Let the people speak

Re: “Money to be made, on and off the tables”, (Opinion, Jan 11).

I fully agree with this opinion piece. You, dear reader, and I should not meekly accept the corruption that permeates our society. As Khun Vicha Mahakun’s panel found out, corruption is so pervasive that it’s systemic throughout the police and prosecutors — it’s not a few rotten apples, the whole barrel’s rotten.

Rayong, for example, doesn’t have just the one uncovered den: Goggle Map lists fully 10 casinos in the province. Also, moving a cop is just a ploy so the media spotlight will move on. There are no public statistics on the results of each investigation of the transferred cop.

What can you do, dear reader? For starters, pressure PM Prayut to release the full report of Khun Vicha Mahakun’s panel on the investigation into Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya’s disappearance and vigorously implement its recommendations. Also, national top cop Pol Gen Suwat Jangyodsuk should ask cops at all levels what they want to see the RTP become in five years, and turn it into a strategic plan.

But that’s like a housing village’s chief security guard asking the other guards what they want to do. Rather, he should ask the home owners what they want and accomplish that.

Who owns our beloved country? It’s we citizens in the fields, paddies and streets, of course. Ask us, Gen Prayut, through public hearings nationwide, and present your plan to us, through our elected representatives, for review.

“Evil will flourish where good men do nothing”, Edmund Burke noted. It will flourish only if you see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil, sir and madam.

BURIN KANTABUTRA