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There is no end to the overly simplistic, naieve experts on ISIS.

An apology and 30,000 Baht shold satisify the legal system.

OMG ... they actually want the police to go out and patrol?

The days are so hot! and the wee hours of the morning are for sleep. it realistic to expect the police to go out on patrol?

Is I know they get low pay but the wife tells me they get housing and utilities paid by the government I think the government at all levels should expect more from the police.

Activities WILL NOT BOOST CONFIDENCE of tourists.

Just arrest the murderers. That would be a damn good start.

With the whole world watching, Thai police reveal heir competency.

Too proud to ask for assistance from the FBI.

Life is cheap in Thailand.

General consensus among Thais and expats is that the police always find the path of least resistance work and officially close cases with some absurd speculation.

Thai police proved themselves incompetent and poorly trained. Perhaps the new government could fix this by creating their own FBI who are trained in the west.

Word of advice ... DO NOT GIVE YOUR PASSPORT TO THE AGENT.

Get a certified copy from your embassy.

My case - I was over charged 15,000 baht for services not requested or performed. I refused to pay. They refused to give me my passport. And this was a "reputable" Thai company.

I reported this to my embassy and got a new passport. After several threats and my refusal to pay they agreed to "give me a break" and forget about the charges.

"Among the difficulties in looking for the killers is that there are about 4,000 migrant workers from Myanmar on the islands and not all of them are registered. The killers may already have left the island, Kiattipong said."

Excellent ... It was an undocumented migrant worker who got away on the first boat. Well, maybe he tried to swim to the mainland and drowned. Case closed.

"Thai police have accused foreign journalists and social media users of muddling their ongoing investigation into the murder of two British tourists in southern Thailand last week."

This is WHY there is an investigation.

Thai police have a reputation with both foreigners and Thai, for avoiding investigations by dismissing cases solely on police speculation. For example the case of the Russian suicide. The guy was stabbed in the chest seven times! BUT ... There was no sign of an altercation so it was suicide. Case closed.

"There was no investigation by the Thai police so the family had to piece together what happened form Robert’s friend and his neighbor."

A constant loss of face for Thailand. If love for the King is so strong, why don't they act in such a way as to make the King proud of their actions?

A double murder on a very small island. Only way off the island is by boat. 100+ police investigating and police can't find the murderers. Is this an oversimplification?

Good to see police hard at work routing out the soft targets with no cash. When it comes to real crime the police have been measured and found lacking.

Conviction and long term sentences of corrupt police is a good thing.

Local mafias are more powerful than the government.

Personally, I don't think Thai police have much experience investigating crimes.

I think it is unfair calling Thais xenophobic. Many are and many are not just like in any other country. I feel the xenophobia more with immigration and police more than any other group.

Safety in tourist areas are a real concern because police in Thailand are generally lazy, corrupt and untrained. Good policing in tourist areas and taking crime seriously by the judicial system could remedy the situation but Thailand has a long way to go in that respect. Thai women are very often the objects of violent crime but police rarely do anything about it and sometimes they are involved. That's a fact. Is it any wonder that rapist, murderers, knife wielding gangs and robbers have such confidence?

That being said, when out and about don't let police presence (if there is any) give a false sense of security. Be careful and stay in populated well lit areas.

This is a risk any time there is a cross cultural marriage ... I speak from experience and my ex wife was from a very nationalistic state in Europe. Just enjoy your wife and family and ignore the father in law's state of mind. I predict that if he knows you are not affected he will become congenial sometimes but not all the time.

... constant threats by investors and angry people who had been the targets of demolition of illegal construction of restaurants and bars ...

OK ... who's got the muscle? The government or the leeches who want something for nothing?

I wonder if there is going to be a showdown.

This is in poor taste. This is not a time to trivialize the murder of two young people who came to Thailand to have a holiday.

Ya think the Russian mafia had anything to do with this? Hummmm.

Like I have said 1,000 times. A degree will get an interview but once employed, no one cares where you went to school... the only thing a company cares about is if a person can do the job and do it well.

The degree itself is not important. What is learned ... the tools acquired in university are important. A university is where a person should learn how to think ... not what to think.

Learning what is morally right and morally wrong begins at home. at a very early age. Learning what is morally right and morally wrong continues in school.