In Thailand, conscription is compulsory for all males for a period of two years, but there is no official policy forbidding the taking of bribes in exchange for a preferred position following conscription. Though the practice is officially discouraged, bribing military officials to either avoid drawing the red card (which necessitates military service for two years) or being guaranteed a position outside of conflict are actually quite common.
Sometime sons with influential parents can sway the military to give them a preferred position. In 2012, the Minister of Defence accused the then Thai opposition leader Abhisit Vechachiwa with having used his family's considerable influence to get a teaching job at the Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy and be put on reserve status instead of having to serve in the regular military--when he had been subjected to conscription. The judiciary dismissed the case on a technicality and Abhisit sued the Minister of Defence for defamation.
Following the May 2014 military coup, there is no evidence of any changes in official procedures regarding the use of bribery to gain preferred postings in the recruitment process. Ultimately, bribery is formally discouraged but it informally continues to exist amidst lax enforcement against it.