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Enemies of Islam? Current estimates conclude that the number of Muslims in the world is around 1.6 billion. That means there are 6.4 billion non muslims who are defined as enemies? Mobilizing 6.4 billion people against the muslims in the world isn't very smart. They are deinately out numbered.

Police get a reward for NOT BREAKING THE LAW. How will other countries see this?

55555 ...... No place on the street or sidewalk is safe in Thailand.

No surprise there.

Well its looking more likely the killers could still be out there, while the BIB are deciding what to do next,

May I suggest the possibility this may not be such a unique event as first portrayed, others have been raped and even killed on KT recently

Time to start digging and looking for any other deaths, suicides, drownings rapes or serious beatings etc on Koh Tao and surrounding Islands over the years.

Watch the reports of rapes over this months full moon party or anything else of late like people winding up dead,

I reckon its worth looking into, a pattern may emerge.

Nick Pearson, Hannah Witheridge and David Miller ...All at Choppers Bar and Grill the night they were murdered

Is there any proof other than the cop's word? If cops have been accustomed to 100-500 Baht tea money bribes it is obvious they would tell a small lie to get 10,000.

God! Where is the common sense in this country?

Ultimate cover-up. No lose ends. All dead.

Oh! So thailand isn't the center of the economic universe where everyone needs to learn Thai to do business here.

Corruption has robbed Thailand's education system. Literally and figuratively.

If the police and the PM are so sure the evidence and investigation are "excellent" then let an independent body like INTERPOL review the case and publish a statement.

How does the cop prove a bribe was offered?

Why not fire cops caught on video taking bribes instead. The proof is in the video.

I really expected more from the PM. It is his face too.

Thais are sensitive to a westerner criticising them and often I saw rude behaviour from westerners who feel they are not served quickly enough. This may explain why they rush the food as soon as it is ready.

I am guessing most food servers have a very low level of education and training is something restaurant owners fail to do.

Don't blame the woker. Blame the boss.

Needing a work permit to exihibit at a trade show ? Sorry, but that is seriously retarded. Was in Beijing in June for a trade show. No such laws exist in China. "

How does that even work ? How long does it take to get an exihibtors work permit ? Also there are different sets of regulations for state run and private trade shows ? It would appear that there are two different economies in Thailand; the state and what is left over.

"Business operators who want to visit an exhibition in Thailand will also be exempted from having to get a work permit, but they will still need one if they want to open a booth or trade at a fair".

"However, if it is a state-run exhibition, such as "Thai-Fex World of Food", any foreign operator who wants to open a booth or trade at the event will not require a work permit."

Almost every year for 20 years I attended the company exhibition at the (OTC) Offshore Technology Conference held all over the world and never needed a work permit in any country. This seriously reveals Thai Immigration's ignorance of the real world outside Thailand.

I think in Thailand, the line between homicide and suicde is very thin and a bit blurred.

Let INTERPOL review the investigation and issue a report.

Put this case to rest. Let Interpol verify the findings and make an official report.

My wife often cautioned me. The police will not help you if there is a problem.

"Police talk to us (Thai people) like dogs. She is a well educated banker but that is what she said.

She also said the Army is not dangerous but the Police are dangerous. They will kill you or put you in jail with false evidence.

OK ... any other Thai opinions about the police?

Why does it take media attention of a crime for the police to do their job?

Time for TAT to replace their PR people from the top down. They've made a laughing stock out of Thailand, again and again and again.

All I can do is shake my head in discust and disbelief. I spent many years of my life in under developed countries an have never seen anything like the police here.

Dear Police Commissioner General Pol Gen Somyos Pumphanmuang ... if these are not the murderers, then the real murderers are still free and will pobably kill and rape again (psycholoy 101) ... because they got away with it. Sex crimes are not usually a one-off occurrance.

But who cares as long as it gets the heat off. Right?

The civil service here is just like in any other developing country ... friends, brothers, uncles, cousins, sisters, nieces ... that is why they are still developing countries.

My last encounter with this was in Taiwan where a civil servant wanted money to approve my work permit. I brought this to the attention of the government. Subsequently, we leaned the guy never took a civil service exam and was the uncle of the local director. The guy was FIRED!

Heads up Thai government. Clean out the rubbish and you will succeed.

Well then ... Thailand realy is a dangerous place for tourists and police are incompitentent and lazy if not downright stupid.

No more talk .... find the murderers. Restore credibility to the government.

These murders are not going away inspite of all the Thai style (hot air) speeches. In the past the police got away with their shenanigans. Not this time. (I hope)

The government never sees evidence of mafia ... anywhere.

From Wiki ...

Mafia is a type of organized crime syndicate that primarily practices protection racketeering — the use of violent intimidation to manipulate local economic activity, especially illicit trade; secondary activities may be practiced such as drug-trafficking, loan sharking and fraud. Being bonded together by a code of honour, in particular the code of silence (or omertà in southern Italy), safeguards the Mafia from outside intrusion and law enforcement action.

Quite often, Thainess is "see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil". If the government wants to make Thailand a better place for Thai people, it must realize Mafia no longer means Italian criminals. After looking at the definitions of Mafia, Wiki sums it up best.

Mafia is a type of organized crime syndicate that primarily practices protection racketeering — the use of violent intimidation to manipulate local economic activity, especially illicit trade; secondary activities may be practiced such as drug-trafficking, loan sharking and fraud. Being bonded together by a code of honour, in particular the code of silence (or omertà in southern Italy), safeguards the Mafia from outside intrusion and law enforcement action.

So, ... there is no such activity as defined above on the island? I would be gobsmacked if the answer is there is no such activity.

In Thai culture can "Losing face" be the result of incompitence and failure when eveybody knows? OR is "Losing face" brought about only by comments from foreignes?