Up until a couple of decades ago the Thai masses believed everything they were fed. People like Chalerm are still living in that past where, because HE said it, it's a fact and WILL be accepted as gospel.

He knows those very same masses see and feel the bad and ugly happening every single day yet he continues to tell them it's not happening.

The time will come when the people do not believe the Chalerms anymore. Until then the BiBs of the world will take their advantage.

I'm wondering.....Does Chalerm say something like this assuming that the public is stupid enough to believe him because he has some authoritative ranking and he's pulling a power trip....or......is it something he really believes???

either way, there have been some real boneheaded politicians accross the globe that have said some ridiculous things in the past...but the consistancy that this schmuck exhibits in what pours out of his mouth is beyond belief

Its like this... He probably thinks if they are stupid enough to vote me in, they're stupid enough to believe what I tell them. Used George Dubbya's re-election as a yardstick.

Well if the deputy prime minister says its ok ..so it will be also fine for Thai new year , Farang new year no ? This is the most ridiculous comment I ever seen in 20 years I am in Thailand . In fact he just says that its normal for police to ask for bribes.

Some times these little lackies should really shut their trap, but at least he keeps the world entained, laughing at him

It's not a bribe silly, it's a Chinese New Year gift.

Next week it will be a gift for International Mother Language Day.

In two weeks of course, you have the feast day for St. Oswald of Worcester.

In March it will be National Tree Planting Day in Iran, then there's Youth Day in Zambia, Kashubian's Unity Day and the Prophet Zoroaster's Birthday.

In fact, an inventive mind can always find a reason for gift-giving, especially is someone else is doing the giving!

Don't knock him too much......he is, after all, from another world!

I wish I could say he's just a Poor C....head.....but he's unusually wealthy...so c...head will have to suffice.

^{Chalerm is a worthy successor to Suteph.}

Nothing to see here. Carry on. Oh, wait. Is that another jet-ski operator asking for a red envelope? Oh yeah!. Chinese New Year. Carry on!

Deputy PM defending birbery??? PMs brother is a wanted fugitive??? Is this really the administration the Thai people want ruling their country?

Apparently as the majority voted for them.

I had so many of those safari wearing types, with police welfare magazines and royal souvenirs, passing through my office, some with unfriendly faces. It got to a stage That I had to hold the door open and order them out.

They always called me names which I replied in equal measure, being black and all, none ever followed on all the threats.

But, i did allow some of them use my copier.

What an arrogant prat, whist thinking Reds should be ruling party as they won democratically I think the guys with their guns and their tanks would do a better job. Basically its OK because its not a Thai they are extorting.

It's kind of amusing that the Culture Minister thinks a calendar with pics of gorgeous girls in bikinis will create a bad image of Thailand with foreigners

The lunatics have taken over the asylum.

Again.

Deputy PM defending birbery??? PMs brother is a wanted fugitive??? Is this really the administration the Thai people want ruling their country?

Apparently as the majority voted for them.

They got less than 50% of the vote. Don't let that stop you though.

not only chinese new year, tea money is a tradition and not an act of bribery at all

Truly the PT must be closer to getting rid of him. He even looked drunk in the photo. The man is a disgrace to Thailand. He is bordering on asine behavior close to Jutpourn

Deputy PM defending birbery??? PMs brother is a wanted fugitive??? Is this really the administration the Thai people want ruling their country?

Apparently as the majority voted for them.

They got less than 50% of the vote. Don't let that stop you though.

Makes you wonder if these wannabe's think that telling the same lie over and over again will make it the truth.

What an arrogant prat, whist thinking Reds should be ruling party as they won democratically I think the guys with their guns and their tanks would do a better job. Basically its OK because its not a Thai they are extorting.

The armed forces are just as bad as the police. They just have different ways to expropriate money from the defence budget.

No wonder so many farangs are confused and stupefied when attempting to enter and understand the world of "Thainess" , after reading statements like this one.

Chalerm is right for one time.

It isn't a bribe, it's called extortion.

Well he should know.

How many millions was it he made as a cop, something over 60 mill Baht wasnt it?

Whatever, he had to run and hide in order to avoid being investigated.

Police Captain ("It is not a bribe on Chinese New Year") Chalerm AND his sons are doing just fine..... money-wise.

Chalerm's 25 million baht Pink Bentley, one of only two in the whole world. Paris Hilton has the other.

His official asset declaration following the July elections have Chalerm with 178 million baht in assets. While taking that amount with a large grain of salt, if true, it's surprising that 25 of that was put into a single car.

Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung has two sons on the Richest SET Stockholders List.

Artharn is worth Bt58.28 million in Unimit Engineering stock and Duang with Bt38.60 million in the same company.

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Deputy PM defending birbery??? PMs brother is a wanted fugitive??? Is this really the administration the Thai people want ruling their country?

Apparently as the majority voted for them.

They got less than 50% of the vote. Don't let that stop you though.

Makes you wonder if these wannabe's think that telling the same lie over and over again will make it the truth.

Goebbels - If you repeat a lie long enough, it becomes truth.

I found out what makes Thais laugh. I told SWMBO re the OP and she laughed.

Chalerm is right for one time.

It isn't a bribe, it's called extortion.

Correct. If you hand money over voluntarily to a person in the hopes of receiving a

favorable action back, that is called a bribe. If policemen show up in your shop,

demand money, and hint bad things willhappen to you if you do not pay, that is

basic extortion perfected by the mafia over many years....

My condo pays 30,000 baht a year in extortion money to the police mafia every year. I was aghast when I first saw that, and when I went to a condo meeting I said we should not be paying that. The manager got a frightened look on her face, and said we MUST pay or big trouble would occur..

People need to calm down and stop becoming angered by this sort of stuff. It's bad for your blood pressure.

The shining example of the PTP's moral character. God help the poor people of this country that elected these criminals into office.

It accounts for the priority listing of importance in Pheu Thai Party-list MP's roster last election.

The Top 3....

1. Yingluck

2. Yongyuth (already resigned in disgrace over involvement in the fraudulent Alpine land case)

3. Chalerm

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Red envelope, green envelope, blue envelope. He has a rationale for every hand out asked for by police. The Indians were noy asked for the red envelope , only the contents. THis is a totally preposterous example of Thailand.

People need to calm down and stop becoming angered by this sort of stuff. It's bad for your blood pressure.

Suppose Thais do not have blood pressure problems.

Chinese New Year donations. The gift that keeps on giving.

if it looks like a duck, sounds like a duck, and tastes like a duck,

its probably a duck.

if it looks like a bribe.............

If it is acceptable on Chinese New Year, does that mean its not on Thai?

Also on calendar New Year, is it acceptable to say NO?