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Police Chief wants more time to explain his monthly payments from booze company

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Enoon Gold Member

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3 hours ago, Black arab said:

Its about time the thai people started taking notice surely they feel this is unacceptable

 

No they don't really think that.

 

They think a man in the position to receive such bribes/payoffs is "lucky".

 

Most would happily receive them themselves

 

 

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1 hour ago, Acharn said:

Evidently this guy is the Chief of the Bangkok Metropolitan Police, the Tetsakij, the guys who collect the rental money from the people who rent stall space on the sidewalks every day.

 

Are you sure about that? My understanding is that tetsakij are not policemen, but employees of the BMA (Bangkok Metropolitan Authority).  This man's title appears to be "Police Lieutenant General" making him a policeman.

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5 hours ago, tx22cb said:

Shouldn't the authorities also ask the same question to the payers, ThaiBev? Surely ThaiBev, the largest drinks producer here, should have an appointment letter which states what services they expect from their consultants?(/sarcasm)

 

Yep. Presumably there is a contract detailing how much will be paid for what services? And of course, appropriate deductions for social security and tax will have been made?

 

 

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18 minutes ago, jerojero said:

Ha ha. . A month to come up with a few sentences explanation. What an idiot, for asking this and thinking others would think it's ok. For freakin' sakes!

 

He's simply following the norm. Yingluck and her number 1 cousin were asked by the Ombudsman to explain why they illegally issued and hand delivered new passports to their criminal sibling. They asked for time, then asked for another 3 months, then said the person working on the explanation had been transferred and the replacement would need another 3 months plus initial time to familiarize themselves with everything! Still no answer given and that goes back several years.

 

So, sadly, there is a precedent, probably not the only one either. Full marks to the Ombudsman for trying though. Wonder if the revenue are checking to see if tax and social security have been paid on that monthly stipend?

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As I understand it, the problem is that civil police in Thailand are paid only 6000 baht per month for their job, and this necessitates they make their money from "side services" and bribes etc.  The bribes are considered a payment for their service by the Thais, really.  Like tips.  This corruption then extends up the chain.  It will be very difficult or impossible for this to change without a popular uprising against it, which I am most notably NOT advocating here.  That would likely be very very illegal.  

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He will be given the month.Time for him to make up some fantastic story.The story will be laid before his superiors,who will lay it before a higher authority,in a closed doors meeting.He will be exonerated of all wrong doing.He will then go on extended leave,and then when its all blown over,and every body has received their envelopes.He will return to duty.Possibly with a promotion for his honesty and transparency.We will never know anything.And so the corruption ballet continues.

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1 minute ago, wealthychef said:

As I understand it, the problem is that civil police in Thailand are paid only 6000 baht per month for their job, and this necessitates they make their money from "side services" and bribes etc.  The bribes are considered a payment for their service by the Thais, really.  Like tips.  This corruption then extends up the chain.  It will be very difficult or impossible for this to change without a popular uprising against it, which I am most notably NOT advocating here.  That would likely be very very illegal.  

Not true, the 6K thingy...

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Many bars in Pattaya have "security" who also happen to be policemen.Everybody knows this right to the top.Everywhere you look you will find them,it just depends who is doing the looking.By the way if he needs a month to explain his "advisory capacity"then he should not be there AND he is guilty of accepting "tea money".

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He probably needs half of that time to think of good excuses why the 50K went to him and wasn't spread around to his fellow criminals. I mean Colleagues.

If this payment was in anyway above board, you would expect him to be indignant about being questioned, and provide details immediately.

I doubt that any member reading this article was surprised about anything other than that he had been caught.

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7 hours ago, tx22cb said:

Shouldn't the authorities also ask the same question to the payers, ThaiBev? Surely ThaiBev, the largest drinks producer here, should have an appointment letter which states what services they expect from their consultants?(/sarcasm)

Ah yes the $64,000 question. Who does what for how much

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1 hour ago, irwinfc said:

why not ask the alcohol beverage company what they're paying the respectable police chief for?

According to the original article, ThaiBev have already submitted such a report, but it is not being released until the police chief has had the opportunity to come up with a story that corroborates it.

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11 hours ago, lemonjelly said:

Consultant .... for what exactly, what's his specialty? He's been a copper all his life, and now he's a business consultant? This is hilarious. 

As he has been also appointed to the NLA, he must have extensive capabilities.....:smile:

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