http://www.richardbarrow.com/wp-content ... spotip.jpgf you have lived or worked in Thailand for any length of time, you have probably come across a situation where you have been asked by a state official to pay a bribe. It happened to me this year while I was renewing my visa and work permit. I needed to collect some documents from the revenue office to prove that I had been paying tax. It wasn’t really a big deal and shouldn’t have taken long. But this time, one of the bosses in the inner office took note of me and said that it would be 1,000 Baht for him to process my documents. This is usually free or at the least a token amount to cover costs of printing out the documents. As he said there wouldn’t be a receipt, I knew straight away that he was asking for a bribe. I refused to pay and we had a stand-off in the office. It took a while but I did eventually win.For most people it is not advisable to argue with officials when they demand a bribe. It is risky and could make your situation worse. It is also not a good idea to take a picture and post it on social media like I did. But, I was reasonably confident that as I worked for the local media, my colleagues would back me up if anything went wrong. When most people face this, they feel they have no choice but to pay. No-one likes losing in situations like this, but now there is a safer way for you to get your own back. You can now report scams or corrupt officials by using a smartphone app or by a web interface. There is even a map where you can see where other people have faced problems. It is aimed at Thais but it looks like many expats have already made use of this free service.
Ich muss ergänzend zu obigen Artikel aus eigener Erfahrung noch sagen dass auch durchaus
Quittungen gegeben werden die irgendwo entwendet wurden und offizielle Stempel tragen.
Da kein Farang Thai lesen kann und auch der Thai Text unklar ist hilft sowas garnicht.
Ob diese App irgendetwas bringen kann weiss ich nicht.
Aber jede Möglichkeit in diese Machenschaften etwas Transparenz zu bringen sollte genutzt werden.
Es sollte auch auf die westlichen Botschaften hier Druck gemacht werden, selber hier mal etwas
zur Transparenz beizutragen.Schliesslich leben unsere hochbezahlten "Diplomaten" hier
und sollten ihr Leben nicht nur in ihren Trutzburgen in Sathorn und ansonsten zwischen Vertigo Restaurant,
Siam Paragon, diversen Massagesalons und auf dem Golfplatz verbringen.