Police Corruption in Thailand Rises

Police Corruption in Thailand Rises
Policed corruption appears to be increasing since Thaksin Shinawatra the former prime minister of Thailand was forced out of office by something resembling a Military Coup.

Normally, if someone says a country is corrupt, I nod my head and say,
“Yes, most countries are corrupt.”

Of course, my answer means nothing and is just a boilerplate answer; it is not possible to compare countries unless maybe you have visited them all…. Hehehe, done some business, stay a few years in each.

However, in this situation, I have another method of learning that has spiked.

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Bangkok, Thailand
Khao San Road - Center of Backpacker Universe
Southeast Asia
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Hotels on Khao San Road
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This is a dangerous photo, please, please do not take photos of police, and it is a great way to end up in jail or paying bribes. (Thai Style..)

Thailand police do not seem corrupt, my vision of police is a fat Mexican, and for sure, Mexico is 10 times more corrupt than Thailand, I have spent over a year in each of these two countries, Mexico is the corruption champ, one of the most dangerous countries on the planet.

WHY I BELIEVE CORRUPTION IS RISING IN THAILAND?

On the general HoboTraveler.com site, people can submit anonymous comments and one of the topics is corruption. A person can choose a country and submit. In the last month couple of months the submission to the Thailand Corruption page has suddenly become active, there are more submissions.

Thailand Corruption

This is the general corruption link, whereby you can choose a country and submit comments or links.

Corruption

Corruption is an incredibly interesting example of human nature, if you observe and study corruption patterns will start to be obvious. The majority of people on the planet will quickly say,
“I am not corrupt.”

However, corruption happens when one person has more power than the other does, they can than force people to do unjust things. I am almost positive the majority of people reading have had a boss who took advantage of his power.

I do not believe people hate corruption; I believe generally they wish to be the person performing the corruption. Often in countries like Thailand, family and friends will collect money and purchase the right for their son to become a police officer, this will then allow the son to go collect bribes and share the profits. It is the way the world works.

I believe Thaksin slowed corruption, he knew that if he increased business, increase tourism, he could increase the money he makes with his business. It is like the USA Weapons Factories, probably as corrupt as you can get, however at the same time, I would say they all play by the rules, they abuse the rules and their power.

What percentage of humans will take advantage of a situation if they can?

Often people will say to me, I play by the rules, truly a misleading statement.

Police Corruption in Thailand Rises
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you know why corruption in my country grow, because it have orders from elite group above the police dep to squeeze money from thais, peggy elite.

According to The Royal Thai Police Erik Young is a Drugs Dealer, A Pedophile, A Bomb Builder.. and attacked four armed police officers whilst they hand their guns cocked and aimed at him .All four charges were attempted upon Mr Young. The criminal judges of Southern Bangkok Criminal Court released Mr Young without any prsion terms. The Royal Thai Police were not aware of Mr Young's relationship with The Secretary General of NATO, who is Mr Young's cousin.

The South China Morning Post reports that "police corruption remains a problem in Thailand" (6 Jan. 2007) while Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2006 describes police corruption as "widespread" (US 6 Mar. 2007, Sec. 1.d) and two human rights organizations state the Thai police is "highly corrupt" (ALRC Mar. 2005, Para. 13) or "thoroughly corrupt" (AHRC 14 Dec. 2006). Similarly, the Bangkok Post states that police corruption is one of the "fundamental problems" with regard to the Thai police (14 Dec. 2006) while The Nation describes the national police force as "corruption-prone" (19 Nov. 2006). According to The Nation, a Bangkok-based independent newspaper, law enforcement is perceived as one of the most corrupt government entities in Thailand (10 July 2007). Transparency International's (TI) Global Corruption Barometer 2007, a survey assessing the public's perceptions and experience of corruption in 60 countries, states that, for Thailand, the police received a rating of four out of five, where one represents "not at all corrupt" and five represents "extremely corrupt" (6 Dec. 2007, 22).