Local Thai officials, community leaders in North found involved in drug trafficking

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Local officials, community leaders in North found involved in drug trafficking
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BANGKOK, June 16 -- Nearly 100 civil servants and local community leaders in the Thailand's Northern region of have been involved in drug dealing, according to Provincial Police Region 5.

Pol Maj Gen Chamnan Ruadrew, Deputy Commander of Provincial Police Region 5, overseeing the upper Northern provinces, said today that nearly 100 civil servants and local leaders in the region were proved to be involved in drug trafficking.

Gen Chamnam reported the officials and governors on the list to the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), requesting the NCPO to summon them for talks before transferring them out of the areas.

A random urine drug test was also conducted on police officers under the Provincial Police Region 5 on Monday with none proving positive.

Meanwhile, Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC) Secretary-General Apichart Jeerawuth and Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) Secretary General Poli Gen Pongsapat Pongcharoen aunched a drug awareness campaign in five schools in Bangkok which are currently on a drug trafficking watchlist.

The campaign is set to provide an opportunity for parents, guardians, teachers and students to participate in order to reduce drug risk behaviour and prevent drug abuse among students. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2014-06-16

[ratcatcher]

:Local officials, community leaders in North found involved in drug trafficking"

Geez, who would have thought that. Just as well we are now protected by the good guys.

[Costas2008]

The dirty laundry is coming out not by the day but by the hour.

Carry on the good job boys and girls

[djjamie]

The question is not why they were involved in drug dealing. The question should be why were they only arrested AFTER the 22nd of May?

That should be the question and that is what should be investigated on all these miraculous break throughs that have progressed with aggressive efficiency that were in a stagnate state PRE 22nd of May.

Edited June 16, 2014 by djjamie

[ChrisY1]

I can hardly believe it!!...Officials involved in unlawful dealings......just can't be right!

[lemonjelly]

<< requesting the NCPO to summon them for talks before transferring them out of the areas .>>... so, they just get transferred ? .....

[Briggsy]

Didn't they have a war on drugs a few years ago and eradicate the drug problem? Will these 100 get the bullet to the head from the men in black?

[Tatsujin]

Provincial Police Region 5 - that's Chiang Mai isn't it? Thaksin's home town . . .

[winstonc]

prison time..not transfered

[marcusd]

The question is not why they were involved in drug dealing. The question should be why were they only arrested AFTER the 22nd of May?

That should be the question and that is what should be investigated on all these miraculous break throughs that have progressed with aggressive efficiency that were in a stagnate state PRE 22nd of May.

Because the people now in Charge - The Generals... have stated they know and want the clean ups to happen or THEY (the generals) will take the action needed to ensure the clean up happens.

So that means to me that the people who were standing back saying "ok you can do this and I will pretend t turn away" are now saying 'GOTCHA!" they want to ensure they do not go for a nice chat in BKK with general Prayuth.

[trainman34014]

Is anyone surprised in such a lawless country ? I think it is of great concern that they are not only 'proven' to be involved in drug trafficking (will we see evidence to support this? ) but that it would appear nobody has actually been arrested according to this report. If this country is ever going to clean itself up they had better start building new prisons in many Province's and arrest such people, take them through courts of law, and bang them up for considerable amounts of time. Until people in senior positions are dealt with very harshly there will be no deterent to others who want to join the ranks of serial offenders.

How many times do we see the powers that be in this country (whoever they may be ) 'talk the talk' but almost never 'walk the walk' when it comes to upholding the law ?

[thesetat2013]

Those people were proven to be involved in this illicit trade yet they are only to be summoned for questioning and then transferred out of the area? Maybe they are needed in different locations to expand their business of addicting people for profit. Why arent these people fired and headed to a nice prison cell

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[coma]

"summon them for talks before transferring them out of the areas".

Is that a joke ? How about striping them of their positions and sending them to jail where every other person in this country would be sent for the same crime.

[Cuchulainn]

Prison for all for a very looooooooooooooooooooooong time.

You would have laughed at that a few months ago, but now it could well be a reality!!

Keep up the good work General Prayuth!!

Edited June 16, 2014 by Cuchulainn

[hyperdimension]

Provincial Police Region 5 - that's Chiang Mai isn't it? Thaksin's home town . . .

Yes it is.

[hyperdimension]

Didn't they have a war on drugs a few years ago and eradicate the drug problem? Will these 100 get the bullet to the head from the men in black?

I think that "war on drugs" was really "war on competitors".

[ratcatcher]

"summon them for talks before transferring them out of the areas".

Is that a joke ? How about striping them of their positions and sending them to jail where every other person in this country would be sent for the same crime.

Lengthy prison sentences are only for the major traffickers like Ms Yu Yee.

[hyperdimension]

"summon them for talks before transferring them out of the areas".

Is that a joke ? How about striping them of their positions and sending them to jail where every other person in this country would be sent for the same crime.

Usually only the delivery men and women lower down the chain get stiff prison sentences (or killed in so-called gunfights). It maintains the illusion that something is being done about the drugs (so-called) "problem".

[noitom]

"Transferring?" The only way to make this effective is to jail them with large fines. Terminate them and strip them of any benefits from their jobs and publicize it.

[coma]

"summon them for talks before transferring them out of the areas".

Is that a joke ? How about striping them of their positions and sending them to jail where every other person in this country would be sent for the same crime.

Lengthy prison sentences are only for the major traffickers like Ms Yu Yee.

Exactly. What did she have ? Less than a gram ?

[EyesWideOpen]

I have maintained for years that the police are heavily involved in drug trafficking.

Nice to see proof.... :-) I will assume that the phrase " local officials" is a code

word for the police. Cannot imagine they would be civil servants working in the

land office......

[chaiyapoon]

There must be a lot of other 'criminals' beginning to wonder when someone will rat on them.Many will be already known as were paying someone off in the past.

More and more will want to 'prove' how clean they are by reporting those who they took money from before.How far,how long is this going to go?

Will we see some Mr Bigs arrested soon?

Edited June 16, 2014 by chaiyapoon

[Gonzo the Face]

If they said they would be put in jail, no one would show up for the meeting with the General.

Putting this way, indicating transfer, may let the bad guys think that's the worst they will get and it home free........ buuuuuttttt maybe he just put it nicely that they will be transferred to jail..... wouldn't that be a riot...

[EyesWideOpen]

There must be a lot of other 'criminals' beginning to wonder when someone will rat on them.Many will be already known as were paying someone off in the past.

More and more will want to 'prove' how clean they are by reporting those who they took money from in the before.How far,how long is this going to go?

Will we see some Mr Bigs arrested soon?

Agreed. When I see a Mr. Big arrested and carted off to jail, at that exact point I will

know that Prayuth means business, and means to actually turn this country around. To round

up a few small sacrificial fishes has always been standard operations in Thailand, sort of

a dog and pony show to make headlines while the real powers quietly slip away....

[FangFerang]

The question is not why they were involved in drug dealing. The question should be why were they only arrested AFTER the 22nd of May?

That should be the question and that is what should be investigated on all these miraculous break throughs that have progressed with aggressive efficiency that were in a stagnate state PRE 22nd of May.

They are still not arrested. Both sides of the divide have been harvesting big profits from the Golden Triangle since before the Vietnam conflict.

It is hilariously contradictory that Thaksin haters point out extra judicial killings to stop the meth trade was horrendous and then simultaneously say he was involved in drug smuggling.

During the extra judicial killings it was easier to find a virgin in a Pattaya bar than find a methamphetamine dealer in Bangkok. I have seen what meth (yaba) does to people who become addicted to it. People who sell meth should be shot.

[sawim]

I'd have been more surprised if it had been discovered that they weren't.

[ramrod711]

The question is not why they were involved in drug dealing. The question should be why were they only arrested AFTER the 22nd of May?

That should be the question and that is what should be investigated on all these miraculous break throughs that have progressed with aggressive efficiency that were in a stagnate state PRE 22nd of May.

They are still not arrested. Both sides of the divide have been harvesting big profits from the Golden Triangle since before the Vietnam conflict.

It is hilariously contradictory that Thaksin haters point out extra judicial killings to stop the meth trade was horrendous and then simultaneously say he was involved in drug smuggling.

During the extra judicial killings it was easier to find a virgin in a Pattaya bar than find a methamphetamine dealer in Bangkok. I have seen what meth (yaba) does to people who become addicted to it. People who sell meth should be shot.

It is refreshing to see you admit that Thaksin was involved in extra judicial killings. I was beginning to think that you surmised 2500-2800 people had committed suicide out of regret

[ChrisY1]

There must be a lot of other 'criminals' beginning to wonder when someone will rat on them.Many will be already known as were paying someone off in the past.

More and more will want to 'prove' how clean they are by reporting those who they took money from before.How far,how long is this going to go?

Will we see some Mr Bigs arrested soon?

Even with this purge....I still doubt that the "big men" will have to answer any questions........it is after all Thailand..!

[NeverSure]

<< requesting the NCPO to summon them for talks before transferring them out of the areas .>>... so, they just get transferred ? ..... alt=coffee1.gif width=32 height=24>

prison time..not transfered

Maybe they'll be transferred out of their bodies. Should be.

[rubl]

"A random urine drug test was also conducted on police officers under the Provincial Police Region 5 on Monday with none proving positive."

Right, all outstanding people as to be expected from Thai police officers.