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It should be kick started again, to ensure that serial sex offenders,child sex offenders and the like never have the opportunity to re offend. Likewise for terrorists,drug traffickers etc. Waiting for the obvious backlash from the lefties,tree huggers and ilk !! Bring it back in Australia as well !

sorry mate, no backlash, us lefty tree huggers have nothing but pity for the simple minded, easily led pauline hansonites. there's more chance of prayuth winning a free and fair election than there is of australia bringing the death penalty back - less than zero. most of us aussies (though clearly not all) are far to decent for such barbarities.

no need to be sorry mate, but save your pity for the victims of crime, generally committed by repeat dangerous offenders who have been let off lightly or not removed from the streets by limp wristed judges and weak policies. By the way I vote Liberal, never been a fan of Pauline (sorry to disappoint!!)

It should be kick started again, to ensure that serial sex offenders,child sex offenders and the like never have the opportunity to re offend. Likewise for terrorists,drug traffickers etc. Waiting for the obvious backlash from the lefties,tree huggers and ilk !! Bring it back in Australia as well !

I was told that you are guilty of some of these things and - look - a dodgy court (like the ones in Indonesia, the USA and China that regularly pass down the sentences - and in Thailand) has been convinced of it so you're about to get strung up or shot. Are you okay with that? Because the percentage of innocent people that have been executed over the years is fairly high. What right have you got to say those people need to die to satisfy your primeval urge to retaliate? Maybe it's "leftie" to aspire to live in a world where innocents are not killed by the state for something they didn't do. Because no matter how hard you try to ensure it's not so, it happens. If you're okay with that, I'm not sure you are much different to some of those you want killed.

Coupled with the fact, it simply doesn't work as a deterrent and that in US death penalty states you are more likely to be murdered http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/deterrence-states-without-death-penalty-have-had-consistently-lower-murder-rates

No worries Snig, pop a few more happy pills, and go back to la-la land !

"Just after midnight on Friday, Pattaya and Nongprue Police, who between them cover the entire area known as Pattaya City, took part in a late night crime suppression operation in search of criminal activities."

Wouldn't have to search too hard or far, just leave the station occasionally !

Good result, only way to deal with this issue of global jihadists. There will always be civilian casualties,as these drop kicks use innocents as shields.

Radicalised university students ! I wonder what the in house security procedures at the uni are, if any.

Proves the point that some people should just not drink!....Have an ex brother in law that went on a drunk one night.....Stumbled his way, found the kitchen and ate 1/4 gallon of ice cream from the freezer....That's when the homeowner informed him that his house was one block over. Spent the next few days in county jail.

One day that home owner may be a victim of a hit and run, lying in the gutter needing urgent medical assistance. God help them if the only guy around the neighborhood is the guy around the corner they got banged up. Where i come from he would have been ass kicked off the premises but if it was clear he had been drinking and i knew him and i also knew he was not purposely robbing the place i don't think i would have seen him in jail for a few days. Just hope he didn't lose his job also.

If this had happened to a female member of my family, going to jail would be the least of this grub's concerns. Security company management needs to take action as well. Random site visits by supervisors to ensure personnel are conducting themselves in a professional manner are needed ( <deleted> , this is Thailand, silly me !! no chance of standards being enforced by some low rate security provider that hires bottom feeders !)

If African looking people are hanging around street corners for years on end its really not hard to work out what they are doing

yes but in Europe, the police must first check 2 white one hanging around on street corners, before they can check the black one.

Else the police would get punished for being racist. (no joke there is already a law that police checks based on race profiling is illegal. So the police stays at some places sees the black dealer and can't do anything)

Ah. So, you approve of racial profiling ?

What other racist policies do you approve of ?

I am really sickened that this type of threads provides the racists among the forum users to express their bigotry openly.

If a white guy is arrested for drug dealing, there are some bigoted comments, but very few. However, if a black guy gets arrested for it, there are maybe at least five times more of those bigoted comments.

I like this forum in general but the high no. of bigots really turns me off at times.

Surely, condemn drug dealing (I condemn it too) but for phuck's sake, leave your racism out of here !

JemJem he was not being a bigot. He was only stating facts of his counrty. Have a Leo and chill.

JemJem , if it looks like a black drug dealer , walks like a black drug dealer & acts like a black drug dealer , pretty good chance it is a black drug dealer !! Get over your hangups & accept the facts !!

If African looking people are hanging around street corners for years on end its really not hard to work out what they are doing

yes but in Europe, the police must first check 2 white one hanging around on street corners, before they can check the black one.

Else the police would get punished for being racist. (no joke there is already a law that police checks based on race profiling is illegal. So the police stays at some places sees the black dealer and can't do anything)

Ah. So, you approve of racial profiling ?

What other racist policies do you approve of ?

I am really sickened that this type of threads provides the racists among the forum users to express their bigotry openly.

If a white guy is arrested for drug dealing, there are some bigoted comments, but very few. However, if a black guy gets arrested for it, there are maybe at least five times more of those bigoted comments.

I like this forum in general but the high no. of bigots really turns me off at times.

Surely, condemn drug dealing (I condemn it too) but for phuck's sake, leave your racism out of here !

I approve of racial profiling if that profile happens to be committing the crime , same as terrorism , if it's Mid East / South Asians carrying out the attacks , then it's they who should be looked at more strictly !!

If its not terrorism land, it's a pretty good facsimile, of what could be considered as one.

maybe he got mixed up with Disney Land !!

Another example of the dog mentality of Thais in action . And of course the Thai version of the story was accepted by the clowns in brown !!

Calls for a total ban on all firearms.

Please spare us "the guns fault" bs.

Clearly alcohol and stupidity was at fault

If he didn't have a gun, he couldn't have shot the guy......you understand?

In a place where guns are banned this incident would have ended up in a punch up, perhaps with snooker cues.

Bullshit , banning guns does not stop the blackmarket / illegal trade . If no guns were available , the next option would have been knives , machetes , axes etc , you want to ban these as well ???

Zero tolerance - whether just a pawn, first time mule or complicit gang member - set an example - if the law says death sentence then use it to it's full effect !!

Imprisonment is no deterrent for some of these Africans , probably better off in some cases than where they come from !!

The police think he was killed elsewhere and dumped there. Girlfriend just translated from Thai Rath for me. My speculation the scene looked pretty clean aside from the body. Maybe police speculation also.

Saraburi sit's astride main routes to both the North East and North , so many possibilities and reasons as to why he ended up there .

The shooting occurred in front of Viengjan entertainment center Moo 1 Tambon Thanu, Amphur Uthai. When police arrived, a lot of people were backing their cars out of the parking lot to escape the scene.

You would think one of the first responses of the police would be to secure the scene , block the car park exit , at least they would have a chance of tracking suspects down from vehicle registrations ( if they escaped on foot ).

Read on - the first words of the next paragraph - and your comment makes a bit less sense:

"As police officers blockaded the area, the sound of gunshots could still be heard several times."

Fair point , I must have had one too many Leo's by that stage !! ( that's all they sell at the local !!! )

The shooting occurred in front of Viengjan entertainment center Moo 1 Tambon Thanu, Amphur Uthai. When police arrived, a lot of people were backing their cars out of the parking lot to escape the scene.

You would think one of the first responses of the police would be to secure the scene , block the car park exit , at least they would have a chance of tracking suspects down from vehicle registrations ( if they escaped on foot ).

Generally people are hungry , because they are poor and can't afford to eat , so that excludes them from Yingluck's kitchen !! She deserves an award for waffle ( not the food variety ) !!!!

Poor Hat Yai. I was first there about 10 years ago. The big bus station was an open area, and is now surrounded by a stone wall.

I was there for New Year's Eve a few years ago. There was a big street festival in the downtown area, and all entrances to the area had a police checkpoint. Yeah right, I thought, the usual BiB smoking cigarettes and picking their nose, but I watched and they really were checking people's bags (even mine) and not allowing moto-bikes through, and were being diligent about it.

A few years ago (maybe 4 years?) the tactics of these insurgents changed drastically, from the ruthlessness of the attacks to the quality of munitions being used. I think there is a larger influence behind this. I can't say who, but I have my suspicions.

I was in Hat Yai in 1991 , lovely place then , great nightlife and no security related issues.

The insurgents tactics will always change , to counter the security measures that the Thai authorities have in place. Having worked in Iraq since Feb 2004 , it is quite obvious that the TTPs ( tactics , techniques & procedures ) of the terrorists are following the same trend , evolving from small scale , basic devices , small devices to larger ( car bombs - VBIEDS ) , more lethal and deadly attacks.

The Thai security forces need to take off the gloves , and target these terrorists for what they are , murderous scum , who need to be eradicated !!

Round up both groups , re locate in a remote area , give them weapons & live rounds , and let them go to town on each other !! Then slot the last one standing !!

He said he would test it in Kong Krai Las district today. He also urged all provincial governors to make a list of flood prevention tools and supplies at their disposal and conduct a flood drill to ensure the tools were ready for us.

urged , wouldn't a directive or a command be more appropriate in a serious situation such as the floods ?

Hope the flood prevention tools & supplies were not meant to be purchased by the flood funds , might be some serious deficiencies !!

Tightening security most probably means we'll double the amount of conscripts riding 2 up on motorcycles , double the targets for the bad guys.

Totally useless tactic , can't hear anything , can't smell anything & visibility is limited. Also the soldier riding pillion is restricted in the use of his personal weapon.

Get off the bikes and patrol !!! You might find something .