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Patrick Winn interviewed Chuvit and talked about what he wa up to the past months and his aspirations to run for Bangkok governor again. Here a few excerpts:
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So you?d be the only person in the party?
I accept that. Because if I have someone else, I have to pay them off. Why should I pay anyone when I'm not doing dirty things? It will be a clean business. Last election, I spent almost 30 million baht [$927,660] to advertise the campaign. The posters, the billboards, the TV ads. So people know my face now.
I only need 80,000 votes from Bangkok. I can get that easily here. Some politicians only know about politics outside Bangkok, in the provinces, where you have to pay money for votes. I?ve been to Isaan [rural, northeast Thailand] and asked people, ?Why do you accept 500 baht for one vote?? They said, ?I get 500 today. That?s better than getting nothing.? This is the way politics work in Thailand. It needs time. It needs development.
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But how exactly are you going to fix police corruption?
You catch some official, he goes to jail. Let?s say 10 years. Then society will say, ?Really? Now someone?s really in jail for corruption!?
But last time you criticized powerful people, you reported being kidnapped and you ended up in the hospital. Your assets were also taken. Aren?t you scared something bad will happen again?
I?m never scared. They took away my assets but then returned them to me. I was kidnapped, but I came back. When you have a gun to your head, you don't expect you'll see your kids again. But I still survived. Now, I?m back. This is Thai society. I?m used to it. I know how to survive without a bodyguard. I take taxis and motorbikes alone like anyone else.
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