Whistleblower won’t give up fight

The memorandum of understanding signed on May 22 by the eight parties hoping to form a governing coalition sets forth an ambitious reform agenda, including “push for reform of the bureaucracy, police, armed forces and justice system” and to “promote a culture of transparency to tackle corruption”.

They have their work cut out for them.

“The core of society is corrupt,” former politician Chuvit Kamolvisit says on the new Bangkok Post podcast, Deeper Dive.

“I believe every country has corruption when they start. But I never see any country that as time passes by, the corruption is more, is more, is more, like Thailand.”

If anyone knows about corruption, it’s Mr Chuvit. As the owner of a string of soapy massage parlours in the 1990s and early 2000s — the ab ob nuat (massage…