Probe of Bangkok bombing recalls bad reputation of police

[outsider]

"To investigate a bombing anywhere in the world is difficult. In some cases in the world they spent five years. In some cases they never found a suspect, even though 20 years passed..."

Hey Prawut clown, you forgot to mention the US authorities nabbed the Boston bombing suspects in FOUR DAYS! If I'm not wrong, Boston also falls under 'anywhere in the world' right? Excuses and blaming others - that's the ONLY thing you and your lot are good at.

[alocacoc]

Thailand just got their a** kicked. Dressed up clowns versus trained international terrorists.

wonder what will happen to Thailand when they have a real problem?

Hold another press conference in front of a gogo bar in Nana plaza?

http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1440401187

[jaywalker]

He also noted that Thai police have the advantage of having in Bangkok one of the four International Law Enforcement Academies established worldwide in cooperation with the U.S. State Department to train law enforcement personnel, and whose curriculum this year started off with a "Post Blast Investigations Course."

How perfect! ...and did anyone relevant attend the course, or did they send some traffic cops? Was the course held in Thai language, and did whoever attended understand the material? The officers who attended the course, were they part of the bomb investigation and were they able to apply what they learned?

...just asking what Grant Peck should have asked

They probably sent a few majors & Lt Colonels. They all probably retired about a year later.

[Strangebrew]

Actually I found a quote from the police that a cab driver was invited in to give sorty of supposedly dring bomb suspect away from bombing, when they said it was motorbike driver driving away with suspect.

[sammygood]

police is what in this country?

you buy into your job & promotions and then start side businesses (protection money) to repay it, than to pay your mia noi's, your villa, mercedes, ...

[jaywalker]

"To investigate a bombing anywhere in the world is difficult. In some cases in the world they spent five years. In some cases they never found a suspect, even though 20 years passed..."

Hey Prawut clown, you forgot to mention the US authorities nabbed the Boston bombing suspects in FOUR DAYS! If I'm not wrong, Boston also falls under 'anywhere in the world' right? Excuses and blaming others - that's the ONLY thing you and your lot are good at.

Compare the images.

I mean, the BKK photo of the accused, is like something from a 1999 camera.

It's almost impossible to buy a camera of such low quality these days.

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Boston Marathon CCTV image.

[jalansanitwong]

Unfortunately Bangkok is very close to both Cambodia and Burma making it a simple task of going straight to the border and disappearing. You could be out of the country in 2 hours. Thats not the case with the Boston bombing.

[Kannikapor88]

Thanks to RTP this country is going backwards in Warp speed and down the drain ... Cant wait until US and EU gonna give the punishment ...

[Muirton]

Unfortunately Bangkok is very close to both Cambodia and Burma making it a simple task of going straight to the border and disappearing. You could be out of the country in 2 hours. Thats not the case with the Boston bombing.

Canada.

[lostinisaan]

A 2013 survey by the anti-corruption group Transparency International found that 71% of respondents judged the police as corrupt or extremely corrupt, edging out political parties with 68% as the most corrupt institution.

The 2015 survey was corrupt. .

[lostinisaan]

Unfortunately Bangkok is very close to both Cambodia and Burma making it a simple task of going straight to the border and disappearing. You could be out of the country in 2 hours. Thats not the case with the Boston bombing.

Canada.

Yellow submarine.

[pmh2009]

Sorry to say but all the Asian countries including S'pore (not to lack of tech but to dictatorship).... "Due to the level of technology and lack of professionalism to duty and responsibility of one's work" nothing or no government will ever believe results from these countries when they have crises like this. Technology maybe an issue but the main one is corruption and cronyism. No important person comes from a true professional background so whatever work they do and the results are never going to credible and of value.

Even in the West important places are given or bought (by lobbying, by birthright ... etc.) to friends and such alike... BUT the difference is "education"! Here in the SE Asian countries no one is really educated apart the '1%' ... and anyway we all know what these countires are like when a "REAL" problem, crisis occurs! So like the "The Blue Diamond" either they will never solve it or like the Koh Tao murders... the question will always linger "Scrapegoats or not?"

[IAMHERE]

Thai Police have a reputation to maintain -- and that they are doing.

Perhaps that reputation they have makes their everyday job easier in ways you wouldn't understand. When was the last time you argued a 200 baht fine? A good reputation can be different to different people.

[Benmart]

The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence. Robert Peel

I wonder how many BIB would understand the meaning of this...from the lowest grade to the highest.

[LomSak27]

No news article or interview would be complete without the obligatory khwampenthai, disclaimer:

The officer added that while the bombing reveal police problems in gathering intelligence, law-enforcement agencies in the U.S. and around the world have the same challenges.

[Lantern]

Truly unbelievable.

I was in Pattaya when the thing went off, and watching TV about a week later there was a BBC TV Crew that had been scouring the gardens approx 50- 100 meters from the blast. They found quite a bit of shrapnel. They filmed themselves trying to hand it over to the police in front of some large whiteish building. The 8-10 police that were standing around just said they were closed, and refused to take it. The reporter was gobsmacked.

Do any Thai authorities read these pages to see what the rest of the world thinks of them? Or do they really not care?

[lildragon]

If it is true about this government stifling the investigation for the interests of tourism then that is absolutely appualing. I bet some of the sycophants will still be in here defending them though. I see that their biggest fan already has. I bet you think it was the 'reds' eh to don't you john? You'd of thought this government would pour all their reasources into proving that was the case. Just like they wantes to prove the din dao students were reds and supposedly had evidence of this....that they didn't actually have so had to release them.

Of course they terrifying prospect of them deliberately not wanting to admit their own failures is that this kind Of attack happens again. That will be on Prayuth's hands with no way to spin it.

[craigt3365]

Truly unbelievable.

I was in Pattaya when the thing went off, and watching TV about a week later there was a BBC TV Crew that had been scouring the gardens approx 50- 100 meters from the blast. They found quite a bit of shrapnel. They filmed themselves trying to hand it over to the police in front of some large whiteish building. The 8-10 police that were standing around just said they were closed, and refused to take it. The reporter was gobsmacked.

Do any Thai authorities read these pages to see what the rest of the world thinks of them? Or do they really not care?

They absolutely do read what's posted here. One reason the mods are careful about what's posted.

[jaywalker]

No news article or interview would be complete without the obligatory khwampenthai, disclaimer:

The officer added that while the bombing reveal police problems in gathering intelligence, law-enforcement agencies in the U.S. and around the world have the same challenges.

My younger brother was always in trouble, doing stupid stuff, and he complained to me one day that nobody respected him and everybody thought he was an idiot.

I told him "If you want people to treat you like you have any damned sense, start acting like you are in possession of some of that <deleted> (stuff)".

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Would it not be refreshing to see the RTP acting and behaving like they have a brain?

[Lantern]

Even a collective one between them would be a start.

[carter1882]

The hunt for the Unabomber in the USA was the largest operation ever mounted by the FBI in history. That organisation had resources and expertise unmatched by any other investigative group on earth. It took them the best part of two decades to get virtually nowhere despite the fact there was a huge amount of evidence including even some sightings of the perpetrator. Ultimately, it was luck that trapped Ted Kaczynski when a soul searching brother finally put his misgivings aside and spoke of his concerns about the loner living in a cabin in Montana. I mention this as a foil to all the simpletons on here who think it is just a simple matter to wrap this case up in five minutes.

[dannyman]

His in Turkey

[Sviss Geez]

Headless chickens,comes to mind.

regards Worgeordie

Yes but headless chickens still move around at a good pace

Only if you count lying lifeless on the ground gushing blood moving around at a good pace.

[Sviss Geez]

The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence. Robert Peel

I wonder how many BIB would understand the meaning of this...from the lowest grade to the highest.

Peel was making a point about the public's responsibility to the community in that quote, not that of the police.

[Baerboxer]

The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence. Robert Peel

I wonder how many BIB would understand the meaning of this...from the lowest grade to the highest.

Peel was making a point about the public's responsibility to the community in that quote, not that of the police.

Your lack of English language skill excuses your inappropriate negative comment.

Peel, a native English speaker was making several points quite cleverly in his sentence. Perhaps hard to comprehend.

[elgordo38]

What I find alarming is that a lot of countries now in Asia seem to be run like an island unto themselves caring little about what the outside world thinks. Thailand, Cambodia Mayalasia and Burma really stand out.

[NickJ]

One of the things I was told when I got here almost 25 years ago.....By my boss, A Thai.

Never get the police involved in anything whatsoever, Unless they are on my side even before they show up.

[dannyman]

In Turkey

[bangon04]

"The authorities followed the evidence without giving unfounded speculation."

​Unlike Thailand where everybody and his dog wants to proclaim their lack of knowledge at every opportunity.

"said a veteran Thai police officer who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak to the media"

he must be the only one... what did he do wrong in a past life?

[bangon04]

He also noted that Thai police have the advantage of having in Bangkok one of the four International Law Enforcement Academies established worldwide in cooperation with the U.S. State Department to train law enforcement personnel, and whose curriculum this year started off with a "Post Blast Investigations Course."

How perfect! ...and did anyone relevant attend the course, or did they send some traffic cops? Was the course held in Thai language, and did whoever attended understand the material? The officers who attended the course, were they part of the bomb investigation and were they able to apply what they learned?

...just asking what Grant Peck should have asked

"said Jomdet Trimek, a professor of criminology at Bangkok's Rangsit University and a former police officer." so of course that makes him a reliable source for the article...

Let us try to look on the bright side.

The general keeps telling us that he wants UNITY in Thailand. Well it seems obvious that most Thais are unified in their belief that the RTP is corrupt and incompetent. So he has achieved this at least.