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If she was a bar girl, she probably had a fair number of customers, which means there would be a sizeable number of 'guilty parties' out there, probably from all over the world. Maybe someone just wants to see Germany in winter... 

Looks like a hell of a nice guy - a real angel!

17 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Which are?

Maybe the 23 Thai hostages held in Gaza at the moment? (Not to mention all those murdered on Oct 7). Given the large presence of Thais in Israel and Thailand's past record in the Far South, crazies like Hamas and their supporters may see Thailand as being 'on the other side'. 

On 10/21/2023 at 4:52 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

Since when has the "international community" done anything for Thailand?

The Thais are right to ignore anything from that quarter, IMO.

 

One should not put western woke principles onto Thailand.

Wow - that's the first time I've been called 'woke'. I had to stop laughing before replying. I think you need to understand 'woke' doesn't mean 'anyone who thinks differently from me'. 

Sounds like the Thai police are far too reliant on confessions (and I can only imagine what they might do to extract them ... I still remember the plastic-bag-over-the-head incident). According to the Innocence Project, approximately 25% of individuals who were wrongfully convicted but later exonerated through DNA evidence had made false confessions or incriminating statements ... and that's in the US where interrogations are recorded and scrutinised.

Also, wasn't the title used here a week ago: "Norwegian man murders his Thai boyfriend in Chiang Mai" with several people noting that there should be a presumption of innocence? I guess this latest development proves their point...

I have an Israeli friend (really, the husband of my wife's friend), and he was aware of what was happening in Israel before it hit the news stations. Some friends of his who live there went 'off the grid' at the start of the attack, and he was understandably anxious about their fate. Fortunately, they turned out to be ok. But he was and is stressed about the whole situation ... not because he could ever be called up (he's an older guy) but out of concern for the people he cares. We don't have any idea if this man's family or friends were impacted by this atrocity... 

2 hours ago, Gaccha said:

The suspect looks like a sweet lad. He looks pretty nervous and confused.

 

That cap says it all... 

2 hours ago, ThaiFelix said:

The French philospher Foucault believed that putting executions, that were previously public, behind closed doors was a step backwards as it severely lessend the deterrent value.

 

Hard to imagine what these poor little children went through, so confusing when its your own blood.

 

RIP little ones.

You mean Michel Foucault, the child rapist who exploited children while Iiving in Tunisia in the 1960s? Yeah - he talked a good game.

25 minutes ago, Sig said:

I'd be interested where you read that. It didn't say that in the original article that I read on the Thai Rath website.
It mentioned that the case started by the father reporting his son was taken. It mentioned that the father was a 32 year old ชาวไทใหญ่ (Tai Yai person).
Then later when mention of the perp came up, it referred to him as a หนุ่มชาวไทใหญ่ (young Tai Yai person).
Nowhere did I read anything about him being from Myanmar and living in Thailand. Yes, Shan is equivalent to Tai Yai, with Tai Yai being the more commonly used term in Thailand, but it doesn't mean he isn't a Thai national at all. Of course, the Thai media mentions his ethnicity because of their infamous prejudice against ethnic minorities, so they'd love you to think he's from Myanmar, but it sure doesn't sound like it in the way the article is written.
Perhaps you don't know, not sure.... but Tai Yai is not a nationality. It is an ethnic group, a quite large one - in the millions, spread across several countries, primarily Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and China. And they've been living in what is now northen Thailand since long before borders were ever made after Thailand annexed the the Kingdom of Lanna. Arguments could be made that they are just as much, if not more, natives of Chiangmai as Thai people. And this guy most likely is a Thai national/citizen. Being how Thai media loves to deflect attention about anything bad to anywhere else but Thailand, I'm sure they would have specified he was from Myanmar if they knew he was.

It says it in the second article above: "... identify the suspect as 29 year old Jai Kongkham, who is a Shan national living in Thailand."

Songkran 2053

15 hours ago, mark131v said:

The deck is so stacked in favour of the establishment that I really cannot see any legal way to stop this latest miscarriage. The fact it is so glaringly obvious that it is a travesty buggers belief 

 

When any and all voices that speak against the gross corruption, nepotism and rampant thievery of the Thai establishment are silenced through the corrupt judiciary, the bought senators and so called law enforcement agencies what can the people do?

 

I can't see any other option than get out on the streets and express their displeasure because the hi-so's have completely fixed the justice system and without a full reboot change is impossible...

"it is a travesty buggers belief"
I would normally correct you on your grammar, but in this case your typo (or choice of words) is completely apt. 

Probably would have gone on a rampage and killed more if he was on meth alone ... (and this claim is just as likely and can't be disproven from this case). 

What an insensitive article! Don't they even know there's no such thing as men and women anymore?? It's just about how you feel when you wake up in the morning. But at least they didn't use his dead name.

/sarcasm off