sambum Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Two headline stories running side by side:- Police deny extorting money from Taiwanese actress Confidence and trust damaged by Chinese VIP tourist services No wonder Prayut is a bit tetchy these days! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 2baht Posted January 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2023 Anything been happening on Koh Tao lately? 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dmaxdan Posted January 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2023 No more than normal. Similar stories are common place here. Corruption such as this is nothing new. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MRToMRT Posted January 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2023 Title should have been "Confidence and trust damaged by rampant corruption at the core of Thai Society and government institutions" 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted January 27, 2023 Author Share Posted January 27, 2023 3 hours ago, MRToMRT said: Title should have been "Confidence and trust damaged by rampant corruption at the core of Thai Society and government institutions" Yes, I thought of that, but there wasn't enough room due to the bold text required! ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thaibeachlovers Posted January 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2023 On 1/27/2023 at 5:46 PM, MRToMRT said: Title should have been "Confidence and trust damaged by rampant corruption at the core of Thai Society and government institutions" People keep saying that, but perhaps surprisingly I never experienced any corruption from any official in all my years there. I don't consider myself to be "lucky" so perhaps it's something that goes on mainly in Thai circles, rather than those that farangs live in. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jak2002003 Posted January 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2023 25 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said: People keep saying that, but perhaps surprisingly I never experienced any corruption from any official in all my years there. I don't consider myself to be "lucky" so perhaps it's something that goes on mainly in Thai circles, rather than those that farangs live in. Do you go out of your house? Have you just lived here a year or so? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRToMRT Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said: I don't consider myself to be "lucky" so perhaps it's something that goes on mainly in Thai circles, rather than those that farangs live in. I think, maybe, that because you are considering corruption whereby you are the oen being tapped up. The biggest areas of corruptness are with civil service budgets, especially at provincial level. Some say ;+) each office is a well oiled machine of money scraping and distribution. Edited January 30, 2023 by MRToMRT 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted January 30, 2023 Author Share Posted January 30, 2023 7 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said: People keep saying that, but perhaps surprisingly I never experienced any corruption from any official in all my years there. I don't consider myself to be "lucky" so perhaps it's something that goes on mainly in Thai circles, rather than those that farangs live in. My Thai wife has a share in a reasonably sized rice farm in Esan, left to her and her relatives when a relative died. "The man" came from the Land Office to measure up and mark out on some plans what was due to everybody, for which they had to pay for his time, and the cost of legitimising/registering the plans. After a year, nobody had received any notifications, so one of the family went to the Land Office to make enquiries. Apparently, the plans had never been registered with them/lost, and the family had to pay for the whole process to be done again!!! TIT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 2009 Posted January 30, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2023 Do they even know what Thailand's reputation is worldwide,lol? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screaming Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 On 1/27/2023 at 11:46 AM, MRToMRT said: Title should have been "Confidence and trust damaged by rampant corruption at the core of Thai Society and government institutions" So true MRT, corruption is ingrained into the Thai society from birth. Its like the Thais are born with a corruption gene. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 On 1/30/2023 at 9:05 AM, jak2002003 said: Do you go out of your house? Have you just lived here a year or so? LOL. Are you just an unlucky person? Only time I was stopped by a cop he didn't ask for anything, just sent me to the office to pay 200 baht fine ( with receipt ) for expired registration. If that's corrupt I can live with it. I hated immigration, but never asked for an "extra" payment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 On 1/30/2023 at 6:02 PM, Screaming said: So true MRT, corruption is ingrained into the Thai society from birth. Its like the Thais are born with a corruption gene. Example of corruption you personally experienced would be helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 On 1/30/2023 at 4:13 PM, sambum said: My Thai wife has a share in a reasonably sized rice farm in Esan, left to her and her relatives when a relative died. "The man" came from the Land Office to measure up and mark out on some plans what was due to everybody, for which they had to pay for his time, and the cost of legitimising/registering the plans. After a year, nobody had received any notifications, so one of the family went to the Land Office to make enquiries. Apparently, the plans had never been registered with them/lost, and the family had to pay for the whole process to be done again!!! TIT! I gather your wife is Thai, so my comment about happening in Thai circles stands. It's not your land, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 On 1/30/2023 at 2:34 PM, MRToMRT said: I think, maybe, that because you are considering corruption whereby you are the oen being tapped up. The biggest areas of corruptness are with civil service budgets, especially at provincial level. Some say ;+) each office is a well oiled machine of money scraping and distribution. Perhaps, but never affected me directly or indirectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Looking forward in the coming years to comment on an RTP story that's not mired in greed and corruption ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted February 2, 2023 Author Share Posted February 2, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said: I gather your wife is Thai, so my comment about happening in Thai circles stands. It's not your land, after all. The first line of my post specifically mentions that my wife is Thai, and I didn't say it was my land! And I wasn't contradicting your post - if anything, I was supporting it - by pointing out that the (THAI) family had to pay the (THAI) Land Registry Department twice for a job that should have been done properly in the first place! (I mentioned the fact that a member of the family had to check "what was happening" more than a year later, only to find that the original paperwork had not been filed/or had been "lost", so THEY (The family!) had to pay for the job to be done again) Edited February 2, 2023 by sambum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted February 2, 2023 Author Share Posted February 2, 2023 1 hour ago, sammieuk1 said: Looking forward in the coming years to comment on an RTP story that's not mired in greed and corruption ???? I remember reading a story a few years ago about a BIB helping a lady change the wheel on her car after she had a puncture ! Mind, as I said, that was a few years ago! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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