17 hours ago, Salerno said:

That's cool, so it wouldn't be totally out of left field if your stepdaughter wanted to pursue a career in forensics overseas, as you said, hell of a waste of five years on something she is obviously fairly passionate about. I'm not going to hold my breath but things will slowly change in Thailand, would be cool if she could start her career overseas, gain experience and come back into the RTP when it catches up.

I would think that if she has studied something for 5 years, and can only get a position abroad because of the "Boys Club" mentality in Thailand, if she does get a job in Forensics in another country, I can't see her rushing back to beg for a job here!  

5 minutes ago, sambum said:

I can't see her rushing back to beg for a job here!  

Depends, some people actually do want the best for fellow citizens and the country to move forward, it's not always just about the money.

4 hours ago, zzaa09 said:

This is quite reflective of oligarchical corpocracies. 

Same same everywhere.

"oligarchical corpocracies"?

 

I think I agree with you!

11 minutes ago, Salerno said:

Depends, some people actually do want the best for fellow citizens and the country to move forward, it's not always just about the money.

I see your point, but unfortunately for this country to move forward, it will take a lot more understanding from those in positions of authority that "it's not always just about the money"!

In fact, most/many of them would probably say that it is always about the money because that is how they got their positions in the first place!

Will this mean that "checkpoints" will be far and few between now?

Will the cops at the checkpoints be extra careful to law abiding?

Junior policemen are scapegoats is inconvenient truth of the dirty rotten RTP. I will be better convince that the RTP upper echelon are clean when more police superintendents and above are implicated and jailed. They are commanders in their respective roles and they set the discipline and standard. If the junior policemen corrupt, they are culpable. If not involved in the corruption, they should be fired on dereliction of duty. 

Of course the police is running their organized crime racket. 

Everyone knows, no one cares to stop.

 

But it isn't the police alone.

The national park chief to the NACC official, every walk there is corruption.

 

Immigration office the same.

Proof of address in Jomtien immigration: 300thb

Proof of address in chaiyaphum immigration: 500thb.

 

The price is different.

But they have something common: both places takes money but gives no receipt.

 

Never ending list.

This is ( also) Thailand.

On 2/3/2023 at 6:22 PM, spidermike007 said:

This will have no bearing on the bent superior officers, all the way up the chain of command. It is a way of life, and it is the rule, NOT the exception. 

 

The only reason these officers are being disciplined at all, is because it is international news, and there is egg on the face of the RTP. They have to appear to be doing something. In reality, will anything change or improve? 

correct, the only change will be "take more care", don't get caught.

 

a good example of this is Ferrrari Joe and associates, they didn't check carefully enough and a stooge was able to video the fatal session with the drug dealer - the real story is much more complex than even aired.