Thai police undereducated, corrupt<\/p>\n
THAILAND: Police chief agreed on Tuesday with international
\nfindings that his force was undereducated, underpaid and corrupt.<\/p>\n
Gen. Sant Sarutanond told reporters Sunday's report released
\nby the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) which said
\nThailand's legal system was the worst in Asia after Indonesia was
\ntrue.<\/p>\n
However Sant said the Thai police force was changing, with
\npersonnel gradually becoming better qualified.<\/p>\n
Sant said commissioned police officers should be earning
\n20,000 baht (US$471) per month to cover their expenses in large
\ncities, but they only received a starting salary of 6,000 baht
\n($141) per month.<\/p>\n
On a scale of one to 10, Singapore was seen to have the best
\nlegal and police system with a rating of 1.7, followed by Hong
\nKong (2.9), Japan (3.67) and South Korea (4.83).<\/p>\n
Of the countries which failed to reach the pass mark, Malaysia
\nwas rated at 6.29, then Taiwan (6.33), Vietnam (7.08), India
\n(7.33), China and the Philippines (7.78), Thailand (7.96) and
\nIndonesia (9.83). --AFP<\/p>",
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