Pattaya police in (catering) business
According to a previous story by Gringo, it is estimated that there are more than a thousand beer bars in Pattaya. You may have some doubts about whether they all have a reasonable existence. It is not for nothing that many pubs regularly change owners.
In 2017, 62 percent of the population aged 15 or older said they trust their fellow human beings. This mutual trust has gradually increased in recent years. Confidence in institutions such as judges, the police, the House of Representatives and the European Union has also grown. This is evident from new figures from Statistics Netherlands from the study Social cohesion and well-being.
I am a loyal follower of Thailand blog and I have been visiting Thailand regularly for the last 15 years. Like others, I too have had to deal with the corrupt Thai police a few times. What I don't understand is that everyone in Thailand (Thai and foreigners) knows that the police are corrupt but nothing is being done about it. Why don't the broom go through the police? Surely the current ruler Prayut can use his power to reorganize the police? But why does everything stay the same?
Foreigners arrested in police raids across Thailand
128 arrests were made this week in 99 places across the country, including Pattaya, Hat Yai and Koh Samui. This concerns both migrants from neighboring countries who work illegally in Thailand and foreigners with an expired visa. Most suspects come from Myanmar, Laos, India, Germany and a number of African countries.
Four provincial police commanders have been transferred as disciplinary punishment for the high number of road deaths and injuries during the seven dangerous days around Songkran.
Police officers get a pay raise
More than XNUMX police officers will receive a salary increase, and detectives will also receive better career prospects. This is the proposal of a committee dealing with the reform of the police force.
The police in Bangkok are no longer allowed to wear sunglasses. The Deputy Chief of the National Police, Chalermkiat Srivorakhan, has banned Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) officers on duty from wearing sunglasses. They should also dress well and keep their hair short.
Thai police are conducting an autopsy on a former deputy chief of the Royal Thai Police Department, after the latter died unnaturally after falling from the seventh floor of a shopping mall.
Thailand's former national police chief, Somyot Pumpanmuang, has admitted borrowing 300 million baht from a brothel owner involved in the Victoria's Secret Massage case and wanted for human trafficking, among other things.
Darts is banned in Pattaya
The hospitality industry in Pattaya was once again startled this week by police raids. No, they were not looking for foreigners who had an overstay or are considered criminals, but the bar owners were informed that playing darts is prohibited in Pattaya. Dartboards, which were found, were seized.
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Research into 8.000 foreigners with visa overstay
Thai authorities have been instructed by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit to investigate XNUMX foreigners whose visas have expired or who have entered the country illegally.
Thai police raided the Bello Bar on Koh Phangan's Haad Rin beach on Sunday night. Fruit smoothies were sold that were mixed with magic mushrooms that have a hallucinogenic and psychedelic effect. In addition, balloons with laughing gas were sold.
Thai police will crack down on drunk drivers
The Thai police, through Commissioner Srivara Rangsipramanakul, has announced that the police will take tough action against alcohol consumption. Police officers who fail to ticket drunk drivers are themselves punished.
Foreign suspect poses as police officer in Pattaya to rob tourists
Pattaya Police Chief Apichai Krobpetch said an arrest warrant has been issued for a foreigner posing as a police officer to search and steal tourists' luggage.
The police announced the plans for road safety around the turn of the year yesterday. one of the measures is that drivers of a motorbike who ride without a helmet must park the motorbike at the side of the road. They will only get the vehicle back if they can prove that they own a helmet.
Phuket police suspected of overstayer corruption
The Royal Thai Police are investigating rumors that police officers in Phuket deliberately failed to report the arrest of 1.730 foreigners to the Immigration Bureau (IB) so that they would not be deported. Of the 2.415 foreigners arrested, only 685 were sent to the IB. It is estimated that 1.730 overstayers (foreigners whose visas have expired) paid bribes to avoid being deported.