13 September 2011

Sex tycoon turned lawmaker exposes the police corruption he used to foster

It would be nice to see more stories like this around the world. We could use some real change here in the States, where corruption is a direct result of increases in government scope and authority. Reminds me of the rise and fall of the USSR.
BANGKOK — When Thai voters recently elected a joke-cracking, former massage parlor tycoon to parliament, they probably did not expect him to expose police corruption and topple the country’s police chief.

All the drama is thanks to the wise-guy tactics of Chuvit Kamolvisit, who is using his status as a lawmaker to fight the same kind of crime he used to promote.

“You need an expert … to fight corruption,” Mr. Chuvit said at a recent news conference. “I can become the specialist about corruption because I know corruption.”

He has openly admitted bribing police officers when he owned several huge Bangkok massage parlors packed with prostitutes.

After winning a July election, he stunned parliament a month later by displaying an elaborate video sting operation he arranged to show that Thailand’s biggest illegal casino appeared to be protected by police.

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