Whistleblowers expose misconduct

Whistleblowers who recently exposed alleged police misconduct are being hailed by netizens for their courage, but have landed the police in hot water.

A Chinese tourist said she paid police to obtain VVIP treatment upon arriving at Suvarnabhumi airport, whereby time spent in the immigration queue was cut and a police motorcade was provided for her trip to a hotel in Pattaya.

The Chinese woman, using the username choudan0302, posted a video clip on Douyin on Jan 21 highlighting her trip to Thailand.

She said she contacted an agent for a car to pick her up and she took the agent’s VVIP service offer. She said police in uniform picked her up at the airport, carried her luggage, ensured shorter immigration time and opened the car door for her.

She said it took five minutes to finish airport procedures. She was taken in a police car in a motorcade to a hotel in Pattaya…