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Thailand’s Enduringly Crooked Police

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Nov 03, 2014
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It is a ritual that has gone on for decades. At the beginning of each month, when the average brown-shirted Thai cop’s household bills come due, long lines of motorcyclists form at freeway underpasses in Bangkok while their riders endure shakedowns for real or imagined traffic violations.

While there are hugely controversial cases involving the Royal Tha…

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