Bribes not enough for Thai sex tycoon

A sex tycoon who owns a string of massage parlours in Thailand is boiling with anger and indignation against the Bangkok police.

Chuwit Kamolvisit has nearly 2000 young women working for him, and says he has plied police for years with cash, Rolex watches, European cars and free services at his six parlours.

On May 3, Chuwit was charged with running a brothel using underage girls. He could face 20 years in prison if convicted.

Now Chuwit, 42, has become a crusader for civic virtue, a celebrity avenger, holding daily news conferences to reveal charges of police greed, threatening to name the high-ranking policemen he says were beneficiaries of his generosity. He claims to have spent $500,000 a month in payoffs to policemen.