[TMG] A Bad News for Thailand ( Tourism & Police ), From AP

[Thanit Hasadsri]

 By JOCELYN GECKER, Associated Press Writer Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press Writer   Fri Aug 7, 9:07 am ET

Newspapers
have published a steady stream of outraged letters-to-the-editor that
note the Thai police force's reputation for taking bribes and to call
for arrests in the airport scam.

One recent letter in The Nation
newspaper came from Mike Gilman in the northern Thai city of Chiang
Mai, who lamented the scandal's potential damage: "More nails in the
coffin of an already devastated Thai tourism industry." 
Details in "Warnings issued about alleged Bangkok airport scam"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090807/ap_tr_ge/as_travel_brief_thailand_airport_scam_1
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