thai society to do this, so without external pressure from the UN or donor countries it’s not going to happen. The US probably sees Thailand as a useful buffer against Chinese expansion so will not want to rock the boat.

[Tarteso]

How boring to see these guys in every news firm and in uniform ????