44 minutes ago, keithkarmann said:

Have driven past the new anti corruption agency in Sukhothai it looks very quite in there. Job for the boys.

Any nice motors in the parking lot?

They could solve corruption in a heartbeat by raising sufficient tax to enable the government to pay first world salaries, healthcare, and social security.

 

Increase VAT to 20%.  Employ 78,000 tax inspectors to hunt down every street vendor and farm worker to tax them at 40%. Put in place a myriad of new taxes such as a fringe benefit tax, capital gains tax, fart tax for all farm animals. Institute a special carbon tax on all street vendors that sell grilled chicken. Raise fuel, alcohol, and tobacco tax to 80%.

 

Invest zillions in wind and solar farms, and destroy the gas and oil powered electricity generators before there is sufficient replacement capacity.  

 

Problem solved, and Thailand becomes a first world Utopia with a perfectly functional non-authoritarian, non-corrupt government, just like my country, New Zealand.  Yeah, right. 

2 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Yes, the best kept secret is the rampant corruption built into virtually every aspect of Thailand. The people accept it as a part of life.

 

I knew a police captain in Pattaya, a Thaksin supporter. He had several nice cars, several condos and a beautiful wife. When Thaksin was ousted, this captain lost everything because he was reassigned to a post where the brown envelopes disappeared.

 

Fine, you want to remove it the corruption? Pay honest wages, make honest, profitable deals. And we all know - T.I.T.S.

I compare being a BIB here to being in the Hells Angels. One HA 81 told me it was like winning the lottery. Only issue was that sometimes you had to do things you didn't like.

Would not want to live anywhere else, don't you just love it.

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

NACC an outsider.. they're as bent as anyone.

Correct, they wanted 'tea money' from me once!

17 minutes ago, Gsxrnz said:

They could solve corruption in a heartbeat by raising sufficient tax to enable the government to pay first world salaries, healthcare, and social security.

 

Increase VAT to 20%.  Employ 78,000 tax inspectors to hunt down every street vendor and farm worker to tax them at 40%. Put in place a myriad of new taxes such as a fringe benefit tax, capital gains tax, fart tax for all farm animals. Institute a special carbon tax on all street vendors that sell grilled chicken. Raise fuel, alcohol, and tobacco tax to 80%.

 

Invest zillions in wind and solar farms, and destroy the gas and oil powered electricity generators before there is sufficient replacement capacity.  

 

Problem solved, and Thailand becomes a first world Utopia with a perfectly functional non-authoritarian, non-corrupt government, just like my country, New Zealand.  Yeah, right. 

That's a bit much for 8 o'clock in the morning. ( a bit radical ) 

Relax  have a bong. there all the rage now days. 

 

Edited June 1, 20233 yr by quake

2 hours ago, gerritkaew said:

It’s about time thay do this,, Iff you drive a truck you get stopt and in 95% you get a fine for,, nothing ! And Iff you go over the border you must pay also 1-5000b or you stand there for a couple off days. Border control and police,, all corrupt like hell. 
 

That's chicken feed. It's the businesses they shake down is where they are getting rich.

1 hour ago, soalbundy said:

The wife is good at bingo,

No bingo in thailand ????

14 minutes ago, Thailand said:

Would not want to live anywhere else, don't you just love it.

Most of the time, yes. 

Why investigate?  We already know the results.  But if the real results were acted on, the country would fall into anarchy because there wouldnt be anyone to police it!

1 hour ago, soalbundy said:

The wife is good at bingo

No bingo in thailand ????

Totally fake news. The Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand (ACT) is one of the most feeble and ineffective of all the tools Prayuth has used to deceive the people into believing that he is fighting corruption. Who was the last high level authority, in the police, immigration, the army, or the active administration they arrested, charged, tried convicted, and sent to prison?

 

Nobody. Zero. Nunca. Nada. Why? Because Prayuth has had a mandate from the beginning to do the very opposite. To protect the elite, the super wealthy who are guilty, those that are connected, and those who are in power. Just think Dark Tao. Just think Red Bull. The list goes on, and on, and on. Only the most naive amongst us believe he or ACT secretary-general Mana Nimitmongkol are sincere about this. 

 

It barely matters. These guys are above the law. Any and all laws. The only time they are arrested is when it becomes big news, or it is reported internationally, and Thailand gets a ton of egg on it's face. And even then, it normally does not result in a conviction. Very, very few current (not former) police, immigration, customs, cabinet officials, army officials, or administration officials are arrested here, tried, convicted and imprisoned.

Edited June 1, 20233 yr by spidermike007

Just now, Pouatchee said:

No bingo in thailand ????

It is a common feature at the festivals on Wat grounds.....had to walk around carrying a big  pink bear because of them!

2 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

No bingo in thailand ????

a mere detail.

2 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

It is a common feature at the festivals on Wat grounds.....had to walk around carrying a big  pink bear because of them!

lol

i NEVER go to festivals never... so i wouldn't know. thanks for demystifying my misconception

Edited June 1, 20233 yr by Pouatchee

Never going to happen look at the picture of him smiling does that look he series?

Edited June 1, 20233 yr by thailand49

2 hours ago, MrJ2U said:

Be a good time to check all the army commanders assetts along with the unelected 250 senators.

 

 

Prawit banked 5 million every year for the 1st 5 years of his reign despite being on an annual stipend of under 1 million before they passed a law that did not force them to declare their assets.

This is a good challenge for the MF party and i suspect it is an area they might want to look at. All corruption leads to the commander.

The thought of an investigation must put the fear of God into the retired commanders. 

The difference between corruption in the west and corruption in Thailand is that in Thailand it is very obvious and evident at much lower levels of police,  civil service and politics i.e. everyone has an opportunity to get a slice of the cake.

 Western corruption is endemic at the higher levels of government and civil service but it is more subtle and covered up by changing the rules and legalising it. You only have to look at the current UK prime minister's wife who avoided tax quite legally because the method was made legal during the war so that the wealthy empire citizens who came to live in the UK would not have to pay tax on income from foreign sources. All they have to do is say that they intend to be buried in their 'home'  country. That is corruption at the highest level.

Why not do it with generals who have lots of watches

its all a show even the watchdog are corrupt themselves

5 hours ago, smedly said:

why stop there ?

 

every person severving in government these last 13 years should also be looked at, it is in the public interest that anyone that is paid from tax payers money should be open to public financial scrutiny and investigation, I cannot think of any reason why they shouldn't

T.I.T. is the reason!!!

3 hours ago, Pouatchee said:

Should compare assets in rapport with their income tax declaration. then, how can they defend having accumulated wealth that does not proportionately correspond to their salaries?

Probably find a lot of "borrowed from a friend who is now dead" items!

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

Totally fake news. The Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand (ACT) is one of the most feeble and ineffective of all the tools Prayuth has used to deceive the people into believing that he is fighting corruption. Who was the last high level authority, in the police, immigration, the army, or the active administration they arrested, charged, tried convicted, and sent to prison?

 

Nobody. Zero. Nunca. Nada. Why? Because Prayuth has had a mandate from the beginning to do the very opposite. To protect the elite, the super wealthy who are guilty, those that are connected, and those who are in power. Just think Dark Tao. Just think Red Bull. The list goes on, and on, and on. Only the most naive amongst us believe he or ACT secretary-general Mana Nimitmongkol are sincere about this. 

 

It barely matters. These guys are above the law. Any and all laws. The only time they are arrested is when it becomes big news, or it is reported internationally, and Thailand gets a ton of egg on it's face. And even then, it normally does not result in a conviction. Very, very few current (not former) police, immigration, customs, cabinet officials, army officials, or administration officials are arrested here, tried, convicted and imprisoned.

One of the most blatant miscarriages of justice must be must be Fatty Prawit and his watches scandal - I don't know ANYONE who has borrowed a watch (es!) from a friend, and to say that that friend is now dead, so you can't return it (them!) has got to be one of the lamest excuses ever! And to put the icing on the cake, to then say that you had forgotten about them anyway! 

Edited June 1, 20233 yr by sambum

So now that they know they may be coming.  All wealth is being transferred to hidden accounts and companies.  But I'm sure the smarter ones have already done that. 

4 hours ago, carlyai said:

Or the top guys at the Lam Chabang Port.

One guy I dealt who had about half a kilo of gold around his neck. 

The sentiment was that if I didn't pay the extra bits they wouldn't unload my stuff in the container, then charge me storage fees!

Sometimes you really need a Remington 6 shot semi-automatic shot gun with maximum shot in the cartridges.

See how his bits and pieces feel after that.

John Wick's got a nice, new gun. but that's Hollywood for you, not LOS. .

Edited June 1, 20233 yr by paddypower
spell

1 minute ago, paddypower said:

John Wick's got a nice, new gun.

Have to have a look. I miss my guns.

Hot air. So far, all so-called anti-corruption authorities ACT, NACC, AMLO, DSI, internal audit authorities, courts, etc. have failed for decades.

 

The only way to break of this mafia-like, interwoven cancer of corruption within the authorities would be a independent, national tax police force. These would have to be completely re-established outside of the existing police authority structures in small, autonomous cells.

The funding of this tax police should then be 10% success fee from all assets recovered - previously stolen from the people -. 

Edited June 1, 20233 yr by tomacht8

11 minutes ago, carlyai said:

Have to have a look. I miss my guns.

excuse off-topic post: Wick 4 is a terrific movie. Keanu reprises his role as the 'yeah' man, with relish. amazing stunts and the sets are astonishing, esp. the fight scenes against Caine (the blind assassin) .

Edited June 1, 20233 yr by paddypower

4 hours ago, MrJ2U said:

Be a good time to check all the army commanders assetts along with the unelected 250 senators.

 

 

Not a truer word said, we are in power now, I am going to load the government in our favour, hey chaps do you want to be a member of parliament? Its good fun and we'll give you loads of money and expensive watches.  It's called the constitution.