Earlier this week the Bangkok Metropolitan Police launched a new unit aimed at taking a bite out of crime. The outfit is billed as a rapid deployment unit that will not only serve as a deterrent to criminals but, as the name suggests, get to crime scenes in a timely fashion.

In Mum Jokmok’s movie, as in most Thai soap operas, the Thai police are portrayed as heroes even though they hardly ever arrive at the crime scene in good time. Indeed, it’s easier to romanticise about good and respectable law enforcement than to confront reality. In real life, we know that a significant number of police officers extort people for a living, be they motorbike taxi drivers, prostitutes or vendors selling counterfeit goods.

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