HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

     PREHISTORY
• THE EARLIEST KNOWN INHABITATION OF PRESENT-DAY THAILAND DATES TO
THE PALEOLITHIC PERIOD, ABOUT 20,000 YEARS AGO. ARCHAEOLOGY HAS
REVEALED EVIDENCE IN THE KHORAT PLATEAU IN THE NORTHEAST OF
PREHISTORIC INHABITANTS WHO MAY HAVE FORGED BRONZE IMPLEMENTS
AS EARLY AS 3000 B.C. AND CULTIVATED RICE DURING THE FOURTH
MILLENNIUM B.C.
EARLY HISTORY
• IN THE NINTH CENTURY B.C., MON AND KHMER PEOPLE ESTABLISHED
KINGDOMS THAT INCLUDED LARGE AREAS OF WHAT IS NOW THAILAND.
MUCH OF WHAT THESE PEOPLE ABSORBED FROM CONTACTS WITH SOUTH
ASIAN PEOPLES—RELIGIOUS, SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND CULTURAL IDEAS
AND INSTITUTIONS—LATER INFLUENCED THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THAILAND’S CULTURE AND NATIONAL IDENTITY
VISION 
• OUR VISION IS TO SEE A MOVEMENT OF INDIGENOUS, BIBLICAL CHURCHES
REPRODUCING AMONG THEIR OWN PEOPLE IN THAILAND AND REACHING
OUT IN MISSION TO OTHER PEOPLES.

MISSION
• OUR MISSION IS TO GLORIFY GOD BY THE URGENT EVANGELIZATION OF
THAILAND.

CORE VALUES
• DEPENDENCY ON GOD.
• STRONG IDENTIFICATION WITH THE NATIONAL CULTURE.
• FOCUS ON CHURCH PLANTING AND EVANGELISM.
• REPRODUCIBLE MODELS OF MINISTRY.
• MEMBER CARE AND DEVELOPMENT
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS 
• THAILAND IS A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY WITH THE MONARCH AS THE
HEAD OF STATE. WHILE ALMOST EVERY GOVERNMENT SINCE 1932 HAS
ACCEPTED CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY, THE COUNTRY HAS HAD 17
CONSTITUTIONS, THE MOST RECENT DRAFTED IN 2007. ALL OF THESE
DOCUMENTS HAVE PROVIDED FOR A NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WITH A 
PRIME MINISTER AS HEAD OF GOVERNMENT. 
• POWER IS EXERCISED BY THE BICAMERAL NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, THE
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, AND THE COURTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS PASSED BY THE NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY. 
• PRIOR TO THE 1980S THE POLITICAL PROCESS IN THAILAND WAS USUALLY
CONTROLLED BY ELITES WHOSE POWER WAS DERIVED FROM THE MILITARY.
HOWEVER, THE IDEA OF PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT, FIRST ENSHRINED
IN THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE 1930S, NEVER TOTALLY DISAPPEARED.
• THAILAND HAS HAD UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE SINCE 1932, AND THE MINIMUM
VOTING AGE IS 18. ALTHOUGH NO LAWS HAVE PREVENTED WOMEN FROM
INVOLVEMENT IN POLITICS, FEW WOMEN HAVE STOOD FOR ELECTION TO
THE LEGISLATURE.
• ELECTED PARLIAMENTS BEGAN TO GAIN INFLUENCE OVER THE POLITICAL
PROCESS IN THE 1980S, AND SINCE 1992 GOVERNMENTAL POWER HAS BEEN
EXERCISED THROUGH AN ELECTED NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, EXCEPT FOR A 15-
MONTH PERIOD IN 2006–07, WHEN THE MILITARY TOOK CONTROL.
• THE ROLE THE MILITARY HAS PLAYED IN THE THAI POLITICAL PROCESS
REFLECTS AN OFTEN ENUNCIATED PRINCIPLE BY LEADERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES THAT ONLY A WELL-DISCIPLINED MILITARY CAN PRESERVE PUBLIC
ORDER AND PROTECT THE MONARCHY.
• THIS PRINCIPLE HAS BEEN CHALLENGED BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE
LEGISLATURE BY THOSE WHO SEE LAWS DEVELOPED AND PASSED BY AN
ELECTED NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AS THE BASIS FOR A DIVERSE YET ORDERLY
SOCIETY. LIKE MILITARY POLITICIANS, HOWEVER, ELECTED OFFICIALS
OFTEN HAVE USED THEIR POWER TO ADVANCE THEIR OWN PRIVATE
INTERESTS RATHER THAN THOSE OF THE SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.
• THE CREATION OF A TECHNICALLY TRAINED PROFESSIONAL MILITARY WAS A
NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MODERNIZING REFORMS ADOPTED AT THE
END OF THE 19TH CENTURY. BY THE 1920S THE MILITARY, WHICH HAD
EMERGED AS THE MOST POWERFUL INSTITUTION OF THE
GOVERNMENT, INCLUDED MANY OFFICERS WHO HAD RISEN BY VIRTUE OF
THEIR TRAINING AND ABILITY, NOT BECAUSE OF KINSHIP TIES TO THE
MONARCH OR HIGH-RANKING MEMBERS OF THE ARISTOCRACY. 
• ALL MALE CITIZENS IN THAILAND ARE REQUIRED TO REGISTER FOR A
DRAFT AT THE AGE OF 18. ONLY A SMALL NUMBER ARE ACTUALLY CHOSEN
FOR TWO YEARS OF REQUIRED MILITARY SERVICE, BEGINNING AT AGE 21.
MOST OF THOSE INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY ARE FROM RURAL 
COMMUNITIES.
• SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURY, THE ROYAL THAI ARMY,
THAILAND’S LARGEST MILITARY UNIT, HAS BEEN COMBATING A VIOLENT
INSURGENCY IN THE FAR SOUTHERN PROVINCES, WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE
MAINLY MALAY-SPEAKING MUSLIMS. THE ARMY ALSO HAS CONTINUED TO
CONFRONT INCURSIONS ON THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN FRONTIERS BY
INSURGENTS FIGHTING THE GOVERNMENT IN MYANMAR AND BY THE
MILITARY FORCES FROM MYANMAR THAT SOMETIMES PURSUE THOSE
INSURGENTS ACROSS THE BORDER.
MISCELLANEOUS POLICE SERVICE
• ROYAL THAI POLICE (RTP)  FIRST CAME INTO EXISTENCE IN THE YEAR 1455,
OVER 500 YEARS AGO. HOWEVER, THE MODERNIZATION OF THE RTP SYSTEM
CAME DURING THE REIGN OF KING RAMA IV, DESIGNED BY AN ENGLISHMAN
NAMED CAPTAIN JOSEPH BYRD AMES.  CAPTAIN AMES WAS THE CAPTAIN OF
AN ENGLISH VESSEL AT THE TIME BUT WAS GIVEN THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
ESTABLISHING THE FIRST UNIFORM POLICE UNIT IN THAILAND. AMES,
HIMSELF, WAS APPOINTED THE FIRST UNIFORM POLICE COMMANDER BY
KING RAMA IV.
• THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER
THROUGH ENFORCEMENT OF THE KINGDOM’S LAW IS EXERCISED BY THE
ROYAL THAI POLICE  (RTP), UNDER CONTROL OF OFFICE OF THE PRIME
MINISTER. SINCE IT HAS TO PERFORM POLICE FUNCTIONS THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY, THE RTP IS A UNITARY AGENCY THAT HAS A LOT OF
POWER WHICH AN AFFECT THE THAI GOVERNMENT. CONSEQUENTLY, EVERY
TIME THERE IS A NEW GOVERNMENT, THE RTP TENDS TO GIVE A NEW
DIRECTOR-GENERAL.
• THE PRESENT STRUCTURE OF RTP IS GOVERNED BY A ROYAL DECREE ON THE
DIVISION OF THE ROYAL THAI POLICE, CREATED IN 2009. IT IS COMPRISED OF
THIRTY BUREAUS AND SIX DIVISIONS DIRECTLY UNDER THE RTP. (PLEASE
SEE RTP STRUCTURE AS ATTACHED)
• THE ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS ARE MAINLY RESPONSIBLE FOR
ADMINISTRATIVE AND STAFF MATTERS. ITS TASKS INCLUDE PLANNING,
STAFFING, REPORTING, AND PREPARATION OF BUDGETS, ETC. THE
OPERATIONAL UNITS CARRY OUT POLICE WORK ACCORDING TO THE
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE AND VARIOUS CRIMINAL ACTS. THE AUXILIARY
AND SPECIAL SERVICE UNITS ARE TASKED WITH PROVIDING HELP AND
GUIDANCE TO OPERATIONAL UNITS IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THEIR
EFFECTIVENESS AND PERFORMANCE.   
RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION
• A UNITARY TRANSITIONAL COUNTRY WHERE BUREAUCRATIZATION AND
CENTRALIZATION HAD BEEN THE NORMS IN ITS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIVE
SYSTEM FOR CENTURIES. IT ARGUES THAT LOCAL FISCAL MANAGEMENT
AND REFORMED LOCAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE WOULD NOT BE
SUCCESSFUL WHEN EXECUTED BY INCOMPETENT LOCAL CIVIL SERVANTS.
TO SUMMARIZE, RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION FUNCTION AS A “VACUUM”
AND “FILTER” THAT ORGANIZATIONS EMPLOY TO OBTAIN PROFICIENT AND
SKILLED HUMAN RESOURCES FOR THEIR ORGANIZATIONS. 
• IN THAILAND AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, IT APPEARS THAT DISCUSSIONS OF
RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION FUNCTIONS BARELY DISGUISE THE INEPT
PROCEDURES THAT OCCUR IN REALITY. THESE ARE GROUNDED IN ACTIONS
LOOKING TOWARDS RECENTRALIZATION, LOCAL-CRONYISM, AND NEPOTISM
THAT HAVE TRADITIONALLY ROOTED AND UNDERPINNED THE THAI LOCAL
ADMINISTRATION IN THE AREA OF PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION.
KHÀAWP-
KHUN!!!
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