SABloke

"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.

On 3/29/2024 at 8:16 AM, thesetat said:

Gambling is illegal in Thailand except for during a wedding or funeral.

Not true at all. Gambling is not legal during a wedding or funeral (just because you see it happening doesn't mean it's legal) 

Gamblin is, however, legal at horse racing (which is indicative of how nonsensical many laws in Thailand are. 

3 hours ago, Srikcir said:

"Police reform may be easier than everyone thinks"

But the entire article seems to point towards an impossible path to reform of deeply embedded corruption. Nowhere in the article is suggested any "easy" solutions. And that maybe the real truth.

Those who are supposed to enforce the rule of law distort and abuse the rule of law. This destructive culture might stem from decades of military direct and indirect control of the nation punctuated with frequent military coups that defy the rule of law and Thai people's sovereignty.

It's just a typical Tulsathit Taptim word salad. Save your braincells and avoid reading his dribble in the future. 

What happened to reporting? Remember the "good old days" where pertinent information in an article would be included e.g. "Kick is a streaming service where users blah blah blah". You know, just a sentence to ensure that the readers actually understand the rest of the article. Also, are Jino and Johnny Somali the same person, or is the Johnny Somali paragraph a hard segue referencing yet more information not fully explained.

The rule is: if your reader needs to use Google to understand most of your article, you've done a <deleted> job. 

3 hours ago, Etaoin Shrdlu said:

 

PR holders need a re-entry visa (non-quota immigrant visa) in order to be able to retain PR if they wish to travel abroad. This visa is good for one year and the PR holder has to be back in Thailand before it expires.

You are indeed correct. Out of interest, can this be applied for at the port of exit, or does one need to go to immigration, get a ticket, and go through the whole tedious process where 4/5 people check the same documents before giving you the stamp?

3 hours ago, jayboy said:

 

Er, no it's not.Requirements are largely the same and in my opinion in some ways more inconvenient.It's cheaper though.

True, cheaper is not necessarily easier per se 👍. Now for Thai citizenship, it definitely is easier if married (especially for foreign women), but that's neither here nor there with regards to this thread.

14 hours ago, Artisi said:

Are you pivy to the information that he actually played a direct part in the selection, like voting for current government, remember not all senators voted yes. 

If you willing participate in this incarnation of the senate, you are complicit. Nobody forced these senators to take the role, but they all know and understand how the senate has unbalanced power. Not voting "yes" in a false show of neutrality does not wash your hands of the injustice committed by the senate (and its masters).

"The proceeds were used to purchase kratom juice and cannabis for consumption."

The obligatory "kratom and cannabis bash" slipped into the caption. So we're not expected to believe that the proceeds were used for anything else like food or clothes or petrol or booze or literally dozens of expenses that we all have (criminals included)?? Absolute trash reporting from KhaoSod.

12 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

 

Removing Section 112 has nothing to do with overthrowing the democratic regime of the government with the King as the head of state.

 

The UK has a democratic regime of government with the King as head of state without a Section 112.

 

 

They aren't even talking about getting rid of it, just amending it to be more appropriately used.