The national police are investigating an alleged bribery scheme that enables cargo trucks to bypass checkpoints on highways. The police chief has instructed inspectors throughout the country to look into the matter and take action against any implicated officers.

 

Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn, a member of the Move Forward party, revealed that truck operators make monthly payments to police officers in exchange for stickers that allow their vehicles to pass through checkpoints.

 

Responding to the allegation, the Royal Thai Police Commissioner General has issued an order for the Office of Inspector General to investigate the claim. Wiroj, together with the Land Transport Federation of Thailand and highway police officers, will be summoned to provide statements.

 

By Adam Judd

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2023/06/05/thai-police-continue-to-investigate-alleged-highway-bribery-scheme/

 

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3 hours ago, webfact said:

The national police are investigating an alleged bribery scheme that enables cargo trucks to bypass checkpoints on highways. The police chief has instructed inspectors throughout the country to look into the matter and take action against any implicated officers.

Internal investigation?

Apart from the usual RTP corruption that seems never ending here in Thailand, the ridiculous situation whereby the cops investigate themselves….bearing in mind that those at the top are the primary beneficiaries to their own corruption schemes, is simply a huge cover up scheme to get media to forget this news. Forgetting news here, happens all the time…no-one ever gets to hear the outcomes of so called “investigations”, as the media, with their incredibly short memories, just wash these types of stories away.

Thieves being asked to provide evidence of their doing?

The investigation is set to take 15 years.

31 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

Apart from the usual RTP corruption that seems never ending here in Thailand, the ridiculous situation whereby the cops investigate themselves….bearing in mind that those at the top are the primary beneficiaries to their own corruption schemes, is simply a huge cover up scheme to get media to forget this news. Forgetting news here, happens all the time…no-one ever gets to hear the outcomes of so called “investigations”, as the media, with their incredibly short memories, just wash these types of stories away.

Exactly true.This will fade away in days , never to be heard of again.The internal investigation is a joke and everyone knows it.

Investigate or cover up , are the stickers still on the trucks ,paying money

so trucks can be dangerously overloaded and allowed to travel the roads,

that is really serious and needs to be vigorously investigated , heads should roll.

 

regards worgeordie

I notice the heavily laden trucks seem to travel at night..... do the weighbridges close at night ?

 

Seen to be doing something comes to mind, it would be impossible to keep this quiet it would involve just about every bib at road checks and all highway police they would all have to be in on it

1 hour ago, Almer said:

 

Seen to be doing something comes to mind, it would be impossible to keep this quiet it would involve just about every bib at road checks and all highway police they would all have to be in on it

Aren't they? For a cut Anything can happens  in Los. 

7 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Internal investigation?

I volunteer. I am an amateur gynaecologist.

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I think I can smell a cover up in the works......let's have an independent investigation. If the RTP were handing out the overload passes, then the RTP should not be investigating.