RTP Chief apologizes to Taiwanese actress: "Good cops will be rewarded - bad ones punished"

[webfact]

Picture: Sanook

 

A stony faced chief of the Royal Thai Police Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat faced the massed ranks of the Thai media yesterday.

 

He apologised to the Taiwanese actress, said Sanook in their headline, and the public who had faced financial losses at the hands of some of his men. 

 

Damrongsak only took over at the helm of the RTP late last year. 

 

He admitted that since then there had been many incidents both good and bad that he had to deal with. 

 

He used the term "yer maak" - loads. 

 

"We have a great many good officers that are ready to do their duty and serve the public," he intoned.

 

"Rest assured the good ones will be rewarded and the bad ones will be punished".

 

He assured the public and tourists that they would be treated properly and in particular he is demanding that both immigration and the tourist police perform their duties with transparency.

 

Regarding the extortion case of Charlene An he promised a full and transparent investigation. 

 

Trips may be made to both Taiwan and Singapore. But if witnesses are scared of dealing with the Thai police then he said that Interpol would play a role.

 

He said that the Huay Kwang police chief had been transferred and if he or his deputy were involved they would face the music.

 

He dismissed suggestions that the commander of the metropolitan police was also culpable.

 

He also promised upgrades to body cams for police. 
 

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[Will B Good]

Shouldn't good cops be rewarded with a salary and the prospect of promotion? 

[2baht]

6 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

Shouldn't good cops be rewarded with a salary and the prospect of promotion? 

No, they have to buy that!

[2baht]

23 minutes ago, webfact said:

the bad ones will be punished

Transfer, inactive post? ........What utter rubbish! Grow some gonads and SACK and fine them!

 

 

[Orinoco]

Who nicked the Jam out his doughnut.

What a picture, honestly.

Thai movies have a lot to answer for. 

[orchis]

" Good Guys In, Bad Guys Out", I think someone said it first. ????

[nikmar]

Are Whie Elephant tickets still for sale?

[anchadian]

Surely the subject title should read:

 

Good cops will be rewarded in extortion cases who are not found out, whilst bad ones who are found out will be punished

 

[sammieuk1]

Who was it that said all that time ago about 48hrs trust us not the social media fire him I  knew like millions of others who was telling porkies and who was not a week ago ???? 

[Joseph98765]

This is not the same slogan as immigration has? 555

hope they will be as tough as they are with us...555

[sammieuk1]

On your left is my right hand man primed and ready to intercept corruption when he wakes up ????

 

 

[Artisi]

Is he sincere, time will tell ???? 

[Mavideol]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

"Rest assured the good ones will be rewarded and the bad ones will be punished".

why should they be rewarded, isn't it their job to be good cop.... anyway, after 14 years, I am still looking forward to meet one of the "good" ones

[Tarteso]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

He also promised upgrades to body cams for police. 

Good.. cams for scammers????

[Sydebolle]

Apology for something which never happened? Ming boggling. 

Put the involved "bad boys" in front of cameras, let them apologize, return the "heist", throw them into the slammer and dishonorably discharge all of them. It might (i.e.   M I G H T ) leave a message to those other thousands of crooks in uniforms ............ 

[Artisi]

10 minutes ago, Sydebolle said:

Apology for something which never happened? Ming boggling. 

Put the involved "bad boys" in front of cameras, let them apologize, return the "heist", throw them into the slammer and dishonorably discharge all of them. It might (i.e.   M I G H T ) leave a message to those other thousands of crooks in uniforms ............ 

Did Ferrari Joe and cohorts eposoide change anything - to few who now cover their tracks more carefully - but to the majority, NO. 

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Damrongsak only took over at the helm of the RTP late last year. 

Looked like a cushy number back then, now he's having to cover his own back.

[ignore it]

This ain't going to be that easy to get back in the bottle.

[ikke1959]

It will be very quiet in the policestations... bad ones punished...

[wwest5829]

Seems to me that there should be a threat of charging official wrongdoing with, "lese majeste" charges as the wrongdoing caused embarrassment to the Kingdom of Thailand and so the King. If not used currently, OK but let the word go out that, in the future this is a probable charge for wrongdoing while serving in an official capacity.

[steven100]

he really means ...  wash '  rinse '  repeat '   .....           they say this year after year but it will never stop..

[internationalism]

there were not any good cops amoung those 7.

Their superior also bad apple, transfered.

Probably all cops at that police station should be investigated. Check their land titles.

 

"good cop is a d...d cop" sounds correct in thailand

[PETERTHEEATER]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

He said that the Huay Kwang police chief had been transferred and if he or his deputy were involved they would face the music.

He's not kidding! The inactive post requires the incumbent to watch K-pop videos 24/7.

[klauskunkel]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

"Rest assured the good ones will be rewarded and the bad ones will be punished".

not gonna hold my breath, … gonna hold my beer though.

[fusion58]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Rest assured the good ones will be rewarded and the bad ones will be punished".

LOL.

 

That’s right up there with “your check’s in the mail” and “I promise I won’t ___ in your mouth.” ????

[Blumpie]

Oh Thailand, you never change... the only way for you to notice is to get backed in the corner with people from all over the world laughing at you... Ha ha ha!  What a society.

[d4dang]

10 hours ago, fusion58 said:

LOL.

 

That’s right up there with “your check’s in the mail” and “I promise I won’t ___ in your mouth.” ????

I will only put it in a little bit?

[Sydebolle]

On 2/1/2023 at 2:15 PM, Artisi said:

Did Ferrari Joe and cohorts eposoide change anything - to few who now cover their tracks more carefully - but to the majority, NO. 

Regretfully you are absolutely right yet an unknown number of RTPs might have had second thoughts since. The more comes to light, the more might have second thoughts. 

You will always have those risking everything; see the stringent laws on illegal drugs in Singapore with the mandatory death sentence. They hang yearly some the catch; how many try it nevertheless and sneak through. The grey dark figures are one thing, carrying on exposing those you catch is another and certainly a necessary element in getting this endless corruption highlighted. 

Look at Indonesia and their top corrupt customs system. They all got booted out and SGS took over a paid mandate to set-up a (fairly) clean customs system. The government made much more in official import duties and in Thailand the government would earn officially much more in fines while  some of those law-benders and cheaters would get to reason ...... 

[peter zwart]

Please define good and bad
 

[Artisi]

7 hours ago, peter zwart said:

Please define good and bad
 

And don't forget the ugly.