webfact Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Phuket City Police chief transferred amid underage nightlife staff probe Phuket Gazette Phuket City Police Superintendent Chote Chitchai has been transferred to an inactive post pending an investigation into underage staff working at Phuket Town nightclubs. Photo: Gazette file PHUKET: -- Phuket City Police Superintendent Chote Chitchai has been removed from active duty pending an investigation into underage staff working at Phuket Town nightclubs. Col Chote told the Phuket Gazette today that he received the instant transfer order on Saturday. “I received the order from Phuket Provincial Police Commander Chonasit Wattanavrangkul on Saturday to transfer to Phuket Provincial Police Station as a special assignment for 30 days,” he told the Gazette this afternoon. “Today is a public holiday. I will report to Phuket Provincial Police Station tomorrow,” he added. Phuket Provincial Police Deputy Commander Sakchai Limcharoen has been installed as Phuket City Police Acting Superintendent during the 30-day period, Col Chote said. Asked what reason was given for the immediate temporary transfer, Col Chote explained, “This is Maj Gen Chonasit’s decision. I will be back as Phuket City Police Superintendent duty after the 30 days.” “I have already taken up the position of Acting Superintendent at Phuket City Police Station,” Col Sakchai, told the Gazette. “This is just a temporary assignment… I have been ordered to ‘tighten up’ Phuket City Police Station. “I believe you have already seen the media reports of underage staff being found working in nightlife venues in Phuket Town. The Commander [Maj Gen Chonasit] sees this as very important. That’s why I have been assigned this task,” he added. “I believe Col Chote will be re-instated and I will resume my normal duties at Phuket Provincial Station as soon as the investigation is complete. However, it might take longer than 30 days to complete the investigation,” Col Sakchai said. Source: http://www.phuketgaz...ticle12939.html -- Phuket Gazette 2012-05-08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaeagle Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 All you can hope for is a proper, thorough, fair and transparent internal investigation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentine Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 All you can hope for is a proper, thorough, fair and transparent internal investigation. Shouldn't you have added a few 5s to your statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gillespie Posted May 8, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted May 8, 2012 '“Today is a public holiday. I will report to Phuket Provincial Police Station tomorrow,” he added.' So cops who are transferred to an inactive post are allowed to take a holiday from their inactivity. That's nice. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Shot Posted May 8, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted May 8, 2012 '“Today is a public holiday. I will report to Phuket Provincial Police Station tomorrow,” he added.' So cops who are transferred to an inactive post are allowed to take a holiday from their inactivity. That's nice. The inactivity of the inactiveness cancels each out. Therefore creating an active inactivity. Simple. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillespie Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 '“Today is a public holiday. I will report to Phuket Provincial Police Station tomorrow,” he added.' So cops who are transferred to an inactive post are allowed to take a holiday from their inactivity. That's nice. The inactivity of the inactiveness cancels each out. Therefore creating an active inactivity. Simple. My head hurts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan96822 Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Interesting title with little to no specific supporting details. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 I'm presuming, "underage nightlife staff" is the Thai police term that would include teenage hookers below the legal age...in addition to I suppose the theoretical prospect of non-hooking regular wait staff. Somehow it sounds much more proper using their terminology. But that doesn't change what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkady Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 (edited) There are underage boys and girls working as prostitutes all over Thailand, often within 50 metres of a police station. So this can't be the real reason. It is more likely that he wasn't passing enough gravy up to the top table. Edited May 8, 2012 by Arkady 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markaew Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 This guy must be laughing his ass off because he will start fresh in maybe... Bangkok? Nothing happening there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Ahh, the famous fallacy of appearing to punish wrongdoings and working to correct them, when in reality, nothing actually happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waza Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 So if a BIB allows an underage girl to serve you a beer he is made inactive, but if an undersage jetski guy rips you off or beats you bloody then its business as usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbamboo Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 All you can hope for is a proper, thorough, fair and transparent internal investigation. And winning the lottery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 All you can hope for is a proper, thorough, fair and transparent internal investigation. And winning the lottery. My money's on the lottery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomadJoe Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 I still don't understand...we are talking about underage sex workers here right? If so, why is the media being so vague? This guy must be laughing his ass off because he will start fresh in maybe... Bangkok? Nothing happening there! Well actually no. Ranking government posts in places like Phuket and Pattaya are bought at a hefty price. It is very expensive to get a posting there because of the amount of money making it up the chain of command. It's no coincidence, for example, that the head of the Similan National Park owns a fleet of fishing boats which get to have the run of the park, illegally fishing in the "closed" season without any dive boats in the area to drop a dime on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeddyFlyfisherDavis Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 All you can hope for is a proper, thorough, fair and transparent internal investigation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeddyFlyfisherDavis Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 '“Today is a public holiday. I will report to Phuket Provincial Police Station tomorrow,” he added.' So cops who are transferred to an inactive post are allowed to take a holiday from their inactivity. That's nice. You just gotta love it...That would make him active again...Right...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeddyFlyfisherDavis Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 (edited) There are underage boys and girls working as prostitutes all over Thailand, often within 50 metres of a police station. So this can't be the real reason. It is more likely that he wasn't passing enough gravy up to the top table. They must think we are all pretty stupid...Just finding out that 16 and 17 year olds are working the bars...? It's a "Miracle". Edited May 8, 2012 by TeddyFlyfisherDavis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelepulse Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Reading between the lines, this guy wasn't passing enough up to the General, so the General sacks him for someone that will pass up the proper amount. Of course this guy will get a new post and be paid, it just won't necessarily be in such a lucrative market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJohnnyBKK Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 There are underage boys and girls working as prostitutes all over Thailand, often within 50 metres of a police station. So this can't be the real reason. It is more likely that he wasn't passing enough gravy up to the top table. It is true that no one who matters cares about the local sex industry wrt age issues, but there is real pressure from above - because of the pressure coming from our governments - to prevent underage prostitution being made available to farang. I still don't understand...we are talking about underage sex workers here right? If so, why is the media being so vague? To protect the reputation (sic) of the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osiboy Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 All you can hope for is a proper, thorough, fair and transparent internal investigation. well,....that will be a first ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paangjang Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 So if a BIB allows an underage girl to serve you a beer he is made inactive, but if an undersage jetski guy rips you off or beats you bloody then its business as usual You got it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ableguy Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 All you can hope for is a proper, thorough, fair and transparent internal investigation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistachios Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Very poor article. Why was the police chief transferred? If he was the venue's owner, then it seems like a very soft punishment. If he just was the acting official at the time of the bust, then I wonder how many inactive post they can find for all police chiefs of thailand. They will surely need an inactive commander to non-manage all the inactive officials... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hostile17 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 if you want to know how much a highly placed police officers makes in phuket.. My new neighbor is one of those. He scrapped his 'carpark roof' 4 times before finaly sticking with one with a lot of expensive wooding on it. It took a team of 7 people almost half a month to finish it all up. Probably wasted about 700k on all the roofings from my estimate, His overpriced ugly kitchen is about 1.3mil baht could go on for a long time.. You dont get that much money from giving extra parking tickets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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