Another Example Of Police Corruption
This is a letter from this weeks Pattaya Mail.
Corrupt so called police
Editor;
Within the past two days my family and I have been totally harassed by the thieves of the Nakon Sawan Police department! My wife and son were driving back from a visit to our farm in a little town called Lat Yao. During their return trip back to Pattaya where we have our home they were stopped by the Roadside Gang (Band of Thieves) and informed that our vehicle was under suspicion from Chonburi for drug dealing. This is a new truck that we bought back in February from Ford.
They were asked to vacate the truck as police searched it and low and behold the crooks produced some type of drug that they said was (planted) in our truck. My son and my wife were both arrested and taken off to jail.
After these so called police searched our truck and found our bank book and house and farm papers they naturally assumed that we were also money laundering. I am an American that has been in Thailand for 16 years married to a wonderful Thai woman and two beautiful adopted children. The strongest drugs that I take are aspirin, my wife will not even take that and both my children are as clean as a whistle. As far as the money laundering issue, I am an engineer that still works every day and I do earn a very high rate of pay that I have directly deposited into our joint account.
Simply because I am a high earner our home is paid, our car is paid, as well as our farm. All I am trying to do is provide a comfortable surrounding for my family. I should not be punished by the local Gestapo of Nakon Sawan. In order for my family to be released the thieves requested 100,000 baht. Yes, this is direct theft because someone has enough intelligence to earn more than the Band of Thieves.
We have hired a lawyer and some type of reprimand must be taken. I myself want their jobs and open apology as well as my 100,000 baht back. I am still working in Saudi Arabia and upon my return the thieves and I are not finished, something needs to be done to stop this kind of blatant theft. Any suggestions are welcomed.
Corruption in Thailand, how can that be? I will forward this on to my local papers in the USA as well as the Bangkok Post. It is time for the people to wake up and stop taking the crap that is dealt out by the police. If the officers can’t do better to earn a living than steal from honest hard working people, then take off their uniform and put on a ski mask. At least one would know what they are dealing with up front!
Name withheld
Reminds me of living south of the US border.
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Originally Posted by
StrontiumDog
The Bangkok police run karaoke bars, gogo bars and massage parlours, that cater to the Thai only crowd. Many of them have very nice cars and houses, which they didn't get from the rather meager wages...many of them are known to have giks and mia noi's by the bucketload.
I know one police guy who runs a betting scam, which involves a huge amount of other cops.
They really are a law unto themselves.
I'd suggest this guy has next to no chance. If the relatives of those who died in the Santika fire wont obtain justice, what hope for this guy? He needs to be careful.
Same thing goes on in Mexico, having lived there at times over the last half century and being better connected there than here, I see the same things going on.
And is there any doubt as to the honesty and pride and upstanding character of Mexican cops??
I didn't think so.
If it wasn't for the pride and honor of most of the Generals in the Mexican Army those folks would be truly fucked.