17 hours ago, transam said:

Bent means corrupt, dodgy where I come from......

There is a police branch called Tourist Police...

All branches of RTP are bent.  The origin of the two million baht ransom needs looking at closely.  If the crooks disappear who gets the bail money?  

 

13 minutes ago, mikebell said:

All branches of RTP are bent.  The origin of the two million baht ransom needs looking at closely.  If the crooks disappear who gets the bail money?  

 

It is the nature of the beast.... certainly not restricted to any police organizations. 

On 7/11/2022 at 1:55 PM, billsmart said:

What does "bent" mean when used in this context: "bent tourist cop"❓

Is it a mistranslation of "crooked"? And what is a "tourist cop"?

I've discovered it's UK slang for "crooked" or "corrupt." I'm from the USA and never heard "bent" used in that way before. I've heard "bent" used as "determined," such as "he was bent on doing something," but never as a synonym for "corrupt."

Up in smoke..

I was so happy to hear a humble policemans wife could find a couple of mil for bail. Maybe generous friends.

4 minutes ago, Hugh Cow said:

I was so happy to hear a humble policemans wife could find a couple of mil for bail. Maybe generous friends.

Nah just took a loan against the Porsche  or Lamborghini 

On 7/11/2022 at 8:48 AM, Lucky Bones said:

Already gone with some help.

Been done before, quite possibly a package ready to quickly roll...

13 hours ago, mikebell said:

All branches of RTP are bent.  The origin of the two million baht ransom needs looking at closely.  If the crooks disappear who gets the bail money?  

 

Take a guess.

They look after their own. 

Mafia is as Mafia does.

3 hours ago, billsmart said:

I've discovered it's UK slang for "crooked" or "corrupt." I'm from the USA and never heard "bent" used in that way before. I've heard "bent" used as "determined," such as "he was bent on doing something," but never as a synonym for "corrupt."

I recommend the British crime series Line of Duty (available on Netflix still, I think) to get caught up on British criminal and "copper" slang. Lol

 

Lots of Brits here on AseanNow, so getting a primer on British slang might prove useful!

 

I'd put the show in the top 5% of English Language cop shows. It's a winner!

 

(No need to thank me, mate......... 555!)

 

Cheers!

 

 

4 hours ago, billsmart said:

I've discovered it's UK slang for "crooked" or "corrupt." I'm from the USA and never heard "bent" used in that way before. I've heard "bent" used as "determined," such as "he was bent on doing something," but never as a synonym for "corrupt."

We learn something new every day.

On 7/11/2022 at 1:59 PM, transam said:

Bent means corrupt, dodgy where I come from......

There is a police branch called Tourist Police...

Dodgy......good word!

On 7/11/2022 at 5:52 PM, crazykopite said:

Where does a low paid policeman get a million baht from 

I thought it was obvious!

 

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They are allegedly involved in extorting money from pubs and clubs in exchange for protection. 

 

11 hours ago, Lucky Bones said:

Dodgy......good word!

MORE - can't be trusted / not reliable / not trustworthy ...

Bent is also used in Australia. Similar meaning as in "A bent copper" although it was also an old term for Gay. Dont know if that is universal but it was used in Melbourne.

On 7/11/2022 at 10:08 PM, dddave said:

Does Thailand have anything like the magistrate system for arraignments and bail setting?

I don’t believe they have magistrates in Thailand.

On 7/12/2022 at 4:51 PM, billsmart said:

I've discovered it's UK slang for "crooked" or "corrupt." I'm from the USA and never heard "bent" used in that way before. I've heard "bent" used as "determined," such as "he was bent on doing something," but never as a synonym for "corrupt."

In the  UK and Australia the term “ bent” when referring to police or even others usually suggests they are corrupt.

Out of interest, does every copper avail a cash balance of 1 million Thai Baht? They must have nice paychecks then .......... 

On 7/11/2022 at 9:02 AM, Misterwhisper said:

Hmmm.... I was always under the impression that only a judge could grant bail, but not individual police stations. One learns something new every day.

 

From an earlier report:

"Relatives of the tourist policeman turned up with 200,000 baht money to bail him out but this was denied."

 

Looks like the earlier offered bail amount of 200,000 wasn't enough for Bang Yai police, so it had to be "re-negotiated" to a cool million per suspect. As always, money talks.

 

I wonder how much of these 2 million will actually go into state coffers. 

When I bailed out a friend, I had to hurry because the office processing the cash payment and related documents closes at 5.00 p.m., but then again, that was not in the Capital.