Results of Provincial Crime Clean-up announced in Pattaya

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Results of Provincial Crime Clean-up announced in Pattaya



PATTAYA: -- The Provincial Police Commander announced the results of a Province-wide crime clean-up operation which took place recently and chose Pattaya to present a selection of the higher-profile cases to the media.

The first case came from Pan Thong District and featured a 26 year old man, Khun Dilaerk who is believed to be a serial motorbike thief who has cases from Police Stations around the Province including Pattaya. On this occasion he is accused of stealing 2 motorbikes.

The vehicles and the suspect were present and the Commander claimed that his current offences could see him incarcerated for a substantial period of time due to his previous convictions, assuming he is found guilty in Court.

The second case originates from Pattaya. Khun Prasit aged 50, who was recently released from Prison, is accused of motorbike theft and possession of unlicensed firearms. He is believed to have committed the alleged offences in the Pattaya and Sattahip areas and was arrested at a rented apartment in Sattahip on Tuesday.

Full story: http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/173251/results-of-provincial-crime-clean-up-announced-in-pattaya/


-- Pattaya One 2015-02-26

[razer]

Wow! The criminal clean-up nicked 2 motorbike thieves. Got to assume Pattaya is a very low crime area. Good to know the police are working so hard.

[thonglorjimmy]

Maybe one day they'll realise just how stupid these ridiculous photo-shoots make them look, how many officers to they need to cram into these photographs?

Edited February 26, 2015 by thonglorjimmy

[Johnny S]

At least nobody is pointing a finger ...

[joebrown]

When I read the headline I fully expected to read that at least half of the local RTP had been moved to inactive posts! One can only dream.

[torpedo1970]

Wow

Two small time criminals

And at least 20 RTP involved in the case,

TIT

[Living in a cartoon]

Get rid of the farang criminals down there while you're at it.

[darren84310]

Wow! The criminal clean-up nicked 2 motorbike thieves. Got to assume Pattaya is a very low crime area. Good to know the police are working so hard.

Working hard stood outside the police station on beach road nicking tourists for not having a Thai motorcycle license, you mean?... maybe these guys just happened to be driving past on their stolen bikes and were mistaken for tourists.

[petercool]

Off topic post removed along with a reply quoting it

[davidmann]

why do they pay the police ,its gangster town ,may as well just let them run it save the money the waste on the police

[Woody1]

Maybe one day they'll realise just how stupid these ridiculous photo-shoots make them look, how many officers to they need to cram into these photographs?

Absolute classic!!!

One is playing with his phone, another is giving the accused a brotherly hug, and they chose Pattaya to present this, along with a sign reading Sattahip Police Station! Do the reporters or the BiB have a clue what they're doing??

[Godders]

What's the Thai equivalent of the term "good public relations", I wonder? The nearest I can get, with the missus' help, is nah mai muan kai. Certainly doesn't apply to this lot.

[iReason]

"The Provincial Police Commander ... chose Pattaya to present a selection of the higher-profile cases to the media."

"Khun Dilaerk who is believed to be a serial motorbike thief"

"Khun Prasit aged 50,... is accused of motorbike theft and possession of unlicensed firearms."

That's all we have for you today folks. These two guys.

Two "Higher Profile" street urchins.

Absolutely pathetic.

Probably cost the cops more for the "media event"

I can only hope, some Thai reporters were scratching their heads and saying, Huh???

[penwithcris]

It would never happen in Thailand but Hong Kong replaced their own failing police force with British police.

Despite their occasional failings I don't believe British generally policeman succumb to bribery, and the result was a huge drop in all areas of crime on the islands

I've worked in the British Civil Service as a Diplomatic Inspector and could have retired early as a millionaire if I'd accepted all the financial incentives I'd been offered

But there is clearly something in the Thai psyche that assures them that illegally accepting bribes is quite acceptable

Graft and corruption is endemic in Thai society. Unless there is an enormous sea change then a concerted 'clean up' of Pattaya, and other crime ridden cities, is always bound to fail

[lvr181]

"higher-profile cases"? OMG!

[Wat dee]

Don't know why but I was expecting percentages ?

[petercool]

Thai bashing post removed

[Basil B]

I recall not that so long ago some UK police officers used to do some arm twisting, getting petty criminals to cough for crimes they did not do just to get the unsolved crime figures down.