Pattaya: Operators say they don't pay bribes to police and higher-ups

[webfact]

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A major scandal is brewing in Pattaya following the botched raid on the Club One Pattaya.

 

A clip emerged on social media showing someone boating about paying off the higher-ups.

 

And a list emerged with names that allegedly paid bribes to the local cops and other authorities.

Pattaya police are investigating the names on the list.

 

Some of the heads of operators' associations were at the police station yesterday, reported Thai Rath.

 

Lisa Hamilton who represents many small beer bars said that none of her members pay bribes. 

 

They work with the police and the authorities to ensure tourism confidence and safety instead. 

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Others said backhanders are not part of the relationship in Pattaya. 

 

Amporn Kaewsaeng who fronts a local police committee said that their involvement was misconstrued. 

 

Thet were just involved in developing the police station after it was criticized for being out of date and dirty. 

Investigations into the list continue. 

 

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[Geoffggi]

8 minutes ago, webfact said:

Lisa Hamilton who represents many small beer bars said that none of her members pay bribes. 

 

They work with the police and the authorities to ensure tourism confidence and safety instead. 

Of course, it's all a huge misunderstanding ...................LOL

[Peterw42]

A whole flock of flying pigs just flew over my house.

Not sure if its related to this story

[ikke1959]

Oh yes, they don't pay bribes, as when the police check there are no callgirls too, only hostess and no prositution... and than we don't speak of drugs and probably no ladyboys too and no robberies, theft, and so on.. Pattaya is an example of how well the Thai culture is and for that an example of a family destination hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha 

[engamann]

Rais your hand if you belive this ????????????

[Jerno]

Ha..ha..ha.. (says it all)

 

[Photoguy21]

1 hour ago, Peterw42 said:

A whole flock of flying pigs just flew over my house.

Not sure if its related to this story

The flying pigs are ok it is the droppings you have to be wary of

[petermik]

A good friend of mine used to own a bar...pre covid.....on New Plaza his local "bobby" collected 8000 baht/month to make any issues go away.........

[new2here]

The problem here is one of transparency .. it’s hard.. impossible.. for the entity that is essentially being implicated, to then turn around and try to self-investigate…

 

that’s where having the ability to send in a truly independent, outside agency with enough implicit and explicit statutory power, to conduct the investigation is essential.. but that too can be problematic… in that one must accept that what this entity may find might be bad… 

[BritScot]

39 minutes ago, new2here said:

The problem here is one of transparency .. it’s hard.. impossible.. for the entity that is essentially being implicated, to then turn around and try to self-investigate…

 

that’s where having the ability to send in a truly independent, outside agency with enough implicit and explicit statutory power, to conduct the investigation is essential.. but that too can be problematic… in that one must accept that what this entity may find might be bad… 

Isn't that a very dangerous job? Wasn't there a story of foreign auditors arriving in Thailand and being murdered? Plus let's not talk about the diamond!!! Then there is the policeman who had to flee Thailand and now lives in Australia!!!!

[Will B Good]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Lisa Hamilton who represents many small beer bars said that none of her members pay bribes. 

To be fair, what else could she say?......  yes we all have to stump up to stay in business.......pop, pop.

[jacko45k]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Lisa Hamilton who represents many small beer bars said that none of her members pay bribes. 

Yes, and my gardener doesn't help himself to mangoes!

[TheFishman1]

People don’t realize it but there’s many businesses in Chiangmai that aren’t bars and they have to pay 7 to 10,000 a month so They don’t have any problems the corruption is wild here at every level TIT

[Mavideol]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Lisa Hamilton who represents many small beer bars said that none of her members pay bribes. 

and yes, the Pope is catholic...  and also there is no prostitution and no corruption, all a misunderstanding ????????????

[GreasyFingers]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Lisa Hamilton who represents many small beer bars said that none of her members pay bribes. 

 

They work with the police and the authorities to ensure tourism confidence and safety instead. 

I hope she never does an IQ test. It would be less than her body temperature.

[epicking]

LOL, I have seen them come into clubs on Walking Street before official opening time and not leaving before they got an envelope.
Once the owner wasnt there so the club had to open an hour late before he could get there.
What was in the envelope, I dont know. Maybe dating advise or food recipes ????
Weirdly enough, they always knew 1 day or 2 ahead of raids so their non-visa employees could take the night off.

[Aussieroaming]

I will bet that they are investigating the names on the list so that they can get the "white out" and delete their own names if they appear. 

 

Which operators have the confidence of admitting that the brown shirts extort them for money when the brown shirts would be investigating the allegations. 

 

Corrupt, corrupt, corrupt.

 

Thanks for cleaning the RTP corruption up Prawit, another promise that slide down the toilet like a brown trout.

[RichardColeman]

Said it before, there should be a bank and assets check on all soldiers, generals and police every year, no exception

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Oh yes, they don't pay bribes, as when the police check there are no callgirls too, only hostess and no prositution... and than we don't speak of drugs and probably no ladyboys too and no robberies, theft, and so on.. Pattaya is an example of how well the Thai culture is and for that an example of a family destination hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha 

No Hoes and no bribes, straight from the horses mouth...

[mikebell]

12 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Said it before, there should be a bank and assets check on all soldiers, generals and police every year, no exception

There used to be but Prayuth did away with it & granted immunity for himself and fatty.

[Skallywag]

18 hours ago, epicking said:

I have seen them come into clubs on Walking Street before official opening time

So somehow YOU are inside closed clubs on WS?  And seen this in more than one club?

 

I hear about this all the time and am dumbfounded.  If a policeman came in to check on my liquor license or some other necessary business license, Fine.  If a policeman wanted a payment under the table, I would phone the police station Soi 9 and ask for a supervisor to come to my shop to investigate immediately.

 

Corruption only occurs when you let it

[pomchop]

and politicians judges PM's and police have been unable to locate red bull boss and have him come to thailand to stand trial over killing a cop while hyped up on coke....and oh my how they have tried and tried and tried to find him but everytime they get close brown envelopes fly and he once again eludes capture....

 

[Liverpool Lou]

18 hours ago, Aussieroaming said:

Thanks for cleaning the RTP corruption up Prawit,

Wasn't it Prayut who said he'd do that?

[Andycoops]

The headline is complete and utter BS.

The country is corrupt from top to bottom and both sides.

[chalawaan]

Yeah, nah.

So who remembers the 

Headline:

"There is no prostitution in Walking Street" ????????????????????????????????????

[Nicholas Paul KNIGHT]

I understand Disney is looking to remake Pinnochio , will be coming soon to find all these people with LONG noses .............hahaha

[Mickeymaus]

15 minutes ago, chalawaan said:

Yeah, nah.

So who remembers the 

Headline:

"There is no prostitution in Walking Street" ????????????????????????????????????

This was this one

 

https://thethaiger.com/news/pattaya/phew-no-prostitutes-in-pattayas-walking-street-police

 

At least they did not say that there is no Walking Street. 

 

[TigerandDog]

caught up with a friend from Pattaya last week and asked him about this very topic. He said that EVERY business that has girls ( beer bars, go go bars etc ) all pay monthly bribes to the police. He said he pays around 20k baht per month, and he has all the required licenses. So can imagine what size the payments are for those without the proper licenses.

[Emdog]

17 hours ago, TigerandDog said:

caught up with a friend from Pattaya last week and asked him about this very topic. He said that EVERY business that has girls ( beer bars, go go bars etc ) all pay monthly bribes to the police. He said he pays around 20k baht per month, and he has all the required licenses. So can imagine what size the payments are for those without the proper licenses.

friend owns a restaurant, known him for years. Not farang. He paid 10k a month (few years ago, pre covid) and then a gang of cops came in from Bangkok and hit him up for another 10k. No girls, just Indian food.

[PoorSucker]

On Samui the police collect from Tesco Lotus.