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Many thanks for the clarification

I have a non o visa with a 1 year extension, my first 90 day report is due on May 20th.

I will be flying out of the country on May 20th and returning May 25th.

I will be getting a re-entry permit at the airport.

Do I still need to make the 90 day report at an Immigration office before I leave?

Thanks in advance

GMM is a public company that has a duty to it's shareholders, but I don't think that includes breaking into peoples computers. Their digital TV is yet to make any money and the share price, from what I recall, is not recovered to the 97/98 days. Although they did have a good year in 2012. They are as justified to go after licence money as a cable TV concern is from people bootlegging their service or a software company taking action over copied material.

Of course they are justified to collect license money but they are already receiving compensation for public performance via their you tube channel.

Are they able to collect it twice?

Would be interesting to see whether they would be able to successfully pursue a court case based on this.

The reason Grammy set up their own channel was not to make money as such from YT but to promote their artists and to counter the crap quality of their material uploaded by the public. Grammy's material is set to public, but that does not imply it;'s for free public broadcasting by other businesses.

Nonetheless Grammy would be receiving ad revenue from Youtube

Many businesses already pay fees to Grammy (and other labels) for the right of Public Performance. This should cover any Public Performance of the companies copyrights.

I'd imagine what Grammy are whinging about is that no longer will they be able to bust in to someones business, remove the computer, search the hard drive to find some of their material on it. If being streamed from you tube it is somewhat harder to prove infringement....

You could equally argue that due to the ad supported model of you tube any business playing this material has fair usage rights as each play would derive income for the copyright holder.

Interestingly the OP it refers to a landmark court ruling ...."the high court said the music labels can demand licensing fees only if entertainment proprietors have added extra charges or earned profits for turning on the music or music videos." which I imagine draws in to question the legality of fee collection from many establishments already.

Democratic countries won't extradite anybody to a dictatorship. Quite right too seeing that they've already roughed her up once. They're obviously after payback.

she will be extradited. Wait and see.

If the evidence is there and they have a treaty with that country she will be extradited. But even if that is all true it can be a time consuming affair. Remember the Russian arms dealer extradited to the States. That took quite a while.

Does any one know any thing about this dictatorship jesimps is talking about. I know here in Thailand we had a failed attempt at one.

There is no chance whatsoever that she will be extradited.

Any lawyer would be able to crush an extradition request purely on the basis that she will not receive a fair trial.

They would need only to present the photos of alleged black shirt members being paraded by the police in black shirt uniforms.

This by itself would be enough to not grant an extradition request.

Not forgoing her prior detention, claims of abuse and the widely reported restrictions of civil rights under a military dictatorship.

Anyone who thinks there is any possibilty that she maybe extradited is dreaming.

Really Ahbisit has nothing constructive to say and rarely has, he should shuffle of gracefully in to the night.

Its risible for him to bemoan populist policies damaging the economy when he and his party handed out 2000 baht (cost 18 billion in total) cash payments during his gerrymandered tenure.

I fail to see how this failed politician has any relevance in the current climate....

You didn't actually read what he said, did you? What is not constructive about it?

What is constructive about pointing out the obvious.

It would appear that he is only try to position himself for some play in the future.....

The very lack of any civilian oversight of the military has allowed constant curtailment of the democratic process by the military, and is the one and only reason why Thailand doesn't have a "functioning democracy"

When you consider that there have been 18 military coups in Thailand since 1932 and all have failed to deliver a "functioning democracy" it's somewhat optimistic to assume that this one may be any different.

You might also add that lack of civilian oversight of the government has led to the corrupt imitations of government regularly foisted on the people of Thailand. Are you trying to tell me that the rice scam and the systematic murder and intimidation of opposition is what we should be aspiring to in the future? That no reform is required?

Hmmm...There is civilian oversight of the government....That is what elections achieve, it gives the opportunity for the population to vote for there choice of representatives....

Sadly this particular cornerstone of democracy doesn't play to well historically with the military.

No you are wrong.The President of the US is the Commander in Chief of the armed forces.He does not tolerate insubordinate generals with ideas above their station challenging the elected civilian authorities - and if necessary (Obama and Truman did exactly this) will throw the bums out. That is how a proper democracy works.

But this is Thailand, which has never been a proper democracy and certainly not a republic, thankfully. Here, the generals throw the bums out.

Whether or not a country is a republic is irrelevant.The US is a republic but the UK,Japan,Holland,Norway,Denmark,Sweden,Spain and Begium are constitutional monarchies.In all these countries the military is completely subordinate to elected politicians.

In Thailand as you say the generals reserve the right to "throw the bums out", though strangely one of the recommendations of a functioning democracy is that the electorate can do just that.

Exactly, the US is a republic with a completely different system of government, and irrelevant as a comparison. Yet you continually use it as an example.

In Thailand there are many facets of a functioning democracy that need improving before military oversight is removed, and IMO they are more likely to be improved under the current system than the previous kleptocracies.

The very lack of any civilian oversight of the military has allowed constant curtailment of the democratic process by the military, and is the one and only reason why Thailand doesn't have a "functioning democracy"

When you consider that there have been 18 military coups in Thailand since 1932 and all have failed to deliver a "functioning democracy" it's somewhat optimistic to assume that this one may be any different.

If the positions are filled by people capable of carrying out their role in a fair and just way for the benefit of Thailand then they might just get broad support from the population as a whole and the usual trouble from those who oppose a fair, just and transparent system. Why not give them sometime to get their feet under the table and undertake what they will be charged to do.

There are a few problems that I see with this though, firstly how can a group of (largely) Generals and Military men be capable in carrying out these roles, what experience do they have in managing a civil society?

Secondly how could this be a "fair, just and transparent system" when there is little or no oversight and accountability.

When combined with appointing your military buddies it leaves them exposed to the very same criticisms that were leveled at the government they overthrew, namely cronyism and lack of transparency.

As I previously stated they are now seeing dissent from the very people that pushed for Military intervention. How they respond to and manage this will be very interesting.

If they fail to maintain support from their core support base it's wishful thinking to expect broader endorsement from the rest of the population which will be essential in moving the country forward.

Furthermore I don't think they have the luxury of "getting their feet under the table" when their stated goal was to bring in reforms and hold elections in September 2015.

In the OP it appears that the vast majority of the positions are to be filled by the Military, only Industry and Finance have mentions of civilians.

These are all figures that have close ties to Prayuth.

Not really confidence inspiring when you consider all the opposition that was raised to cronyism in previous administrations.

I struggle to see how they expect to get broad support from the population on this, especially as it was one of the main factors driving the recent protests.

Obviously broad support is not required, but will they be able to keep a lid on dissent that we are already seeing from the rubber farmers and energy protesters who both supported the coup??

This is really chickens coming home to roost.

After the Foreign ministry claiming that the withdrawal of the Saudi Diplomat was "normal" the are now claiming that they want to return to normal relations with the Saudis.

Obviously this won't happen until the Saudis get an acceptable resolution to this whole sorry mess.

With the current administration this is highly unlikely and the Saudis know it.

Don't expect anything to change in the near future.

More red shirt naysayers. Think what you want, the army is doing a great job. If it is a choice between PTP so called 'democracy' or what we have today, I choose today every time without a moment of hesitation. Keep up the good work boys.

A new constitution must have the broad support of the population to have any chance of longevity.

The only way to judge that support is to put it to the people.

Unbelievable that there are mumblings about the "cost" of a referendum (will the elections also be scrapped due to the "cost" of holding them)

The potential cost of forcing a constitution upon the people that has limited support is potentially much greater.

I suppose we could just wait till the whole country has had it's attitude adjusted and acceptance would be a "fait accompli"

Is it not possible that the general is neither red nor yellow, but actually just Thai and trying to make Thailand a better country for all its citizens?

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Not very likely.

Vested interests and all that..........

So innocent until proven guilty would not apply in this case?

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Not at all,

Prayuth made a famous speech 2 weeks before the election on July 3rd 2011 urging the electorate to vote for "good people"

He went on to say “If you allow the election [results] to be the same as before, you will not get anything new"

So vested interests and colours were already on clear display prior to the last election.

I imagine the insurance costs for her to perform there probably shot through the roof when the coup happened.

Additionally by performing in Thailand there is the issue of perceived tacit approval of recent events.

Before an election can be called there needs to be a re-organization of the House Registration Laws. Most Thai people do not live at their registered address thus entitling them to vote in an Umphur were they do not live of have any input. For example most Thai's are registered at the house where they were born while they are actually living in a rented home somewhere else. It's not their fault because unless they have a very understanding landlord they will not be allowed to put their name on the House Registration where they are actually staying as this also indicates a connection to ownership of the property.

Thailand needs to get this changed. The right to vote must be completely divorced from the House Registration System and strictly enforced. Maybe a Thai would not be allowed to rent a property unless they register to vote in that area. The House Registration System will still have it's use as a family domicile so criminals can always be tracked to their family address.

This will help to ease tensions because a large number of rural Thais will then be legal Bangkok citizens and maybe actually take notice of what is going on instead of always feeling they don't belong or are not fully accepted in Bangkok.

I agree that people should not be forced back to their hometowns to cast their vote. I

You do realize though, that if this had been the case for the 2011 poll, the likelihood would be that all Bangkok Districts would have been under PTP control.

The disbanding of the Senate has obviously come as a surprise to many.

A possible reason being that a majority of the Senate would not fall in to line with the Juntas vision for the country.

Easier to get rid of the lot of them!

Since starting this Putsch the Army have been very keen to muzzle all dissenting voices.

As the days go by increasing numbers of organisations and individuals are being brought in for questioning.

We are seeing threats made to tv, radio, press and social media not to broadcast anything critical and to specifically not give airtime to any political discussion by intellectuals or academics.

I find it particularly hypocritical that many posting here were claiming that the ousted government were limiting free speech but now bizarrely fully support the Juntas complete suppression of it.

Dark days indeed.

Under the PTP the suppression of freedom of speech was to ensure a regime extended their dictatorial powers and allowed the regime to manipulate the gullible populous.

Under the DRT (Democracy Restoration Team) the suppression is to ensure the guys above don't attack, kill and maim anyone and looking at the weapons finds, the cache finds and the red shirt militia arrests I thank god for the military.

Remember it is illegal to disrespect the military and as I respect all TVF members, please be careful when replying. For you sake as well as TVF's sake.

You could equally say

Under the PTP PDRC/Junta the suppression of freedom of speech is to ensure a regime extends their dictatorial powers and allow the regime to manipulate a gullible populous.

Under the DRT (Democracy Restoration Team) PTP the suppression was to ensure the guys above don't attack, kill and maim anyone......

Although we did continue to hear from Suthep everyday and whatever suppression may have been attempted was not enforced at the barrel of a gun.

The disbanding of the Senate creates a totalitarian structure akin to what defenders of this Coup claimed the "Thaksin Regime" was.....Oh the irony...

Allowing free and open debate is a basic human right and a right that we are able to exercise here on this forum (for the most part)

Sadly this right is being removed from the very same people we are able to discuss.

There has never been a problem with vote buying in Thailand. It was always an accepted part of Thai Politics. What changed all that is when the Shins decided to be clever and use Public Funds to influence voters. How could any Opposition compete?

I think you forgot who was in power during the last election. The current party had no access to pubic funds.

The side that lost had the access to the public funds.

You know very well what ATF was referring to.

Nope. The side that has the most money and access to public funds lost.

Indeed, Korn even admitted to outspending PTP and concluding that vote buying had a limited effect on the outcome of the previous election.

We had an election which international observers said was broadly fair, and as we all know it was voided by the court. Make no mistake that election would have brought the PTP back to power. It does not matter how many spoilt their votes; under the democratic system they had the opportunity to cast legitimate votes and did not - because they knew what the outcome would be. Now we see prevarication, evasion, delay - anything to stop the Thai people having the opportunity to express their will, because they outcome will not be the one the ruling elite desires. The violet ribbons worn by the solders says it all. The usual suspects can dress this up any way they want, but their support for totalitarianism is all too obvious.

People spoil their ballots because they were forced to vote and they didn't want to.

Nobody was forced to vote, they chose to vote and in doing so exercised their democratic rights.

Spoiled ballots and no votes are a valid expression and send a message that a part of the electorate are unhappy with the choices offered to them.

What was particularly shameful were the attempts to disrupt the poll by a minority through intimidation,

We will never know how many people did not cast their votes because of this.