The results of the study on attitudes towards corruption reported in this volume (chapter 5) support Phongsan's findings The researchers found that police officers came to accept the sub culture as a result of being ordered to carry out the corrupt by A police officer of that new recruits were rapidly absorbed into the corruption lf a new policeman is lucky, he may get a good boss. But most new policemen get to work under a bad boss, who will make him extort money, receive bribery, find money in whatever way he can. In this process a new policeman in the job quickly gets absorbed into the system The subculture of corruption in the police force has been the War target of criticism for many years. However, in the Cold period, the government tended to evade this criticism for political reasons. As Cold War pressures eased in the mid-1970s, criticism became more intense. Elected MPs took up the issue. On 10 January 1980 the Administrative Committee (khana kammathikan kan pokkhrong) of the parliament clearly stated: 'At present the police department is hated and despised by all people outside it. This damage to the country is also caused by the inefficiency of In 1983 political parties of both the government and the po According to opposition pressed for the reform of the police. Pramarn Adireksarn, leader of the Chart Thai Party, the present structure and administration of the police department do not support the government policies and do not s people's needs 21 People who were victims of police corruption began reacting more violently to police misbehaviour. Some villagers set fire to a police station in protest against the death of a relative under police arrest. Owners of long-distance trucks joined together t obstruct a highway in protest against heavy police extortion The abbot of a provincial temple sent a petition complaining about police trying to extort money from him when he arranged a temple fair.