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What a response from the police: check and control Game shops. NO do not check game shops... do your job patrol the streets and protect people.

What is wrong with the general public double standard

Bridge to a Thai is an illegal gambling game, where betting on fighting cocks is not.

Fighting Crime is not putting up fences!!! its more educating people and nipping it at the root. For those who break the law. Then its not a pat on the back or blaming a game developer. but putting the individual in prison and drilling basic law into him. These are people who have grown up like grass, no proper upbringing, excused on wrong doings with no consequence and thats how they live their lives to...never taking responsibility. Someone else has to pay.

I would suggest begin at home being honest and then teach it in the schools and honour it in public.

Not tolerate tee money and back hand deals as "normal" no its not its CHEATING.... CHEATING HAS NO STANDARDS AND CANNOT TEACH ANY EITHER

lame

yeah pretty lame. Children are smart and if teachers play this Bonnie and Clyde Roll they only encourage kids to lie! There is nothing praise worthy in this though the intentions of a limited mind set is sought to hoodwink children.

Ohkay Ka.. Childrun... we aaah gow ing to plactise the ingaleesh languawage..... I hope the farangs do not stoop themselves to this level and pretend their Thai.....its not an honour its a shame to their nationality. Anyway Enjoy the masquerade.... let me know when the party is over. I can see Singaporeans and Malaysians taking a leading position in ASEAN, while others here seem to pretend. Good luck.

That was fast.

yeah amazingly fast... still boggles my mind why they have problems catching some of their own croonies.... Thaksin for example. He is the ghost that celebrates with Police and dignity and still slips through their fingers.

you know, i don't come here to bash Thais, they do it to themselves.

This story has gone viral and the Thai police are being ridiculed around the world.

yeah they better be..... its apart of the games for

ASEAN...its not their cock fights for money... which is permitted since its not a card game....and their high and low family games where money is lost in the 1000s

I thought that was what the entry/visa fee was for ?

Well this is a legalised state bar fine for the tourist that do not romp at the bars and throw money lavishly. It is to promote Thainess....smile while you get pinched...and we will maintain it for a tenner! what the heck ....thailand badly needs this money fast!

Irresponsible idiots.... the lot! I can only sympathise with their parents.

Those over 18 irresponsible for encouraging a minor to drink

Friends who decide to take to the road, instead of evaporating a nights intake of alcohol....

This training is not on the evening.... it begins in the schools.

Funny that everyone knows the police arent around after 8:00..

Well.... learn

fairness....is like dew, based on feelings of heat and cool night air...will disappear with the sun

transparency.... trying to understand.

Something tells me that justice can never be buried or witheld with fairness and transperancy, these are very subjective.

True justice will visit the ones who murdered and their end will be horrific and for those who want to defend their cause just because they do not want the truth .... these will be put to shame and everyone will know who was innocent. At that time everyone will know the case is closed. This has too many stories, justifications and speculations to say it is transparent. If there is still public doubt...doesnt that say something. Justice needs no winning of confidence.... It detects, exposes and condones. Only stories need to be explained.....I do not think the public are that ignorant to know what is truth and what is a lie. Let that be known.....

Wow this is fantastic police work..... Wonder why they could not track down and arrest Thaksin the same way..... buddies I suppose!!!!

RIP... how do you fall from a balcony? Thought they had railings to prevent this. I guess one could be pushed or jump. A shame such a young a

Does it not seem strange that balcony jumping is a tradition among foreigners in Pattaya. It seems to me. I have lived in 15 countries, most in Asia ith tall apartments never had this many people.... What was the total for 2014 and the total for 2015. Maybe we need to introduce bungee jumping.... instead. I have my suspicions.... lady boy on the run....hmmm good friend eh....

RT@vaitor: Local Thai Media stating Police raided suspects house and identified him as a Turkish national (28 years old) -http://t.co/VvFY1FjMeC

The similarities are miles apart.... I just hope they got the real culprit. It would be a waste of justice to see it slip, simply because they want to get someone they fabricate a case. Bomb making equipment. Could one be a bit more specific. Pictures please..... ball bearings ok good find... or simply coincidence? Whats the motive..... lost a love suite in courts? I would really like to get to the bottom of this without the frills of explaination for dumb people.

Thai police + DNA? hahahaha

Why are you laughing.... DNA simply means DO NOT ASK!

"Thai Smile". I do not think they are smiling now.

Well its the time for the farang to smile.....SMILE at all the explainations to the local media......mmmmm hmmmm haa haa hahaha LOL Aw aw aw aw

How on earth does an airliner approaching a gateway, moving about 2 miles an hour skid????

More attention needs to be paid to whoever writes these things to better clarify or stop writing absolute BS. Say what really happened ....... someone did make an error........ either the guy with the flags , guiding the plane in or the pilot or most probably both...... but NO ! ! ! lets don't loose face...... the plane barely moving.... skidded.... what a bunch of crapola....

I was thinking the same..... the explaination is not valid! It looked like those responsible in guiding the pilot into the bay failed to take the plane in the particular path marked on the ground fpr the particular model and hence miscalculated and hence hit the gate. Anything other than this is only speculation. Investigation team....only there to collect money from the Insurance. This is not the quick mini coach parking into a bay. This is a plane and can only move as directed from the ground by the Airport personnel. hhahahahahahaha.....

Amazing mindset. In a company vehicle, well marked, passengers in the rear. Did he suddenly think he had become invisible?

Ostrich mentality..... when in trouble...stick their head in the sand.... out of sight out of mind.

I am just speculating how this is going to all integrate once borders open in ASEAN.... they cannot simply run away. The owners of the van should know who the driver is and moreover his family should know at some point that he is the culprit. But then its not ethics of most people here to face to reality and take responsibility. What are the police doing about this.... or more what are the precautions in the transport industry to prevent this happening again. Speed control on public busses.....For me these busses are coffins on wheels and go uncontrolled and is understood and accepted by the general public to be faster the Govt busses. This should be controlled by the police and stopped. I am sure once this is done then people would be able to expect less accidents.

The floodgates have been open and now you can't control the situation. Tourism Authority of Thailand done it again.

Foreign Chinese, also Farang chin! A Buddhist too..... Hmmm quality tourist? No these are the cheap ones who have no respect or culture.....the one Thailand wants in the Thousands? Well I hope your standards are met!

Ahhh it was those pesky Burmese again!!!

Corrupt or incompetent police work = blame it on the immigrants

Hmmmmm foreigners?....???? Excuse or wrong answer. What you have not the finger prints of every Thai? You want to take on the whole world? Now why would a Foreigner be interested in Siam Paragon?

Revenge?

Those dämned foreigners again.

ja....velly goot wee kan speeika the engalish laike Thai do.....Forliner too mache ploblem rn too mache xpensive....they a tayking the Thai teecher jobs and nawt teeching .... we learn now too speeik engalish from Thai man.... velly goot.

Do any Thais respect any law ?

I think not.

Do any farang have any sense of perspective?

I think not.

We're talking about beach vendors not sex tourist kiddie fiddlers or terrorist bombers.

I guess in Farang Land the police are largely redundant and the prisons vacant because everyone there has such respect for the law.

Sorry Suradit. Your comment is way beyond any comprehension. I cannot believe the dribble just written

May you possibly have issues with sarcasm Mr Larry?

OH Dear someone on a rant has truly missed the plot!! Funny but I am beginning to get the impression, the word farang is a Thais limitation on understanding or comprehending the amount of nations involved in that word and the vastness of that represented in Thailand, let alone Pattaya. I am not denying though the topic - the beach. you have a nice beach, though not the best in the world. The whole carribean, Islands in the Indian ocean.... Thailand has been choosen by some because someone in the past did give us a good impression and treat us like human beings, not as farangs! as portrayed - sex tourist, kiddie fiddlers....a good description, Well in the jungle there are all sorts - let the law take care of that. you do not have to flood the beach to prove your point that you do not want us in your country!

they might impose a 500-million baht fine first, and if the same offense is repeated, violator could face a one week ban from business ….

I'm thinking if they can pay the 500 million baht fine, a week off without pay ain't gonna change anything.

I am of the same opinion. Why the huge fine! Simply put security in place to avoid them setting up. That would be cheaper and less a Sissyphean task. I suppose people love the backlash. Just work the system and the laws of the land. If Municiple or the Townhall in Pattaya issued those licences, then they need to first withdraw them and then go about through the judicial or police force to implement it.

Do not follow or prove the saying " new broom sweeps well!" right. Make it permanent and benefiting to society. Wonder who is going to loose face in this muscle up....of protest.

now all the sh*t begins anew, will the truth emerge or will we see the thai courts/police cover it all up to save face, only time will tell........

Subjective as it may seem.... someone is saving someones face. Well, I say that the real murderers will rot within and those who know the truth and subside it or tampered with it will burn constantly with their conscience..... they framed innocent men.

For those falsely accused I am sorry that justice has failed you this time.... but it will catch up! Be strong.

Nice clip...good acting... all paid ofcourse....

I learned early in life that products that do not sell well or new on the market need the most amount of advertising - Thailand stop trying...!!!! Just learn to be yourselves and honest to yourselves, sorting problems and issues practically. This whole idea of impressing people....a substitue to saving face.....NOT A DOG Cares..... People will talk if they have to ..... let them thats freedom of speech. What is beautiful, graceful and clean and honest in Thailand that some people try hard to respect and protect.... these will speak for themselves. Do not LORD yourselves.... you are not higher than any or lower than any.... Be honest and continue in your own traditions of buddhism and in what it demands you to be and you would be loved.... all this bungkum is short attempt to make people who know your ways even more a bit aggitated that the concentration is only a put on..... LIVE IT AND PEOPLE WILL LOVE IT

if all reporting correct sounds like a right loser what a tosser

Boy even a drunk in his giddy mind would not react like that .... choice of words a bit to dramatic... ripped that is sudden tearing off right. I can imagine him trying to go for her breasts or such and she falls down and in the struggle she tries to get away while he is clutching her jacket and it shreds off or something like that....

Well, on the otherhand it sounds like he was on drugs..... or have they started issuing ice on board these routes to get passengers? Nah just kidding...

whatever it is its wrong and indecent. He should be locked up in a womens prison....that would straighten him up.

The Thai Bht is 32.84 to $1 USA , is this a sign? Will it go up or Down?

shhhhh.... not so loud.....the baht might float!!!!

all these figures of 25.000.000 people coming to Thailand it does baffle the mind. thats about 68500 people a day in the year. work that figure in Planes, Immigration clearance..... at the moment the speed is 8 minutes per person. they will have queues waiting to get their passports stamped. Great start for a tourist.... THAINESS? I am aware that they will not all come through Swarnaphumi.... do the maths it still does not work out. How many border crossings, are we talking about re-entry tourists and expats to this 25 Million or does this apply only to new tourists for the year?

To me it really sounds like wishful thinking.....just like how they are so confident of winning the lottery.... only to find out the numbers were not in the same order as they gambled on. Dear Minister, I hope that this season will bring a new wave of tourists that Thailand can benefit from. But I am sorry I cannot hope along with you on the figures you project. Could you take the stand and break it down so that your fellow countrymen can also digest and profit from it...... a pie in the sky is not what we want!!!

About 75,000 tourists a day does anyone really believe thailand has the capacity/capability to process that many tourists. Thats assuming they arrive at equal times. If high season is busy that would be closer to 100000 a day.

how do you get these numbers? and process them where???

if you mean the airport they day 8 days each, which mean across all the airports in Thailand it's laround 9,000 People per day.... not really that many spread over Chiang Mai, Phuket and two Bangkok airports.

25,000,000/365= 68,495 per day (sorry original math in my head) seems like lots of immigration officers needed. Or am i missing something?

Yes Good Point!!! On the otherhand..... they could ask the chinese to help a bit.....HERD TOURISM - Perhaps short term work visas to help out in the fields to plant rice and fill the beaches or temples....They need to keep the Immigration office busy.....otherwise that would be the devils workshop.

Discovering Thainess?

What on earth is that? Imagine America saying ....discover Americanism, or other countries saying discover Englishness, Chineseness Frenchiness, Germanese... sounds stupid, why`? because...... Its a totally nonsensical word with no mental association to place, kind or person. if associated with what is evident in Thai society that tourist are exposed to; The false smile and unattentive in a conversation, sloppy work attitude (go to any shopping mall and the saleswomen is more interested in her Mistin makeup than with the customer) or the Taxi driver that refuses to take a hire....Solly, Lunch time, Shift change around the corner or the road is busy with traffic! Its as if we are asking for a free ride....NO we are paying!. Thainess sounds like an excuse to me everything that is not rationally explainable is automatically defined the the Thai way as" Thats Thai"....well, it does not attract but it does make a good discussion. So Mr Minister, please could you elaborate on your choice of the word "Thainess"....Is it Thai service? Is it Thai courtesy? Is it Thai ruralism? The quaint past of the cities where the tuk tuk rides and the death mini bus tours do not attract anymore. What has Thailand to offer in 2014`? Put a leaflet out for all Tourist leaving Thailand and ask them for their comments and they will help you define Thainess to give it some tangible meaning to the Tourist in his mind, perhaps that would keep a tourist another 2 days in the country? Ask though the right questions?

Let me get you started.

Did you enjoy your stay? Which cities did you visit? what do you think of Thailand, its people and its service ( I know people in Thailand have problems answering questions, why because they were never encouraged in their education career to do so..... But Europeans and most tourist in developed countries love a good question and a good feedback,)