Thai Policemen Earning Extra Income From Farming

[george]

Policemen earning extra income from farming

Policemen from the Kosampeenakhon police station work as usual to serve the public but they also have another job to do to earn extra money to support their families.

All of the station’s fifty six personnel including the Deputy Superintendent and non commissioned officers have a supplementary occupation which helps them fulfill their duty as the family breadwinners. They spend their free time after work raising animals and growing plant

Police Senior Sergeant Major Apiwat Chankesorn helped his wife to raise some 30 pigs, which in turn yielded an extra income of 3,000 baht each time he sold them. His father and his mother also sell fruit from their orchard.

“I only do farming during my free time. It doesn’t interrupt my work as a policeman,” said Police Senior Sergeant Major Apiwat Chankesorn.

Police Sergeant Major Bancha Kerdmeepote earns some 30,000 baht a month from selling chickens’ eggs. With his chicken farm business going well, he’s just started raising 50 cows.

“I have little time to do this after work, but it generates good income for me,” said Police Sergeant Major Bancha Kerdmeepote.

Police Senior Sergeant Major Somsak Haengboon squad leader of the traffic police, also works at a cassava plantation. His hard work is paying off because one tonne of cassava now costs more than 2,000 baht.

These are examples of the policemen who don’t waste their time. They have supplementary occupations that help them earn enough money to spend on necessities and save for their children’s education.

--TNA 2008-02-12

[Seneque]

I am so ........ touched

Still better to sell eggs than to shoot tourists

[Boater]

Policemen earning extra income from farming

Policemen from the Kosampeenakhon police station work as usual to serve the public but they also have another job to do to earn extra money to support their families.

All of the station's fifty six personnel including the Deputy Superintendent and non commissioned officers have a supplementary occupation which helps them fulfill their duty as the family breadwinners. They spend their free time after work raising animals and growing plant

Police Senior Sergeant Major Apiwat Chankesorn helped his wife to raise some 30 pigs, which in turn yielded an extra income of 3,000 baht each time he sold them. His father and his mother also sell fruit from their orchard.

"I only do farming during my free time. It doesn't interrupt my work as a policeman," said Police Senior Sergeant Major Apiwat Chankesorn.

Police Sergeant Major Bancha Kerdmeepote earns some 30,000 baht a month from selling chickens' eggs. With his chicken farm business going well, he's just started raising 50 cows.

"I have little time to do this after work, but it generates good income for me," said Police Sergeant Major Bancha Kerdmeepote.

Police Senior Sergeant Major Somsak Haengboon squad leader of the traffic police, also works at a cassava plantation. His hard work is paying off because one tonne of cassava now costs more than 2,000 baht.

These are examples of the policemen who don't waste their time. They have supplementary occupations that help them earn enough money to spend on necessities and save for their children's education.

--TNA 2008-02-12

at first i thought the title read Policemen earning extra income from ferang!!!

which would in fact be a more realistic topic heading !!

[astral]

at first i thought the title read Policemen earning extra income from ferang!!!

which would in fact be a more realistic topic heading !!

Well that too, no doubt.

I hope the farming duties do not distract them from catching criminals...

never a high priority in LOS

[Mosha]

What crop are the farming? Tea?

[Big A]

Quick off the mark there, Mosha!!

[Mosha]

One tries ones best

[mumbojumbo]

30,000 a month for eggs. How much could he make if he did it full time????

[Ricardo]

What crop are the farming? Tea?

Or milking helmetless-riders of motorbikes, perhaps ?

[soundman]

I could almost guarantee that you will not see one of those policeman actually lifting a hoe, wading through a rice padee, or planting seedlings.....

In fact, a likely scenario is that all the current crop of convicts in the local amphur will be on day release, working for a few ciggarettes & a 1/4 glass of whiskey for private business rather than state enterprise....

All in all, not an un-common occurence in Thailand - funny that an article like this was actually allowed to make news.

Soundman.

[Bryan in Isaan]

I could almost guarantee that you will not see one of those policeman actually lifting a hoe, wading through a rice padee, or planting seedlings.....

In fact, a likely scenario is that all the current crop of convicts in the local amphur will be on day release, working for a few ciggarettes & a 1/4 glass of whiskey for private business rather than state enterprise....

All in all, not an un-common occurence in Thailand - funny that an article like this was actually allowed to make news.

Soundman.

I don't know about the policemen in the OP or what kind of place they live in. I know a high ranking police officer in a poor part of the Isaan. He works his a** off doing all those things and enjoys it. I guess noone told him he can get convicts to do it. Usually his brothers and kids help.

I think there are some limitations on land ownership by policemen. Presumably they are not supposed to be farmers. Maybe that's why it made the news.

[thaigene2]

I'm sure there area some decent cops doing this with their families. But I wonder how many own big tracks of land and are exploiting illegal foreign migrants to work for him for peanuts - "or else!" ??

[Tony Clifton]

I could almost guarantee that you will not see one of those policeman actually lifting a hoe, wading through a rice padee, or planting seedlings.....

In fact, a likely scenario is that all the current crop of convicts in the local amphur will be on day release, working for a few ciggarettes & a 1/4 glass of whiskey for private business rather than state enterprise....

All in all, not an un-common occurence in Thailand - funny that an article like this was actually allowed to make news.

Soundman.

It wasn't that long ago that TRT used TNA for it's ridiculous propaganda on a daily basis.

The evening radio broadcasts were even more of a farce.

They're back in power, so are these weird bits of news.

Maybe with this one they're trying to polish up the police's image with the tourist murders trying to make them look like people living off the land and working sooo hard. Or are they just covering up another freshly uncovered scam ?

[thaigene2]

I could almost guarantee that you will not see one of those policeman actually lifting a hoe, wading through a rice padee, or planting seedlings.....

In fact, a likely scenario is that all the current crop of convicts in the local amphur will be on day release, working for a few ciggarettes & a 1/4 glass of whiskey for private business rather than state enterprise....

All in all, not an un-common occurence in Thailand - funny that an article like this was actually allowed to make news.

Soundman.

It wasn't that long ago that TRT used TNA for it's ridiculous propaganda on a daily basis.

The evening radio broadcasts were even more of a farce.

They're back in power, so are these weird bits of news.

Maybe with this one they're trying to polish up the police's image with the tourist murders trying to make them look like people living off the land and working sooo hard. Or are they just covering up another freshly uncovered scam ?

No offence Tony. I know you hate TRT and Thaksin -- But ?? huh? They haven't even decided "who or why" to suck up to yet..but you're already blaiming TRT. Wow, self-sulfilling theories..

[nickynomates]

Policemen farming.

The thought of Thai Policeman planting things now there is a first.

[Tony Clifton]

I could almost guarantee that you will not see one of those policeman actually lifting a hoe, wading through a rice padee, or planting seedlings.....

In fact, a likely scenario is that all the current crop of convicts in the local amphur will be on day release, working for a few ciggarettes & a 1/4 glass of whiskey for private business rather than state enterprise....

All in all, not an un-common occurence in Thailand - funny that an article like this was actually allowed to make news.

Soundman.

It wasn't that long ago that TRT used TNA for it's ridiculous propaganda on a daily basis.

The evening radio broadcasts were even more of a farce.

They're back in power, so are these weird bits of news.

Maybe with this one they're trying to polish up the police's image with the tourist murders trying to make them look like people living off the land and working sooo hard. Or are they just covering up another freshly uncovered scam ?

No offence Tony. I know you hate TRT and Thaksin -- But ?? huh? They haven't even decided "who or why" to suck up to yet..but you're already blaiming TRT. Wow, self-sulfilling theories..

Media control under TRT was either you suck up, we fire you or we sue you into the ground.

TNA had no choice back then, why would it be any different under PPP and Jakaprob with his media control cruisade since day 1 in office?

While the above article is but a small thing, you'll find hundreds of similar ones under TRT's rule, nothing but propaganda.

Edited February 12, 2008 by Tony Clifton

[cantona_777]

I find it a bit ironic that pigs are raising pigs but then again it's late at night.

Edited February 12, 2008 by cantona_777

[Scott]

Ganja? Kratin leaves? I thought they just used to sell them, not grow them!

[Scott]

Actually, due to the deficiencies in the Thai educational system, these guys are reduced to growing things because they can't successfully set up a meth-lab!

[toybits]

If you ask the BPP victims, they would probably say "Yeah! Right". Farming - as in planting evidence, and harvesting payoffs... LOL!

[TAWP]

30K per month, it says...so why remain a cop that pays far less on paper?

No, wait, I know why...

[soundman]

Actually, due to the deficiencies in the Thai educational system, these guys are reduced to growing things because they can't successfully set up a meth-lab!

Not hard to believe since they can't read the displays on their radar guns with much consistency.

[pnustedt]

I know a lot of police in Isaan who have part time jobs - usually involved with farming. Our village policeman works for me during the rice harvest - and a good worker he is too!

[Deesurin]

Pig farming?? No better way to get rid of dead tourist than toss them to hungry pigs may be something to keep an eye on

[Tony Clifton]

Nothing like poppies for a good cash crop.

[Payboy]

...almost guarantee that you will not see one of those policeman actually lifting a hoe...

i'm positively certain i saw a policeman picking one up around nana yesterday...

[Briggsy]

When reading about the police in Thailand, it is important to remember there are 2 very distinct layers of police , officer-level and non-officer level. The differences between them are vast. It is nigh on impossible for a policeman who entered at constable level to become an officer. Their social backgrounds will be very different. Low level police will often have had a weak education even if they hold a Mathayom 6 certificate. Officer-level entrants, on the other hand will be from better-off homes. They may well have attended good schools before going to Police Cadet Training Institute. The loot is divvied up as one might expect.

So, it is not surprising at all for the low-level police to be farming when they have the time. They come from an agricultural background and have done it since they were children.

[BigSnake]

Great much better than those that og the bribery route(ie kickback) fake rent a car scam and other low life things