News Forum - Corruption scandal hits the brakes: Thailand’s bus industry whistleblows dirty dealings

[Thaiger]

A shocking revelation has swept through the coach bus industry of Thailand as several anonymous companies have blown the whistle on rampant corruption within the Land Transport Department‘s vehicle inspection process. A sneaky bribe of 3,000 to 4,000 baht is all it takes to fast-track an inspection, making life suspiciously easy for some. This disgraceful … …

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[ChrisS]

" corruption within the Land Transport Department‘s vehicle inspection process. A sneaky bribe of 3,000 to 4,000 baht is all it takes to fast-track an inspection, making life suspiciously easy for some."

And then they wonder why school children are killed on these death trap buses!

[Ramanathan.P]

"They explained that long queues formed between January and June, as officials were only able to inspect 10 vehicles per day and were unavailable on weekends and public holidays."

Better to do a time study on the efficiency of the inspection process. Looks like the officials have to strip arpart the vehichles for inspection and reassemble back after inspection to its original condition.