PM: No room for corruption in govt’s policy

[hawker9000]

I am agreeing to most of the posters that are saying the Police have to be brought to heel.

Being here some 35 years nothing is changing fast, The general public are afraid of the police, they do not have a good word for them, they do not respect them, most think they are a private enterprise operating for their own ends.

Most of the polices work on the face of it is seen to be operating morning to evening road blocks for the simple purpose of collecting tea money. To my thinking this money is for government treasury NOT a sharing at police station after a days work.

If the road checks were for stopping law breakers how does a 200 baht fine do it. ?? no hat---no licence--under age--no insurance--jumping red lights--careless driving. A friend of mine bought a new Honda m/cycle, His mothers name in the green book. he was stopped with no license, no hat, but paying 200 baht for that --where is the deterrent ???

From top to bottom it is an outrageous body. A new Police chief publicly stating ANYONE that pockets fine money sacked. vehicles with held until a hat is produced----or a license is produced etc. the new police chief to hold a special meeting of all the county area police to inform them if they are not conforming they will be replaced, EVEN if it means Military in place until new suitable persons found.

All this will put the shudders up other government bodies, and will bring respect back to the force. PM please let this be a priority.

And back to reality. Sadly, however sensible the above is, the only thing that would happen is the patronage would kick in and the new police chief would be unemployed sao fast his feet wouldn't have time to get under the desk and his fingers would not have time to get in the cookie jar. Too much money flowing up to allow reform/honesty etc. Prayuth knows this and is himself scared witless of the police which is why he has not started to reform them already - talk only for the peasants.

The current police chief is worth nearly a billion baht. How? Prayuth is wioorth 600 million baht. How?

Until the main sponsor of corruption in Thailand is removed by force, corruption will remain embedded in the national psyche.

"Until the main sponsor of corruption in Thailand"

No idea who you think you're talking about, but there is no "main sponsor"; it's a national sport and a play-at-home game.