Nong Bua Lamphu massacre aftermath: RTP chief acts to create squeaky clean "White Police"

[webfact]

Daily News Thai Caption: Crackdown to end it once and for all

 

The tragedy in Nong Bua Lamphu in north eastern Thailand last week has resulted in a crackdown on drugs and gun crime, reported Daily News.

 

And that includes illegality within the Royal Thai Police itself.

 

It has been ordered by Thai prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha who heads the Police Commission.

 

The Royal Thai Police chief Pol gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat yesterday spoke to the media at RTP HQ about what this means.

 

He said there would be an initial wave of a crackdown followed by continual action. It'll be a crackdown with teeth this time.

 

Damrongsak promised action in all areas of drug crime including going after the big players.

 

When it comes to guns there will be a big drive to make sure that guns are only in the hands of sensible people.

 

Investigations will be made to weed out people who own guns who exhibit inappropriate behavior.

 

Producers of guns and sellers online as well as importers and exports can expect a knock on the door. 

 

Nowhere will be out of reach of the RTP be it land and sea borders or traditional places where guns are made, moved and traded. 

 

There will be more checkpoints to stem the flow of guns and drugs. 

 

Not content to solve the drug and gun menace in wider society Damrongsak also announced that there will be a program called "Tamruat See Khao" - White Police.

 

White being the color of transparency and Innocence.

 

This will involve making sure that no police are mixed up in drugs either directly or obliquely.

 

Every officer will be required to take a urine test to check for drugs.

 

If they are taking drugs or mixed up in the business then criminal and disciplinary measures will be taken.

The public can help with all this by calling 191 or 1599 for which they will receive rewards on conviction of criminals.

 

Damrongsak has recently taken over as chief of the Thai police in the annual reshuffle, notes ASEAN NOW.

 

Last week's shooting and stabbing incident that claimed the lives of two dozen children and 38 people in total comes early on his watch.

 

The incident has heaped attention on the RTP themselves including from international news media. 

 

The RTP - known in Thailand as little more than a mafia organization in uniform - has never been under such scrutiny as the fallout from the Nong Bua Lamphu massacre continues.

 

The crime was committed by a former police sergeant who was sacked for being involved in meth.

He still had a privately owned gun that was used in the rampage at a pre-school in Uthai Sawan district. 
 

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[bamnutsak]

Successful police reform has NEVER, EVER been accomplished by the police themselves.

 

Time for an independent, Royally-sanctioned Police Commission.

 

 

 

 

[Wiggy]

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[Iamfalang]

13 minutes ago, webfact said:

"Tamruat See Khao" - White Police

"Really???!?!??!?!?!?!?"

 

   - George Floyd

[SunnyinBangrak]

If they really want to clean the police.

1)drug tests weekly for every single cop from the new recruits up to Damrongsak himself. Any +ve result = death by firing squad.

2)any corruption - such as extorting marijuana users for cash = death by firing squad with all policeman's assets going to his victim.

3)corruption in the court. any swinging verdicts for cash or favours = death by firing squad.

4)pay a fair living salary

 

will probably work, but I don't think the RTP and judiciary will go for it!

 

[connda]

His best bet is to just pass out free bottles of 'whitening cream' to the cops.  

[2baht]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Damrongsak promised action in all areas of drug crime including going after the big players.

 

Hahahaha! You can fool some of the people some of the time, but..............................................................! 

[2baht]

39 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

If they really want to clean the police.

Now why would they want to do that???

[Tropicalevo]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

It has been ordered by Thai prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha who heads the Police Commission.

A great vote catcher.

Look like you are doing something positive when you know that you will not be around when it fails.

Blame the replacement PM with a 'it would have been fixed if you had kept me in power'!

[Neeranam]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Not content to solve the drug and gun menace in wider society Damrongsak also announced that there will be a program called "Tamruat See Khao" - White Police.

Now might be a good time to apply for a job. 

[connda]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

 

The Royal Thai Police chief Pol gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat yesterday spoke to the media at RTP HQ about what this means.

 

He said there would be an initial wave of a crackdown followed by continual action. It'll be a crackdown with teeth this time.

 

Damrongsak promised action in all areas of drug crime including going after the big players.

 

When it comes to guns there will be a big drive to make sure that guns are only in the hands of sensible people.

 

Investigations will be made to weed out people who own guns who exhibit inappropriate behavior.

 

Producers of guns and sellers online as well as importers and exports can expect a knock on the door. 

 

Nowhere will be out of reach of the RTP be it land and sea borders or traditional places where guns are made, moved and traded. 

 

There will be more checkpoints to stem the flow of guns and drugs. 

????

By the way.  The killer slit the throat of most of the kids with a knife. 
So, will there be more checkpoints to stem the flow of knives? 

[Classic Ray]

If the RTP are serious about this we can look forward to

1. Videos of hundreds of seized guns being steamrollered before being thrown into furnaces for melting down.

2. Independently witnessed destruction of hundreds of kgs of seized drugs.

 

These two actions will allay any fears that seized guns or drugs are not simply recycled back into the market by corrupt officers seeking profit.

[Orinoco]

Sounds like one more  Monday morning, wind bag session.

room temperature went up 3 degrease.

Situation normal, carry on RTP.

[BarraMarra]

Soon to be transferred to a different Department.

[AhFarangJa]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

When it comes to guns there will be a big drive to make sure that guns are only in the hands of sensible people.

Well, that rules out 98% of the RTP.

[Aussieroaming]

Another case of " let us investigate ourselves" with promises to be thorough. The RTP have long been known as completely corrupt and nothing will change because a career in the RTP is really just a vehicle to wealth, hence why they pay an entrance fee.

[TheFishman1]

Good luck with that one the police here are involved in so many illegal things From gambling to drugs the prostitution to extortion of money from legal businesses and other illegal activity who would ever believe that they’re gonna clean themselves from this money making organization they have going on TIT

[new2here]

It’s going to be very very hard to effectively root-out the so-called bad actors from the RTP…. very hard 

 

In large part because IMHO systems of this size - ones that are national in scope and where there is no effective “check” to their power - are set up to be self-protecting and self-sustaining … it’s goal is to insulate itself from external “attack” and to ensure its continued existence.

 

So, I think you’re really asking the system to “self-police” itself .. which is something it isn’t set up to do in the first place…. 

 

The only way I see is to have a wholly independent, external body with equal power, set up with the explicit mandate and explicit legal authority to reign in RTP actions, personnel and policies. 

[ChrisKC]

Sounds reasonable in principle but am I right in thinking that whatever they do, even successfully, that it will prevent one individual somewhere, some time, from going crazy and committing such atrocities again?

[Tarteso]

White Police 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

White being the color of transparency and Innocence.

..And virginity ???? ???? 

[FarangFB]

With my limited view on Isan, I can almost certainly say that every other family has at least one member who is a useless addicted (drugs, alcohol or both) parasite. 

 

Almost always a male, the parasite drains the family resources and even terrorizes them on a regular basis. The parasites are always involved with the worst type of people in the village, are violent, irresponsible and often beats family members including their parents.

 

The people from the villages are hostages because they can't really do anything, the police won't help them unless the parasite commits an atrocious crime. Bad behaviour, threats, minor violence and wrecking property are left unpunished. They even get away with rape.

 

It would be easy to round them up, everyone in the village will know who they are, but there won't be enough jail cells for even 5% of them. 

 

Nothing will change.

[mrfill]

37 minutes ago, Tarteso said:

White Police 

..And virginity ???????? 

and whitewash....

 

[djayz]

The problem is, they've said this sooooooo many times in past and never followed through with their promises that now nobody believes a single word that comes out of their mouths. 

[lesmac]

" make sure that guns are only in the hands of sensible people" That will mean no guns in Thailand

[MrJ2U]

Hopefully.

 

There is so much Yaba and Ice that its literally dragging Thailand down.

 

A gun in the hands of a paranoid and delusional meth addict is truly a nightmare.

 

My brother in law, total addict and now a paranoid schizophrenic has been caught twice with a gun.  

 

His mother just pays off the police.  Usually 15,000 baht.

 

They both need to go to prison!  Stupid mother! 

[Cake Monster]

At the last count, I believe there were 235,000 of these present day Police Officers that need scrubbing White.

Good luck with that

[FunkyDunky58]

"Crackdown"s have been a feature of the RTP as long as I can remember. Last about 2 weeks and then its the next news item.

[Bangkok Barry]

Just the usual Thai system in operation. He has spoken, made his recommendations, and his job is done. Anything that happens later is not his responsibility. You, I, he and everyone else knows that what is said will be ignored, but that is not the point. He has acted, done what he considers to be his job, while actually doing nothing. This happens all the time, at least once a week. Someone makes a declaration and the next day it's ignored and forgotten. But that person has done their job by 'acting'.

[KanchanaburiGuy]

May I take a moment to point out that what happened in Uthai Sawan was not a drug buy gone bad.

 

It wasn't about buying, selling or distributing drugs. 

 

It wasn't rivals staking out their territory, or taking over territory from a competitor.

 

It wasn't about stealing drugs or customers, or trying to collect on drug-based debts.

 

It wasn't about a drug addict committing a crime to pay for his next fix or two.

 

It wasn't payback or retaliation for any kind of drug-related infringement, perceived or real. 

 

It wasn't a gang or a cartel, an international enterprise; an importer, exporter, manufacturer, or wholesaler of drugs. 

 

And......... according to a different thread right here on AseanNow........... they guy who did it, while having a history as an addict........... had no trace of drugs in his system when he committed this atrocity!

 

So...............

 

Why, exactly, is the tragedy that occurred in Nong Bua Lamphu being presented as a catalyst for a massive, widespread, and far-reaching drug enforcement crackdown?

 

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You know, I'm tempted to scratch head and wonder. But my scalp is already pretty torn-up due to all the head-scratching I've already done over this whole confusing, messed-up situation!

 

But let me just say, I'm not saying they shouldn't have a huge crackdown. Absolutely they should!

 

I'm just saying there was just as much reason and justification for doing this sort of crackdown a day before what happened in Nong Bua Lamphu.......... or a week....... or a month........ or a year............ as there suddenly was three or four days after!

 

Cheers!

 

 

[kidneyw]

Sounds like the new Walt Disney fantasy.