Thai Traffic Cops Offered Cash to Turn Down Bribes

Thailand's traffic policemen will get money in return for refusing bribes, police said on Thursday, part of the junta's  efforts to combat what it has called an ingrained culture of corruption within the force. The army seized power in May after months of protests aimed at ousting Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand's first female prime minister, saying it needed to restore order after nearly 30 people were killed in sporadic political violence. Since then,...

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