spermwhale

Really? Please do tell us about all the people the Muslims in TH kill? Give me a break .

It's great that the writer does the math for us. I was so confused by the big numbers: "each weighing 2 baht, for a total weight of 4 baht."

No. The article doesn't say they were going to Pattaya to work at a call center. It says they were tourists. Read the article again.

Mae Sot is a serious diversion from Pattaya. That's like a 12 hour trip by car at least. Were they held at gunpoint? I'm sure they had to make a few stops for refueling and toilet breaks. I'm sure they all knew that they weren't going to Pattaya and not sure why they didn't refuse to continue at some point during the journey.

Amazing that he survived and lucky nobody was walking below.

How does one "amass 50 million baht in damages?" They perhaps amassed 50 million baht in ill-gotten gains. Damages are for the court to decide how much to levy in penalties on a defendant. You don't amass damages unless yuou've been sued and lost time and time again. You guys seriously need professional editors that catch this butchering of the English language.

Lying peacefully in bed Worried sick. How does a dead person rest peacefully? Peacefully connotes being alive. and how does the writer know his friends were "worried sick?" Enough with the editorializing and drama. The writer didn't interview anybody. Shabby "reporting."

I have to say that a lot of the Cheap Charlies that end up living in Thailand long term get a distorted view of the world and the value of goods and services. I've seen grown men act like children, berating Thais in service jobs over the cost of something that may cost 50 cents or half a pound or whatever in their home country. They act like spoiled and entitled pieces of S***. And they take advantage of poor thais who are trying to scrape out a living. This article is a prime example of the losers that Thailand tends to attract. 130 baht. I had a friend beat over the head with a piece of construction lumber over a dispute over a drink on Sukhumvit Road. I've had friends who got into fist fights with cab drivers over 30 baht because the driver decided to take another way and was accused of running up the meter. 30 baht.. 130 baht. .. These types of farang need to get booted back to their own countries where, if they were to start crap over nonsense, would get their teeth kicked in. AND. they would never get laid again.

They won't treat an expat who can't pay. That's been shown time and time again. And as people age their need for expensive medical care increases dramatically. If one of these blokes has a stroke or another major condition, they are toast. NHS doesn't make anyone wait for 3 years if they've suffered a stroke. They are admitted to emergency immediately.

This has been a policy for decade s. Immigrants have nothing to do with it, but emigrants do.

Also, if you can't afford to retire abroad then you shouldn't. There is another thing these guys don't mention: At their age they cannot get health insurance in Thailand and the coverage from the NHS doesn't extend to Thailand. . If they go to the hospital for a major event, which is likely to happen once retired, they'll either drain their savings or not be able to pay. This should be a major consideration for any codger whose looking to come to Thailand to retire and fornicate their way to heaven in Pattaya

"After 40 gruelling years as an electronics buyer"... who writes this stuff? Also: This isn't true: But his dream retirement turned into a financial nightmare when he discovered his UK state pension had been frozen. He didn't have his pension frozen. He just doesn't get cost-of-living increases. Big difference. he still gets his money, so I'm not sure how that is a "financial nightmare."

Why haven't they arrested the rapist and the aunt? Note how it's not the police that is looking into filing charges. can't believe they are letting that pedophile walk free.

The money goes back to Daddy Red Bull. He's the one who bribed the cops and he's the one funding his murderer son's lifestyle abroad. Sickening. I wonder if the fugitive's party pals abroad know they are associating with a killer.

What I'd really like to know is why the Thai media has never attempted to track this murderer down and expose his overseas life. You know why? Because reporters in Thailand are afraid to step on the toes of the rich in their country and in this case, Daddy Red Bull. I find it strange that no Thai journalist has the stones to research, find where he is, have photographers taking pictures out on the clubbing circuit and also researching how he is getting his money. The cops should do this too and see if daddy is protecting his murderous son and then arrest him for aiding and abetting. But again. The prosecutors go after the low-hanging fruit and people with no real power.. the low-level cops, while they don't dare touch Daddy Red Bull. And after all, it was he who bribed and perhaps even threatened the cops to cease their investigation. They didn't do it on their own accord.