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Thai police, corruption overload … If you put a ‘bribery sticker’ on it, you will pass without incident

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Mark the bribe truck with a specific sticker… Authorities expand investigation

bribe payment sign sticker

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(Bangkok = Yonhap News) Reporter Kang Jong-hoon = The Thai police, who had been involved in various corruptions, are now being criticized for accepting bribes in exchange for turning a blind eye to overloaded vehicles.

It turns out that the truck, which had a sticker indicating that it had paid a bribe, safely passed the police overload conflict.

According to the Bangkok Post on the 1st, Police Commissioner Damrongsak Kitiprapat said that there were lorries that were avoiding collisions by driving illegally on highways with stickers secretly indicating that they had paid bribes to the police.

The corruption in the fight against overloading became a public issue when Representative Wirot Rakana Addison of the Forward Party (MFP), which leapfrogged as the leading party in the recent general elections, raised doubts.

Wirott argued that drivers of overloaded trucks with special stickers were not arrested and did not have to wait at road weighbridges to enforce overloading.

He said there are different types of stickers, such as rabbits, smiling sun, and kung fu panda shapes, and you can get them for thousands of baht (1,000 baht = 38,000 won) a month.

As the controversy continued, the police launched an investigation. Police are handing over the head of the Highways Police Office and widening the investigation.

Police Commissioner Damrong Sak said: “We recognize that ‘bribe payment’ stickers have been around for a long time.

He said public servants including the police involved in this case will be subject to disciplinary action and legal punishment.

The Thai police have been criticized for various irregularities and corruption. Taking bribes and illegal online gambling even this year. It became a problem by helping Chinese criminals stay illegal.

Previously, it was also revealed that the police provided a ‘VIP service’ for Chinese tourists to go through immigration procedures at high speed and escort them to the hotel.

There was also an incident where the police caught a Taiwanese actress traveling in Thailand for possessing illegal e-cigarettes, and then released them in exchange for money.

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