Bangkok police offer public apology, but do not admit to extortion of Taiwanese actress

[mikebell]

BP has a story today saying some of the cops have confessed.  A committee is meeting to discuss IF they should be dismissed!  It seems RTP have the same points system that road-users have: you get THREE get-out-of-jail cards per annum!

[bamnutsak]

3 minutes ago, mikebell said:

It seems RTP have the same points system that road-users have: you get THREE get-out-of-jail cards per annum!

 

And then there's the "one plastic bag", and "one murder" cards.

 

 

[Bangkok Barry]

11 hours ago, Puccini said:

A Thai newspaper from which forum rules prohibit us to quote says that the police admitted today that they extorted 27,000 Baht  from the actress.

 

I guess we have to wait until this information is published in a permitted news source until it can can posted here. Look out for it. Thiti Saengsawang of the Metropolitan police is said to have given this information.

This was in a Thaiger video item too. Said one of the accused policemen admitted it had happened.

[herfiehandbag]

1 hour ago, Artisi said:

Chuwit knows where all the bodies are - so he's  safe from the major villains. 

If he pushes his luck too far someone may risk that knowledge dieing with him.

[recom273]

2 hours ago, nigelforbes said:

A better approach of course might have been to say oops, I'm sorry, I didn't know vaping equipment is illegal in Thailand (which is true), of course I should be charged (which is also true)...let's go. At the station, the coin may drop with more senior people, hmm, this is the first person we've ever charged for this crime, perhaps we should let her go. Or, in court the judge may have the same reaction, if indeed a lawyer in the meantime didn't intervene. There's no extortion, there's no bribery charge and the fine would likely be less. 

That's if the intention for the police was to prosecute, it would be probably true to say that their main intent is to extort.

 

These late night checkpoints sole purpose is to collect revenue by various means, that street level revenue is essential as it filters through to the guys at the top, those masked three officers at the press conference shouldn't be shocked in any way, they all benefit from this revenue collection. It's been said so many times "rotten to the core"

 

[pomchop]

52 minutes ago, nigelforbes said:

Can you not read and comprehend, that post was in reference to the comment by a previous poster who queried what happened to the visa issue!

Yes i am pretty good at reading. I remember reading all your posts over past few days that appear to have been proven wrong. 

[nigelforbes]

1 minute ago, pomchop said:

Yes i am pretty good at reading. I remember reading all your posts over past few days that appear to have been proven wrong. 

Yes, the herd may be correct, but there again, even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

[klauskunkel]

It seems the RTP, in their most recent statements, has stopped asking people to trust them...

[Tarteso]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

he had a video clip to prove the extortion claim by the Taiwanese actress.

Metropolitan Police Bureau had earlier rushed to the defence of the Huai Khwang police, denying that they extorted money from the actress…

 

Gilbert OR Sullivan ?

[mikeymike100]

14 hours ago, chickenslegs said:

That is not an apology.

Correct, its more like they still want to press charges for having the E Cigarette?

Hard to believe they have been caught red handed and they still won't admit it?

[ignore it]

15 minutes ago, mikeymike100 said:

Correct, its more like they still want to press charges for having the E Cigarette?

Hard to believe they have been caught red handed and they still won't admit it?

They briefly considered issuing a "Red Notice" but after a round of Red Bull, the idea was discarded.

[John Drake]

3 hours ago, nigelforbes said:

A better approach of course might have been to say oops, I'm sorry, I didn't know vaping equipment is illegal in Thailand (which is true), of course I should be charged (which is also true)...let's go. At the station, the coin may drop with more senior people, hmm, this is the first person we've ever charged for this crime, perhaps we should let her go. Or, in court the judge may have the same reaction, if indeed a lawyer in the meantime didn't intervene. There's no extortion, there's no bribery charge and the fine would likely be less. 

Or she could have given them a pizza.

[BritManToo]

Police helmet cameras were erased ............. who would have guessed?

[Joseph98765]

So, if the police stops me and extort me...the only thing I need to say is.... Hey, be careful...I have 2M followers in my youtube channel? I will put this online tomorrow...that's it?????

[mikeymike100]

5 minutes ago, Joseph98765 said:

So, if the police stops me and extort me...the only thing I need to say is.... Hey, be careful...I have 2M followers in my youtube channel? I will put this online tomorrow...that's it?????

You never know, it might actually work now? I pretty sure the shakedowns will stop for a while, until this debacle blows over?

[tomyami]

the real crime is the law is to protect tobacco companies and is applied only on foreigners just like many other shakedown interactions by bb to tourists.

a friend of mine was done for 10k while many Thia's openly use same.

police wont care many videos of bribery online

[natway09]

It never happened but we will make a half hearted apology & transfer the station head.

Man, these guys sure know how to shoot themselves in the foot

[thailand49]

Here you go the start of the Michael Jackson moon walk to slowly walk it back!  This is the Thai way of apologizing admit guilt thereafter all is go, a misunderstanding slap on the wrist a transfer to a resort until the smoke clears then back to business as usual!????????

[pomchop]

So this will play well on youtube. 

 

Police admit extortion after calling Taiwan gal a liar but say it was all a big misunderstanding .that she was indeed extorted, and they would like to show you the videos but unfortunately it was all erased so just trust us it was really not our fault and if the gal had not made a big stink about it all then nobody would have known and we would not lose face. 

 

Therefore after careful investigation all the way to the highest ranks we have determined that it was all the gals fault.  We will however return 500 baht to the girl as a show of good faith.  We will also transfer the officers to continue to enjoy a paid leave for a few months to give our new recruits an opportunity to become more adept and practice more forms of extortion.

 

Darn people.  Why don't they just give us what we demand and keep their mouths shut.  Always causing problems.  Next thing you know the PM will talk about cleaning up corruption again but that is not a major concern...unlike a vape pen talk is cheap. 

 

After all we  have badges aka a license to steal.  (take that James Bond).

[Confuscious]

Come on guys.
Have more faith in the Thai Keystone Cops.
They are here for serving happiness to everybody.
 

[pedro01]

As per another thread "we have investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing".

 

Of course they can apologize and deny in the same breath - it's the RTP. In  a country where you can blame a dead friend for your watch collection, believability is really at the low end of their priorities. 

[Elkski]

Chuwit has his interview in English in IG.   You need to log into IG to see it. 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoERC1tgqe3/?igshid=NjcyZGVjMzk=

 

He seems such a man who gets it.  He complains that the Thai people just accept this corruption.  He admits he pays so he is part of the problem.  He says there is a casino on every block like 7-11.  The Thai people just need to accept this as how it is.  

[pedro01]

1 hour ago, Elkski said:

Chuwit has his interview in English in IG.   You need to log into IG to see it. 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoERC1tgqe3/?igshid=NjcyZGVjMzk=

 

He seems such a man who gets it.  He complains that the Thai people just accept this corruption.  He admits he pays so he is part of the problem.  He says there is a casino on every block like 7-11.  The Thai people just need to accept this as how it is.  

Nice find - I like Chuwit - amazed he never got shot to be honest.

[Artisi]

4 hours ago, nigelforbes said:

Yes, the herd may be correct, but there again, even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

But makes no noise in between ????

[PETERTHEEATER]

19 hours ago, chickenslegs said:

That is not an apology.

That's OK it's not a police force.

[Caldera]

20 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

That's OK it's not a police force.

Right, it's a police farce.

[khunjeff]

8 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

The Bangkok sidewalk police (tessakit) are back to extorting tourists for littering (cigarette butts). Opening bid is 2,000 baht.

 

I am very much against littering, but would like to see the "law" equally enforced with both tourists and Thais. And the fine is more like 200 baht.

The official fine has been 2000 baht ever since the law went into effect 20 or so years ago. For the first couple of years, there were even notices posted at airport immigration counters informing arriving passengers of the penalty. 

 

You're absolutely right, though, that during that entire period, the law has always been used pretty much exclusively against foreigners (and pretty much exclusively for cigarette butts and ash - dump a sack of trash out the window and you're fine).

[bamnutsak]

15 hours ago, khunjeff said:

The official fine has been 2000 baht ever since the law went into effect 20 or so years ago.

"Up to 2,000 baht fine", is the wording, I think.

 

Yes, I was thinking of the jaywalking fine, which seems to settle at 200 baht, but can range from 100 to 1,000 baht.