He then sold some of his massage parlors, formed his own political party and unsuccessfully ran for Bangkok governor in August 2004.

His father was engaged in a clothing business and as a manufacturer of Thai jeans brand Hara including being the founder of the Cathay Department Store (now Tesco Lotus, Yaowarat).

Chuwit controls the Davis Group, a business that consists of six Bangkok massage parlours near Ratchadaphisek Road, which employ around 600 women each: Copacabana, Victoria's Secret, Honolulu, Hi Class, Emmanuelle, and Julianna.

[citation needed] The police, whom he says he had bribed an average US$160,000 a month over 10 years, refused to protect him, so he went public, releasing the names of the top officers, the sums they were paid, and their frequent visits to his six massage parlors.

[citation needed] In a February 2004 interview, Chuwit claimed that he had paid Thai policemen to clear his Sukhumvit Soi 10 property.

[4] In July 2006, after a three-year trial, Chuwit and 130 associates were acquitted of the razing charges; however, a corporate lawyer was sentenced to eight months in prison for paying army engineers to destroy the businesses.

[6] Chuwit converted the area on Sukhumvit Soi 10 into a public park named "Chuvit Garden" for about 100 million baht.

A candidate must be a member of a political party for at least 90 days before the general election and the court found that Chuwit had not joined Chart Thai in time.

[11] In September 2012, the Bangkok Post published an audio recording of a lecture given by Chuwit at Hatyai University in southern Thailand.

Chuwit spoke to the students about how Thai police make money from the sex industry, and the Post noted that the topic is "a subject not normally taught in university courses.

"[12] Chuwit has been critical of Prayut Chan-o-cha's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic since the outbreak of a third wave in April 2021, which originated from the nightlife area, Thong Lor.

He accused Wasawat of running Thailand's largest online gambling ring, where he accepted bribes worth tens of thousands of bahts.

[15] His daughter, Trakarnta (Thaia) Kamolvisit studied at Millfield School, United Kingdom; and graduated with a degree in economics from University of San Francisco.