Detained women emerge from the massage parlour where police and other favoured persons got free drinks, food and 'service' so long as the massage parlour was protected. (Bangkok Post file photo)The "Victoria's Secret" police list has laid bare the failure of the military regime's anti-corruption and reform attempts. Last week, the Department of Special Investigation, police and soldiers raided the Victoria's Secret massage parlour to rescue victims of alleged human trafficking and the sex trade. And Victoria's Secret will not be the last place where bribery and corruption among state officials turns up. But just like we know what is inside a massage parlour, we also know that insiders especially those embedded in the system, do not make effective agents of change.

Source: Bangkok Post January 15, 2018 21:33 UTC