Hunt on for more corrupt officials

[SOTIRIOS]

.........we were told 'there are no godfathers' in Thailand....

[CajunCruiser]

"The names are compiled in several pieces of paper,"

That list must resemble a menu from a chinese take away ........

I think a better translation of that quote would be more like, "The list of names is several pages long."

[bangrak]

I'd take it in the opposite direction, and it would end in: 'List of all 'clean' officials in Thailand published: see page 9, left column, bottom'...

[Emster23]

"Well, this should be like shooting fish in a barrel..... "

My exact thoughts... ya beat me to it!

Here is my vision: Army cleans out corruption in police. Return to "democracy" then Police stage coup and return the favor by cleaning out corruption in the army. Not sure who would have to coup in order to clean out the corruption in all the other bureacracies top to bottom here...

[climbertrev1]

Note the national police chief claims the bribery list goes back two years.

If this is accurate it's reasonable to wonder why corruption on this scale existed without being known about and acted upon.

It's also reasonable to suggest an answer as to why a blind eye was turned and why it's suddenly being jumped all over.

What will the general do if some of his ' people ' are found to be involved or will the investigation be very selectively tailored. .

What will the general do if some of his ' people ' are found to be involved or will the investigation be very selectively tailored?

That is one of the one million dollar questions. The other is whether charges brought against the alledgedly corrupt officers can stand up in court and if they do, will result in serious jail time?

I am not holding my breath.

[MaxLee]

Hunt on for more corrupt officials

uh,....jusssst kidding

[waitforusalso]

Somyot better save a pair of handcuffs for himself after his household wealth of 1/3 of a billion THB is investigated.

[climbertrev1]

Note the national police chief claims the bribery list goes back two years.

If this is accurate it's reasonable to wonder why corruption on this scale existed without being known about and acted upon.

It's also reasonable to suggest an answer as to why a blind eye was turned and why it's suddenly being jumped all over.

What will the general do if some of his ' people ' are found to be involved or will the investigation be very selectively tailored. .

Will be certainly interesting 'when' not if Army people show up somewhere how he reacts. Good thing right now is the clean up is beginning. Was known about in the past but when all of them are in on the corruption then who is going to blow the whistle. Witness the senior cop a few years back who deared to turn in his colleagues in and they butchered him. Kudo's to the good general for having the balls to be different than the rest.

Many here are keen to cheer on the General for having the balls to tackle the corruption that is probably rife throughout the police force.

This is the advantage of a military government, it has the power to match any threat of violence from the police. In Thailand the military and the police are largely free of government control. After the many military coups it is obvious that any civilian government needed to ally it's self with either the military or the police. Taksin chose the police or perhaps he had no other choice other than trying to stand alone.

If Prayut can be a benevolent dictator then good for Thailand. Or is his benevolence merely a smoke screen for continued Military corruption and power.

Well to remember the old adage. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[mok199]

haha like shooting fish in a barrel....

[NeilSA1]

Note the national police chief claims the bribery list goes back two years.

If this is accurate it's reasonable to wonder why corruption on this scale existed without being known about and acted upon.

It's also reasonable to suggest an answer as to why a blind eye was turned and why it's suddenly being jumped all over.

What will the general do if some of his ' people ' are found to be involved or will the investigation be very selectively tailored. .

The 'records' only go back 2 years.

It seems action will be taken against the military- " Trio get their ranks stripped. Prawut gave more details about the Akharapongpreecha men - former Army major Nuttapon, former Army sergeant Sitthisak, and former Bureau of Royal Household official Narong," whereas "Prawut said the RTP was considering whether to strip the ranks of all police found involved in the massive corruption scheme

Edited November 29, 2014 by NeilSA1

[Lodestone]

Many here are keen to cheer on the General for having the balls to tackle the corruption that is probably rife throughout the police force.

Please get over the "tackling of corruption" cover story. As has already been pointed out a few times, what is happening is far from this. Google, for example, "asia sentinel trigger police purge" for the actual story.

[tingtong]

Note the national police chief claims the bribery list goes back two years.

If this is accurate it's reasonable to wonder why corruption on this scale existed without being known about and acted upon.

It's also reasonable to suggest an answer as to why a blind eye was turned and why it's suddenly being jumped all over.

What will the general do if some of his ' people ' are found to be involved or will the investigation be very selectively tailored. .

Tailored..... Given the wealth of a lot of the Thai generals, cannot help

but think they are either brilliant investors, or their beak has been dipped

in the feeding trough as well.

The crackdown is a good excuse to get rid some of the opposition, and put in line the hesitant with this exercise.

Divide and rule!

Though I believe it is a slippery slope for the army leaders; including the PM's family wealth, what already came into questions. Some officials thrown to the shark might just decide to tell the whole story, and then it will be hard to force more BS stories down for the people about the white knights.

[lil fluffy clouds]

Corrupt officials or corrupt opposition?

Besides, isn't that the guy that stood by the koh tao dna tests?

[changnaam]

Is this the same police officer who is heading up the KT murder investigation?

Mmmm

[Dogmatix]

Better put all them up against the wall and shoot them for treason. No need to worry about being short staffed. It would be easy to recruit many highly qualified expatriates. That worked well for King Chulalongkorn who hired a British expat police chief, a Danish admiral of the fleet etc., as well as many expat bureaucrats, particularly in his audit department for auditing corrupt ministries and government departments. The old guard, of course, hated the expats because they reduced their income from corruption. Time for a radical rethink and get back to tried and tested methods that worked well in the past.

[HerbalEd]

This would Never have happened if the Thaksin clan was in power. Good to see that finally someone is really cracking down on Corrupt officials. Power to this New government... Keep up the good work and Please come to Koh Samui and Clean it up and out....

You forgot to also say that "This would Never have happened if the yellow shirts was in power." In fact, it never did.

[slapout]

Guess a open hunting season could be declared, with a 20 baht license fee, for Thai residents and 100 baht for non resident. This may bring back some the tourist traffic that is missing. Especially if they get a chance to take a shot at a jet ski thug. Be sure and stipulate that either sex is fair game, but give those stalking males that their limit is 3 vs 1 if female taken.

Set up check points to register kill down to every village level, thus cutting down on travel time for hunters. Id must accompany the hunter and his prize until checked in. Must leave sex organs displayed and attached to prevent any friendly countries people becoming targets. Road kill, spot lighting, pit traps, poison bait, would be tolerated, but not encourged due to the sense of fair play that Thailand is known for. Disposal of the game would go to pig farms, fish farms, zoos. in that order.

[fobuff]

why don't they hunt at the NLA

[SoFarAndNear]

Les majeste again. Can someone explain this? I mean nearly every arrested officer involved in this case also has been charged of it. I mean I respect this law but it sounds strange....

[huahin99]

Same type off coruption in Sweden,by building new hospital in Stockholm.

[Leung Falang]

"All the 10 men also have lese majeste and assault charges filed against them in the latest arraignment"

What is the basis for lese majeste charges? or is it too difficult to explain without getting in trouble ourselves?

[BritTim]

"Hunt on for more corrupt officials"

When I saw the title I assumed it was a recruitment drive.

My reading of it was that the existing officials were too honest, and they were looking for replacements that met more exacting standards.

[BritTim]

"All the 10 men also have lese majeste and assault charges filed against them in the latest arraignment"

What is the basis for lese majeste charges? or is it too difficult to explain without getting in trouble ourselves?

As I understand it, they were claiming royal connections, providing protection for their activities. This would be a gross calumny, and, if so, I am happy there is a lèse-majesté law that can suitably punish them.

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[nong38]

In an ideal world there would be none, but it is not an ideal world so good luck and happy hunting!

[DaffyDuck]

On the positive side, the hunt would never have been possible during a civilian government.

Agreed. In fact, none of the prior 5 governments had anything even close to comparable.

[Jim walker]

Hunt on for more corrupt officials must be the easiest job in the world that one which government employee has the brand new merc in the car park

[Cake Monster]

A really easy hunt to conduct.

Walk outside your front door, turn left ( or right ) and procede to the first Police Station, or District Authority office.

Enter into the premises, and play a game of " pin the tail on the donkey "

Hunt over

[EyesWideOpen]

Read more news sources. This has nothing to do with stopping corruption......

A few big fish have been defanged, and the rest of the thousands of corrupt

police will merrily go about their money grubbing ways.

[waitforusalso]

A really easy hunt to conduct.

Walk outside your front door, turn left ( or right ) and procede to the first Police Station, or District Authority office.

Enter into the premises, and play a game of " pin the tail on the donkey "

Hunt over

Totally agree, but who is that is going to walk out the door? The one's doing the investigating are as guilty as the one's they are catching. There's no good side or bad side here, just one with power & one without.