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Home » News from Thailand » Questions about well-paid part-time job of police commissioner in Bangkok
Questions are asked about the part-time job of Commissioner Sanit Mahathavorn (see photo) of the Bangkok police. For example, the 'Association for the Protection of the Constitution' has asked the National Ombudsman to conduct an investigation. Sanit has a job as a consultant at beer brewer ThaiBev. He receives 50.000 baht per month for this.
Sanit recently became a member of parliament and therefore had to disclose his assets and debts.
Secretary-General Srisuwan of the Association for the Protection of the Constitution believes that the side job is inconsistent with the code of conduct and ethics for public servants and also refers to the anti-corruption law. Remarkably, Sanit is also a member of the municipal alcohol control committee. His part-time job therefore raises questions. Srisuwan believes that the police chief should resign and also step down as a member of parliament.
Sanit himself would not comment on the matter.
Source: Bangkok Post
Only 50,000 Baht? I know many who receive the manifold.
All senior police and military officers are dollar millionaires. They may earn the most from a monthly tour of shops and other businesses. Prayut has rejected a reform of the police force. He thinks only elected politicians are corrupt.
I don't know exactly what you mean by higher, but I have several top officers who are not dollar millionaires. Not every police or army officer is corrupt, just as not every expat is married to a bargirl.
I apologize, dear Chris. I can only check the assets of police and military officers who, due to joining the government or parliament, had to declare their assets to the NACC. This corrective:
Of those, 60 percent had more than a million dollars; 30 percent between $500.00 and $1 million and 10 percent less than $500.000. (one with 1 million baht).
The average was around $800.000.
I think most of them are not corrupt themselves, but there is a lot of corrupt money floating around.
Once you have reached the highest echelons of the military or police apparatus, you will of course no longer visit the companies on a Friday afternoon to collect some tea money. Would also stand out too much with all those bodyguards.
The possessions mentioned by Tino are the possessions of a family. Now it so happens that a considerable number of these senior officers are married to a woman from a wealthy family: we know us (always easy for a wealthy family to have a top officer in the family ranks, e.g. when their son causes a car accident ). Not infrequently, the in-laws also financed the career of the son-in-law. Think of it as an investment in the future. By the way: Thaksin's wife is also many times richer than Thaksin himself.
And once you are big and powerful, you will be asked by Jan and Alleman for positions and side jobs, just like this politeman. The officers are not infrequently in business, do very little to do so, but they are, for example, 51% owner of a company that is run by a foreigner or foreign company, but is Thai by law. Do nothing and collect a big dividend at the end of the year (in addition to some presents during the year): who wouldn't want that?
Look at who sits on the board and advisory board of Thai Airways. They have 41 vice presidents who all receive a salary and also (including family members) fly around the world for about 0 baht. Many of these people come from the military and police world. And so I could name a few other government-controlled companies and institutions. Completely legal, but you can of course wonder whether there is a conflict of interest or unethical conduct here and there. But the sense of right and wrong is not so well developed in this group when it comes to their own behavior. For others, people know and decide.
I can go a long way with you in this response, dear Chris, except for the first paragraph.
You know very well that the tea-money is collected by lower bats and then largely funneled upwards.
Also remember that it is this group of people, described so well by Chris, who are now governing Thailand, eradicating corruption and reforming the country. That should go well.
Dear Tina,
You write that the senior officers earn the most by collecting this money from shops and companies every month. I'm almost sure not. Of course, this tea money exists in practice, but the money is not handed over to the boss (and is not in their bank account). The ways in which have nothing to do with corruption, but with (as far as I am concerned extremely undesirable) patronage bordering on bribery; partly operated by junior officers to get in the good graces of your bosses and qualify for the annual promotion. And preferably so high in the hierarchy that you no longer have to walk down the street on Friday afternoon.
The really annoying thing about the case (and also the policeman described above) is that the man is basically not doing anything illegal. Is it illegal to be a consultant to a company? No. Is it forbidden to accept expensive gifts and presents for yourself, your wife, your children? No. Is it forbidden to run a business next to your job as a police officer? No.
Senior police officers are terrified of doing business that is illegal. That will get you in real trouble. People shrug their shoulders for ethical or unethical behavior (despite the fact that they claim to be Buddhist). Am I doing anything illegal? This kind of thing can only be prevented if there is full transparency of the actions of senior officers, protection of whistleblowers and a code of conduct for politicians and senior officials, including the army and police.