Thailand is non-PC ... evidently racial profiling works

[BarryBobPosthole]

Aren’t all those crimes pretty much what Thailand is famous for?

BKB

[Thumper]

Aren’t all those crimes pretty much what Thailand is famous for? BKB

Ha! Yeah, but when it comes to the drugs, I no longer go down that road in Thailand. It's not worth the risk. When Prime Minister Thaksin was in power, he tightened the drug laws and promised to wipe out the drug trade within 90-days! (good luck with that!) He and his police force killed 3000 people within the first 3-months, then decided to continue the campaign for another year or so. Depending on the circumstances and assuming you lived through the "arrest", the sentence could be life in prison or the death penalty. The main problem was, half (literally) of those killed had nothing to do with drugs! If a neighbor was pissed off at you, or if you owed somebody money and wouldn't pay, all anyone had to do is report you as a drug trafficker, dealer, user, whatever. They were called black-lists (more of a hit-list really) and the law would be paying you a visit ... which many times turned out to be fatal whether you were involved with drugs or not!

Thaksin was eventually exiled due to corruption and some shady business dealings. BUT, his SISTER was "voted" into office to replace him. Now she's also on the run for much of the same crap and was smuggled out of the country before she could be arrested. Like brother, like sister I suppose.

So, the Interior Minister (Yubamrung) took over where Thaksin left off. Here's one of his quotes:

"... For drug dealers, if they do not want to die, they had better quit staying on that road... drugs suppression in my time as Interior Minister will follow the approach of [former Prime Minister] Thaksin. If that will lead to 3,000-4,000 deaths of those who break the law, then so be it. That has to be done ... For those of you from the opposition party, I will say you care more about human rights than drug problems in Thailand."