BANGKOK, 4 August 2014 (NNT)-The Royal Thai Police has launched three measures to solve the problem of mafia-style extortion gangs controlling the motorcycle taxi service.

Pol Lt-Gen Ruangsak Jarit-aek, the assistant police chief, said that as part of a crackdown last month in efforts to regulate public transport services in Bangkok, the department has introduced three stricter rules to restrain police from becoming involving in extortion.

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