I totally agree. A Thai cop adjudged I was at fault whilst waiting to turn right when two tearaways ploughed into me at 90kph. This cost me just short of 90K. My then wife was extorted to the tune of 15K lest my visa became 'difficult'. My S-i-L had her car stolen; family members made a citizens' arrest & I helped drive the miscreant + cop + accusers to Jomtien where a fat cop refused to do anything without a 10K sweetener ((I was in the room at the time.) S-i-L continued to pay off her car loan for 4 more years despite having no car & the thief was never charged. During the intervening years when Pattaya cops were to be seen milking the public on Sukhumvit, I was regularly stopped (on 60% of my journeys) for the offence of driving whilst in possession of a white face. My favourite bar pays hush money for a 'music licence' despite having no sound system; I was present when the envelope (white not brown as is often reported;) was handed over.
This has somewhat tarnished my view of the local Plod.
'The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Do Nothing'. Or say nothing.