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7 hours ago, 2baht said:

That would lead to a similar charge ! It's a subject best left alone!

I've heard that theory many times over the past 15 years, but it doesn't really hold true. People charged with 112 often have an allusion in the article to what the charge was about e.g. Move Forward charge

40 minutes ago, MikeN said:

Each candidate in the first round has 2 votes, but can only give one vote per person. So everybody saves face by getting at least 1 vote if they vote for themselves, and the other "real vote" decides the winner.

Got it - that makes more sense then.

6 hours ago, phil2407 said:

Is Thailand the only country that has Statute of Limitations for a crime? 

No, but it does seem odd that once you are convicted of a crime, there is then a statue of limitations of serving the time. I think some things have been lost in translation in this article.

8 hours ago, webfact said:

"If these were genuine candidates, they would have at least voted for themselves," Somchai remarked, pointing out the unlikely scenario of zero votes.

Wait - so he's saying that all candidates would vote for themselves?? In this scenario he plays out, does it not then lead to everyone receiving one vote and nobody winning?

Does anybody have recommendations for a pool cleaning service in Hua Hin? Any info about pricing would also be greatly appreciated. 

1 hour ago, CANSIAM said:

Head and neck tattoos, won't have the 'new fish' look anyway when he enters Prison..........

Let's not be hasty to judge. Just because he's tatted this way, does not make him a chav.

Nothings says "Buddhist Country" more than "peacekeeping in Central Africa". Spreading the peace - how nice of them 🤣

21 hours ago, BayArea said:

that's because it is. anything older than 700 years old in Thailand is usually Khmer, Mon, or Burmese. 

But the typical Thai ego believe that it belongs to " Thai" culture since it was produced on their soil regardless of origin. 

The whole article (including the Thai archeologist) state that it is Khmer from the era when the Khmer Kingdom existed on current Thai geographical land. Where is the "Thai ego" you're talking about?

46 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

The car goes for around Bt17-18mil and the repair cost for what looks not particularly serious (indeed seems to have come off much better than the pickup) is 11.2 mil.? Well something smells here. 3/4 of the price of the car in damage would normally result in a write off.

Value of vehicle is probably 11.2 and repair cost 1 million. ChatGPT messed up and got its digital wires crossed which is common. I especially like the "Father Onew" slipped in there 🤣

4 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Promised

Actually, the initial promise included ALL Thais above the age of 16. This new "plan" is already a step away from the initial promise

"Over 210,000 people have informed the Election Commission (EC) of their wish to run as a Senate candidate and the EC expects at least 100,000 candidates to run."

More like, "the EC will allow 100,000 candidates to run". Why would 210,000 people inform the EC they wish to run and then suddenly 110,000 decide they don't want to? Farcical

17 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Apart from this case looking to be another useless and corrupt episode by the BIB and the chances of this bloke being innocent being extremely high when he was found guilty this was his senetence. Two years and eight months. Two years and eight months for the rape of a five year old. Say something bad about the king and you can get >15 years. Of course due to the BIB the actual perpetrator is still around somewhere.

That's the first part that made my jaw dropped. It then dropped some more when later in the report it mentions that the case was dismissed by another court, which only resulted in his sentence being reduced? WTAF. So we've learned two bizarre things: 1) rape penalties are ridiculously light and 2) you can have a case dismissed but remain in prison. 

5 hours ago, TigerandDog said:

2 of my wife's school friends are mid ranking police and the son of one of my Thai friends is also police. I've asked them questions as to their opinions of Big Joke and they say that they don't believe he's corrupt. One of my wife's friends resigned from the RTP last month (took early retirement) because he was fed up with all the corruption his colleagues were involved in, and he was not prepared to pay 2 million baht for promotion to the next rank. They also said that BJ knows where all the skeletons in the closet are and that all this current notoriety is just another attempt to get rid of him so he doesn't become #1 in the RTP. They also made a very interesting comment along the lines of if he did leave the RTP and move into politics he would be in a better/stronger position to bring down the rampant corruption within the RTP.

Was he prepared to pay for the promotion to his current rank though (not as expensive) or was it purely a merit promotion? 

16 hours ago, youngster30uk said:

But the government claim that over songkran the numbers are higher, so it doesnt add up.  And it doesnt add up that it is lower over songkran because it is not lower, it meets the yearly average, that means the same not lower
either way, it does not add up!
Your maths aint mathing 

I've never heard them claim that's it's higher, but they always dub it the "7 deadly days" to make the people think about driving safer. Labling some days as deadly isn't the same as saying they're more dangerous than other days. 

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

It does...

https://www.ghbank.co.th/product-detail/thai-people-abroad

That link only references Thai people working abroad, not unemployed spouses using foreign spouse income (as is mentioned in the article). 

31 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

A comment from the crowd revealed a consensus that the referee’s call was influenced by personal interests, with allegations hinting at corruption.

Interesting take, since the paragraph preceding this one states...

32 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

but seen as outright wrong by many, including the bettors who had already paid out based on a different outcome.

How can you pay out on an outcome that has been officiated yet, if not for some sort of pre-arranged fixing?

Does anybody have any insight into the veracity of the claims made in this article? Anecdotal reports on this forum used to point to GHB not wanting to have anything to do with foreigners. However, this article references loans being issued to Thai nationals abroad based on their foreign spouses income (which would be very handy). The GHB website itself does not seem to have this option, but according to some sources in Thai it is possible.

https://amazingthaiproperty.com/en/38948/

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Just like China, Myanmar and Cambodia... Thailand is slipping back down the same road.

Can't slip back if you never climbed up.