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Here we go again; rich kid, three dead, money will change hands and nobody will go to jail.

Guess who appoints the members of the Constitutional Court?

The partially appointed Senate.

Guess who appoints the appointed Senators?

A Senate Selection Committee of five, one of whom is the President of the Constitutional Court.

Indeed, every member of the Senate Selection Committee is themselves... appointed. It's a closed system designed to ensure that the current status quo retain power.

It's a good thing you like FANTASY! Good luck.

Isn't it ironic that the target escaped with wounds, yet his two friends accompanying him for, I presume safety in numbers, are killed

Perhaps it related to the side of the vehicle people were in and on when they exited the car, versus where the other vehicle sat? We can't know from the article.

Good for Thai Post; at least in this particular case their response was appropriate.

I wish to all that is sacred that the powers that be , do please please pass legislation that states that any driver that flees the scene of an accident is automatically sentenced to 5 years in jail....... This not withstanding any other guilt or innocence as to who was at fault.....You flee the scene .... automatically get 5 years to think about it.

I agree. Fleeing the scene of an accident is in and of itself a crime. It has nothing to do with whether one is at fault or not, leaving the scene of an accident is and should be a crime.

The approved budget for the road markings and hiring of road marshals was officially listed as 7.6 million US dollars.

7.6 million dollars--not bad for one day's work! Life (meaning pervasive corruption) here as usual.

Once again 70 Million baht spent on a project, and it doesn't work! Were the contracts let to people who actually knew what they were doing? Or was the money given to cousins, brothers and uncles who have never done any such work before? The only thing one can be sure of in Thailand, is no accountability.

The problem is endemic in Thailand. The central government spends billions of baht for wastewater treatment plants. But the construction is then given to cousins and brothers and uncles who have never built any such thing. There is no project or construction engineering. So when the money is gone, the plant won't/can't come online. As a result, I read a year or so ago that only 14% of Thailand's waste is treated before being released to the environment; meaning 86% is released without any treatment whatsoever.

The pervasive corruption is drowning the nation in its own waste!

"The third man said to be involved in the murder has not been arrested as there is insufficient evidence to implicate his involvement, Pol.Lt.Col Somyot said."

Meaning: the third person's family is rich? Or the family of a policeman?

But the idea that any country on earth can declare illegal something that a citizen of another country does while in their own home country--which is not illegal there--is completely absurd. It does nothing but make Thailand small in the eyes of the world; it is something we would expect from the likes of North Korea.

Actually is not absurd and is the basis for which various criminals of war are tried, Latina america drug traffickers prosecuted and extradited to the US, also used for sexual crimes, there are cases in which countries claims complete jurisdiction over pretty much anything.

Very good point, but I think in the examples you cite, the activity is still a crime in the citizen's home country, too. Murder is murder, rape is rape, drugs are drugs, etc. People are extradited because while they may be able to avoid prosecution in their home country, the activity is still a crime there. But in this case, the activity in the citizen's home country is not illegal in any way. A more close analogy may be for a country to declare that the practice of any religion except 'X' is illegal, or the reading of book 'Y' is illegal, and thus anyone around the world who practices anything but 'X' or reads 'Y', can be arrested and sentenced to 15 years in prison if they ever set foot in the country. It is complete unjustifiable overreach.

War criminals are a different mater, and the justifications often relate back to the Geneva Conventions and/or other international legal compacts. But even then, the charges pressed against most war criminals--such as murder or genocide--are/were illegal in the accused war criminal's home country, too. I can't think of an example otherwise.

She's a British citizen residing in London.

She can say what she wishes.

But only so long as she NEVER comes to Thailand again, or even travels through the Kingdom again by landing at BKK. If she were even charged for this crime, they could enter the transit lounge at Suvarnabhumi where she was awaiting her next flight, arrest her and take her away.

This overreach is stunning; remember the USA citizen who was imprisoned for what he did (allegedly) while living in Colorado? And remember too, the U.S. Government did nothing to help because they want their SE Asia military connections. Of course his mistake was to return to Thailand. But the idea that any country on earth can declare illegal something that a citizen of another country does while in their own home country--which is not illegal there--is completely absurd. It does nothing but make Thailand small in the eyes of the world; it is something we would expect from the likes of North Korea.

So sad... and once again avoidable.

I'm still trying to figure out what a "foam party in a swamp" is. Was this actually in a muddy swamp with frogs, snakes and other natural inhabitants? Was this a foam making machine of some sort creating soap foam in a natural setting? This was actually advertised and promoted for "thousands" of people?

One of the big problems with infrastructure all around Thailand is the pervasive corruption. The construction contracts will be let to cousins and brothers who have never built an engineered structure in their lives, there will be no construction engineering or management, and when done, the plants will either not come on line or only marginally. This is happening all over Thailand with the result being that only 14% of the country's wastewater is treated before being released to the environment. That means 86% is being released directly with no treatment. How long can Thailand shoot itself in the foot before it realizes it can no longer walk?

"As for the stranger, it was reported that he was escorted by police to a mental hospital for checks and he was later released."

So, does this mean that the "stranger" had enough money to "arrange" his release? Was he "testing" for a security vulnerability? It could be that we don't know that he was fully researched and checked out, but since this is Thailand, it's equally possible that he just presented some money and walked.

It's all the fault of the farangs, who originally dropped the bomb on Thailand (or perhaps somewhere else in S.E.Asia), in the first place !

I was wondering the same thing... I don't recall any WWII bombing in central Thailand. There was a little along the Japanese rail road, but no widespread bombing or action in Thailand during the war. So where would this ordinance come from? WWII seems strange...

I'm sure the company will not be prosecuted because they will be well connected. If it's like it is around here, the "employees" were sent in as canaries in a coal mine. They may have been Thai's earning minimum wage, but more likely Cambodian or Lao or Burmese earning far less. No simple O2 meter, no protection of any sort, no cares! Very sad and preventable; welcome to LOS.

Unless there is a different source, it seems the only witness to this tragic suicide was the bus driver.

Furthermore, if the driver "saw" the man walking across the road, and he couldn't stop in time because the man laid down in front of the bus, then it would not matter whether the man lay down or not... because he still couldn't stop in time. Perhaps the man saw he was going to be hit and tried to lay down hoping the bus was high enough to go over him?

Very sad.

That is a nice set of golf clubs. One wonders why he packed all his stuff and went to the airport. Very sad and perplexing.

I had the same thought: why would you change your flight, pack all your stuff, call a taxi, go to the airport and then jump off? It makes me wonder if he got dizzy, reached for the railing and then fell over it. It just doesn't make sense...

Am I reading this right? The original offence against the couple was in 2007, and while this offence is ostensibly still being investigated 5 years later, the same guy is still working in uniform and kidnaps and rapes another woman? Can this really be true?

In such an instance as this, talking is the action of brave and wise people.

He is a monk, even if he is against the governments abuses, he is first going to look for peace.

I am curious which of them approached whom first. Better a side channel of communication,

it mights save lives, even if it doesn't same anyones jobs.

There is no question that talking is better than fighting. But this is a "monk" who--in front of the cameras and journalists--interrogated two undercover policemen who had been badly assaulted by protest guards, and who were tied, blindfolded, bleeding and laying on the sidewalk in front of him. If that is a Buddhist monk searching for peace, I need to go back and start re-reading Buddha's teachings.