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BANGKOK: A video clip of a traffic police officer trying to collect "tea money" from a motorist was posted on YouTube and drew many negative comments against the police by Thai netizens. The video was uploaded by a YouTube channel user named hatethaipolice on Thursday. In the clip, the motorist was stopped by the officer, presumably somewhere in Bangkok. The motorist handed a document and his driver's licence to the officer and explained to him that his car was new and did not have a regular licence plate yet. The officer then told the motorist that he did not need to read the document and that he was guilty for not registering his car with the Land Transport Department and for strapping items to the roof of the vehicle. "Do you want me to issue a ticket?" the officer asked. "Issue it," the driver replied. The officer did not issue the ticket and then asked the driver where he was going. The driver told him that he was going to Chachoengsao province and he was an employee of a telephone company. The policeman then made an offer to the driver and said, "I won't issue the ticket but you can show me a little kindness." He then asked for 300 baht to buy coffee. Another man in the car told the officer that it would be better to issue the ticket. The driver added that his company would pay the fine. "I'll let you go this time," the policeman told them. After the officer left, the man in the car told the driver that the officer "just wanted money." Thai netizens posted messages on YouTube, criticising the police. "Now, thieves are wearing state uniforms," a netizen said. "The owner's not nice. The cop only wanted some tea money," another poster said sarcastically. "300 baht? Is the cop drinking Starbucks?" another netizen said. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/323779/cop-caught-asking-for-tea-money
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http://youtu.be/GRErWjo809g KRABI - The chief of Krabi police has denied an angry father's claim that police allowed "easy" bail for a tour guide accused of raping a foreign tourist. Large numbers of tourists have cancelled their trips to Krabi after a video clip Evil man from Krabi was posted on the internet. It accuses provincial authorities of allowing "easy" bail for Thai tour guide accused of bashing and raping a 27 year-old Dutch woman. The clip maker is the father of the victim. He says the guide was able to avoid police for about a month and then when he was captured was allowed “easy†bail by the authorities. He also details other violent incidents in the in Ao Nang area involving tourists that he claims were covered up by the authorities. Pol Maj Gen Nanthadet Yoanual, Krabi police chief, on Friday gave reporters the police side of the story. He said he also had a video conference with the national police chief on Friday, to explain what happened. Pol Maj Gen Nanthadet said the police obtained an arrest warrant on July 29 and arrested the suspect on Aug 20. The court granted the accused bail over the objections of provincial police, he said. Krabi police chief said the police have completed their case and are ready to present it to the prosecutors. He said the content of the clip is "not entirely†true. The court itself decided to grant the suspect bail and not the police, he said. Police would post a video clip on YouTube telling their side of the story. Ithirit Kinglek, president of the Krabi Tourism Association, said the video which has circulated on the internet for about two weeks has definitely hurt the province’s tourism industry. Many tourists had cancelled their bookings after the video emerged on YouTube. ``We've been getting a lot of cancellations recently, especially at high-end hotels,'' he said. ``Most of the cancellations are coming from English tourists.'' Mr Ithirit said European tourists have questioned their safety and expressed worries about going to Krabi. He said authorities in Krabi had tried to cover up similar crimes against tourists. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/320414/tourist-video-clip-not-entirely-true-says-police To watch the video, go to: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/320233/krabi-hit-by-tourist-protest
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With all the uproar that Chuvit is causing, I wonder how long it will take for someone to take him out, or if he is too public and powerful now to be taken out. He's exposed people at the highest points in Thailand for corruption, and has certainly stopped a lot of black money moving through the system. If he was anyone else, I'd expect him to be dead by the end of the month. However, he is Chuvit. I'm sure he has a lot more dirt that he isn't releasing. If I were one of the corrupt officials, I'd worry that he'd keep unearthing more of my shit and take him out (in my Hollywood world). Anyway, I just can't see this going on forever. I like what he is doing, but he has balls of steel. Lets put it to a vote...you'll remember what you voted. If you guessed correctly, I'll vote for you...twice. Maybe even send you a virtual kiss.
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Read the rest of the story here: http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/fry_in_thailand.php?page=all
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An interesting take on Thai corruption by BKK Post writer K. Voranai. Source: Bangkok Post
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Ryan Grim [email protected] | HuffPost Reporting http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/28/house-dems-citing-corrupt_n_628126.html House Dems, Citing Corruption, Block Reconstruction Funds For Afghanistan The House Democrat who oversees funding for Afghanistan's redevelopment and reconstruction said on Monday that she is stripping money from her foreign aid bill in reaction to pervasive corruption. Dave Obey, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, supports the move made by subcommittee chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), according to an Obey spokesman. Lowey cited pervasive corruption in Afghanistan as the cause for her decision to pull the funding from the appropriations bill working its way through her State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee. "I do not intend to appropriate one more dime for assistance to Afghanistan until I have confidence that U.S. taxpayer money is not being abused to line the pockets of corrupt Afghan government officials, drug lords and terrorists," said Lowey. A Lowey spokesman said the restrictions would not apply to direct humanitarian assistance for projects such as refugee camps, but would limit funds for USAID and the State Department, which funnel money to reconstruction efforts -- money that is often siphoned many times over. The request that Lowey is rejecting amounts to $3.9 billion for the 2011 fiscal year. On Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she recently traveled to Afghanistan and found the corruption staggering. "I was just there for Mother's Day, in Afghanistan, that weekend, and traveled into the country even more remotely than Kandahar," Pelosi said in an interview in her office. "And the corruption issue, it's problematic. And you know what? A lot of it is our money." "This is about systemic, huge money," she said. The chairman of the Senate subcommittee who oversees the same funding stream in the upper chamber is war opponent Pat Leahy (D-Vt.), who was chairing Elena Kagan's confirmation hearing and couldn't be reached. Pelosi said that she wasn't sure if there are enough votes in the House to approve funding for the war operations, either. "I don't know how many votes there are in the caucus, even condition-based, for the war, hands down. I just don't. We'll see what the shape of it is the day of the vote," she said, but added that she believes President Obama's surge should be given time to work until the planned drawdown in 2011. "The thing is, is this president has to give his plan a chance until next year, when we have to withdraw them," she said. A Lowey spokesman said that the chairwoman's move was a response to a Wall Street Journal report about $3 billion in cash being openly flown out of Kabul International Airport over the past three years and a Washington Post item about top aides to President Hamid Karzai repeatedly derailing corruption probes. "The alleged shipment of billions in donor funds out of Afghanistan and allegations of Afghan government insiders impeding corruption investigations are outrageous," said Lowey. "Furthermore, the government of Afghanistan must demonstrate that corruption is being aggressively investigated and prosecuted." UPDATE: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) took to the House floor Monday to make the case that the corruption is endemic to the occupation and that the only way to limit it is to leave Afghanistan.
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i have a person dislike for many tourist areas in Bangkok and i avoid them whenever i can,.. especially Nana and lower Sukhumvit rd. But this morning i had to go to the British Embassy in Thanon Wittayu, and needed passport pics. I went to soi 5 area, got my pics then crossed to road to get a motorbike to the Embassy. Within 30seconds of standing on corner of Nana, a policeman came up and started harrassing me about smoking (i wasnt at that time and i knew he was bullshitting). I remained calm, smiled and spoke politely. He demanded my passport and then seized it and demanded i follow him. Despite my polite protests i had no choice - he had my passport. He took me to a booth nearby where he and his slimy crony police mate tried to extort TB15,OOO from me while holding up a cigarette butt (not mine) hed picked up from 1000s on the ground. It took me an hour, and all the patience and polite Thai i could muster to get away with paying TB1000 for something i did not do. I have notice a huge increase in police numbers on the streets lately, mostly scamming cash fines from drivers. If you are a tourist, dont speak Thai and have no experience in how to deal with Thai police, i suggest you be careful in tourist areas. It could be an expensive day!
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I am taking an Economic Crime course at university. My initial intention was to learn all the trick for future reference, unfortunately it later found my ethical mode and changed me to be a better person (you know I am joking right?) I like this quote I got from the course " Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely" It goes very well when the BBC world show a special report on thailand political issue at the moment. Anyway, I am not going to talk about the PM. During the course I recalled the time when I have a training on forensic service I had when I was working. I remember that one problem we had in common at the time was how safe it is for us to work on those projects. Being in a country where corruption is everywhere, you have got no where to turn to when you want to blow a whistle as they might be just one of them. And giving how cheap it is to hire a hitman, would you want to risk you life getting your nose to investigate that?