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Huge majority believe truck sticker bribe scandal is real: poll

A big truck stops at a weigh station on Highway 347 in Muang district, Ayutthaya province, on June 7. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu)

Both truck operators seeking convenience and police – who allow trucks to breach the legal weight limits in return for bribes – are responsible for the overloaded truck bribe-sticker scandal, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.

The poll was conducted on June 6-7 by telephone interviews with 1,310 people aged 18 and over of various levels of education, occupations and incomes throughout the country to compile their opinions on the scandal.

The criminal activity, said to have been prevalent for 20 years or more, was brought to light by…

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