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Six Thai police officers indicted for extorting money from Taiwanese actress


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15 minutes ago, NORDO said:

Agreed.   If they were paid a livable wage with good bennies, then the corruption would decrease.   It would never completely stop, but fewer bobbies would be on the take.

Who would pay for this?  

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11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He said that the six police officers have been charged with demanding and taking bribes, in violation of Section 149 of the Criminal Code, offences which carry a jail term from 5 years to life or the death penalty

The death penalty for being involved with bribery. Really?

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2 hours ago, soalbundy said:

I think it is too easy to point the finger at underpaid policemen when in reality the whole system is rotten. The average policeman can't live from his wage alone and so has to make a few thousand on the side while his superiors makes a hundred thousand from corruption and their top dogs make millions. Those figures change to billions for top politicians. There are very few checks and balances and any honest cop, judge, or politician will suffer persecution from his corrupt seniors for upsetting the apple cart.

In the USA corruption in the police force was brought under control after the prohibition by raising the police wages, in the UK the amount of wrong doing by the metropolitan police is just being uncovered so this isn't a just a Thai/Asian problem, it is a world wide systemic affordability problem, poor training, low IQ, poor moral in the police as a reflection of societies that value money above all.

Corruption will never be stopped completely unless the root causes are put right and we get a few enlightened leaders in all segments of society who can serve as good examples but I can't name one country where this is happening.

sure - aren't you foregetting about the Garda ? 

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11 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Just lately it looks like they are getting real with bad Policemen.   Long may it last !

I think most police officers will be voting for Thaksin's daughter in May. At least then they can go back to the same old routine. Ha! This is only because she has pull .

 

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