Chuwit Kamolvisit: Thailand’s ‘super-pimp’ turned sensational whistleblower

[webfact]

 

Chuwit Kamolvisit has earned the reputation of an anti-corruption hero after repeatedly exposing police bribery and underground businesses linked to corrupt state officials.

 

Once a self-declared “super pimp”, Chuwit has evolved from a massage-parlour tycoon to become a politician, a convict, a TV talk-show host, and a crusader against Thailand’s chronic corruption.

 

Over recent months, he has been busy acting as whistleblower, producing evidence against Chinese triad gangs and the dishonest law enforcers helping them to thrive in Thailand. He also spoke out against senior police officers, accusing them of involvement in illegal online gambling.

 

Chuwit, 61, recently produced a video clip and an eyewitness to back allegations by a Taiwanese actress that Thai police had demanded a 27,000-baht bribe to release her and her friends after they were found in possession of a vaping device, which is illegal in Thailand.

 

He also claimed that the national police chief recently told him to “tone things down” after he caused a series of headaches for the police force.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/chuwit-kamolvisit-thailands-super-pimp-turned-sensational-whistleblower/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2023-02-11

 

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[findlay13]

He should be P.M.

[theshu25]

I feel he will not be around that much longer if he keeps giving everyone up.

[billd766]

16 minutes ago, theshu25 said:

I feel he will not be around that much longer if he keeps giving everyone up.

IMHO if he is removed in any unethical way there will be a torrent of stuff coming from websites, MSM and social media that will bury the current "management" and there will be no way to turn the tap off.

 

Again IMHO I think that Chuwit has told so many people including the one at the very top what will happen if anything "unforeseen" should happen to him.

[TheFishman1]

Yeah, that guy should definitely be the p.m.

[ujayujay]

2 hours ago, theshu25 said:

I feel he will not be around that much longer if he keeps giving everyone up.

Chuwit isn't as dumb as you think. He knows too many dirty stories from well-known politicians and extremely rich clan members. Should anything happen to him, he has certainly notarized the relevant evidence! If that were not the case, Chuwit would have disappeared from the scene long ago.

[ignore it]

Useful article for anybody who was born yesterday or has just awakened from a coma.

[Muhendis]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Once a self-declared “super pimp”, Chuwit has evolved from a massage-parlour tycoon to become a politician, a convict, a TV talk-show host, and a crusader against Thailand’s chronic corruption.

What a CV he must have.

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

He also claimed that the national police chief recently told him to “tone things down” after he caused a series of headaches for the police force.

I bet he did... starting to look embarrassing is the understatement of the decade.

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, findlay13 said:

He should be P.M.

With Surachate as deputy... drain the swamp.

[zzaa09]

He does think highly of himself........in a terribly deluded manner. 

His less than humble/sincere fashionable type will fade quickly, as do all fanciful quests. 

 

It's all about the attention.

Nothing practiced.

[billd766]

49 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

He does think highly of himself........in a terribly deluded manner. 

His less than humble/sincere fashionable type will fade quickly, as do all fanciful quests. 

 

It's all about the attention.

Nothing practiced.

Well it seems to me that he has stuck a big stick into the hornets' nest of the RTP and wiggled it around.

 

What seems to me, at least, to have happened is that the RTP are now having to admit to things that they would really prefer to be swept under the carpet, never to see the light of day again.

 

I cannot comment on how he thinks of himself as I have never met him. He does not seem to lack for a few baht, and the delicious irony for me is that he gets a reward from the RTP as a whistle blower, for exposing them.

Edited February 11, 2023 by billd766
added extra text

[Elkski]

A million baht/day and that was way back when?  Just a small slice of the sex trade pie that Thailand doesn't acknowledge feeding this nations growth. 

[Elkski]

1 hour ago, billd766 said:

Well it seems to me that he has stuck a big stick into the hornets' nest of the RTP and wiggled it around.

 

What seems to me, at least, to have happened is that the RTP are now having to admit to things that they would really prefer to be swept under the carpet, never to see the light of day again.

 

I cannot comment on how he thinks of himself as I have never met him. He does not seem to lack for a few baht, and the delicious irony for me is that he gets a reward from the RTP as a whistle blower, for exposing them.

He has said he will donate the 5% rewards to charity!!!   I think you haven't studied enough to comment. 

[In the jungle]

61 years old.

 

Really???

[billd766]

1 hour ago, Elkski said:

He has said he will donate the 5% rewards to charity!!!   I think you haven't studied enough to comment. 

I did know that but it is coming from the corrupted RTP themselves, which is the irony.

 

They get their funds from the government.

Edited February 11, 2023 by billd766
added extra text

[Artisi]

Told to tone it down, luckily for some he is only sniping around the edges at the moment - leaving the major info as a safe-guard for his ongoing  health. 

[sammieuk1]

Once a self-declared “super pimp”, Chuwit has evolved from a massage-parlour tycoon to become a politician, a convict, a TV talk-show host, and a crusader against Thailand’s chronic corruption..

 

Add rib tickler to this fine list of attributes ???? 

[Neeranam]

23 hours ago, webfact said:

Once a self-declared “super pimp”, Chuwit has evolved from a massage-parlour tycoon to become a politician, a convict, a TV talk-show host, and a crusader against Thailand’s chronic corruption.

Give him a break, we all know his past anyways.

[herfiehandbag]

23 hours ago, webfact said:

He also claimed that the national police chief recently told him to “tone things down” after he caused a series of headaches for the police force.

Something of a "gipsy's warning"?

[herfiehandbag]

22 hours ago, theshu25 said:

I feel he will not be around that much longer if he keeps giving everyone up.

 

22 hours ago, billd766 said:

IMHO if he is removed in any unethical way there will be a torrent of stuff coming from websites, MSM and social media that will bury the current "management" and there will be no way to turn the tap off.

 

Again IMHO I think that Chuwit has told so many people including the one at the very top what will happen if anything "unforeseen" should happen to him.

 

20 hours ago, ujayujay said:

Chuwit isn't as dumb as you think. He knows too many dirty stories from well-known politicians and extremely rich clan members. Should anything happen to him, he has certainly notarized the relevant evidence! If that were not the case, Chuwit would have disappeared from the scene long ago.

 

15 hours ago, billd766 said:

Well it seems to me that he has stuck a big stick into the hornets' nest of the RTP and wiggled it around.

 

What seems to me, at least, to have happened is that the RTP are now having to admit to things that they would really prefer to be swept under the carpet, never to see the light of day again.

 

I cannot comment on how he thinks of himself as I have never met him. He does not seem to lack for a few baht, and the delicious irony for me is that he gets a reward from the RTP as a whistle blower, for exposing them.

At the moment he is a "thorn in their sides", a nuisance. If and when there is a real threat to their power, and income, then he will be dealt with.

 

I suspect that there is some very high level "staff planning" being urgently conducted, on how to deal with the inevitable side effects of "dealing with him". Once they have a plan, which they think is viable, then they will take action.

 

There will of course be "collateral damage", and I am sure that some who are senior, but not quite senior enough, will be glancing nervously around their offices. Their will be scapegoats - but they can be taken care of when things die down. Reputations may be damaged, but so can bank accounts, which are the more important? Remember those at the top are completely ruthless - that is why they are at the top.

 

Once they think that they can manage the fallout, they will pull the plug.

[bamnutsak]

He's been crusdaing against corruption for ~ 20 years.

 

Given what I pereceive, yes a perception and also anecdotal, to be a MASSIVE increase in corruption I have to ask how successful he's been.

 

It feels like someone, or some group, has determined that police corruption is completely out of hand, and needs to be reined in. And they are using Chuwit to expose select instances of corruption. Heck, maybe the old mafia wants to put the new mafia in check?

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 12, 2023 by bamnutsak

[zzaa09]

Just a different kind of scallywaggery, but one nonetheless. 

Skullduggery may appear in a variety of forms, yet the parent club remains under the same umbrella. 

 

What should be astounding and perplexing is that too many aren't able to comprehend this.

[bamnutsak]

4 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

What should be astounding and perplexing is that too many aren't able to comprehend this.

Well maybe we would if you didn't speak in riddles?

 

What is "the parent club"? And what's the "umbrella" thing?

 

 

[carlyai]

I think it's just a diversion. Loepards don't change their spots.

One thing is for sure in Thailand, you only get as big as you're allowed to. Don't go further and you're OK. Go further and then the rug gets pulled out.

 

[Enzian]

The country needs more like him, and in fact we all need backups for him, to take his place when he is possibly taken down. For the entertainment value even if nothing is improved--but I think it will be. Can you imagine a half dozen like him, each coming up with something new about every two weeks or so?

[NoshowJones]

On 2/11/2023 at 1:43 PM, TheFishman1 said:

Yeah, that guy should definitely be the p.m.

Anyone would be better than the one we already have or anyone who has anything to do with soldiers.

[Jerno]

1 hour ago, zzaa09 said:

Just a different kind of scallywaggery, but one nonetheless. 

Skullduggery may appear in a variety of forms, yet the parent club remains under the same umbrella. 

 

What should be astounding and perplexing is that too many aren't able to comprehend this.

What the? How about some sense and clarity in what you are saying,  instead of trying to impress with incomprehensible drivel. 

[Maestro]

Removed an off-topic post (visa agents) and the replies to it. We are not in the visa forum here.

[Pedrogaz]

On 2/11/2023 at 12:01 PM, theshu25 said:

I feel he will not be around that much longer if he keeps giving everyone up.

Sad but true. I do hope he has excellent security.