Selfishness isn’t a problem in Thailand, it is THE problem

Din Daeng police this week hailed the success of a major crackdown on “pink card” fraud, but much more must be done to address the root cause of crimes such as fraudulent home and birth registry.

Fake fathers and birth certificates, ill-gotten pink cards, civil service exam cheating and nominees for predatory foreign business operators … the list goes on and on. How many more of these “rackets” have to be uncovered before such transgressions are seen as the single issue that they are — a deeply ingrained disregard for the security and sanctity of the nation.

Treating these cases as separate, or at the most loosely linked, is not sufficient. It can and should be argued that they constitute one overarching problem.