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3 hours ago, webfact said:

That the number of Chinese tourist arrivals decreased is seen to have stemmed from the teenage shooter killing two persons,

Could it also not have stemmed from the fact that the Chinese national holiday week (2nd biggest holiday in China) ended last Friday)? 

4 hours ago, MangoKorat said:

I have no idea but I'd guess they can request proof of when the money was earned.

How does one prove when the money was earned? For example, if I have an account that has held X amount of money over the years plus some income and then transfer a percentage of that money into Thailand, how do they know whether it's money from 5 years ago that the bank is transferring or money from this year? 

5 hours ago, scorecard said:

Hoping he's the next national chief cop.

 

He has quite a while to go before retirement, if he's really genuine to stop corruption he'll need time.

 

He doesn't seem to be afraid of the other senior cops.

 

Some of his team involved in gambling corruption not good news but inevitable. And a chance for BJ to show his strength. 

Since it is impossible to rise up in the ranks of the force without "Tea Money" he has spent most of his career involved directly with corruption - what on earth makes you think he is genuine about stopping corruption? 

3 hours ago, keithkarmann said:

If there was a god then it would not have happened.

That, or the actual "creator" of this universe doesn't give a flying f about us. Either way, these stories never bode well for the religious ones cause the spin needed to justify an all-powerful, all-seeing loving god watching a 2 year old get murdered is always interesting to watch. 

All theatre. This is the headline we would've read in the event of Pita being elected PM: "Court Dissolves Move Forward Party" - the CC can now "appear" to be impartial ????

He also vowed not to form a government with coup leaders, so... 

Such quality reporting on what should be major regional financial news:

"The banks include Thai Military Bank, Bank of Ayudhya, CIMB Thai Bank, and Bangkok Bank." 

"However, other major Thai banks such as Bangkok Bank, Krungsri (Bank of Ayudhya), Krungthai Bank, Siam Commercial Bank, and Kasikornbank continue to operate in Laos." 

So Bangkok Bank is shutting down yet continuing operations at the same time? If this part of the article is inaccurate, then how much of the rest is? ????

7 minutes ago, NemoH said:

Strange to find so many comments from people who lack understanding of parliament system.. the heading is misleading too.

MF party only won 30% of the vote so how is it that the remaining 70% cannot choose their candidate for PM? So how is their choice not something the Thai people had voted for ?

Strange that you seem to conveniently ignore the fact that when 62% of the voters' representatives voted for Pita, their choice was not allowed to be the choice. 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

According to the Pheu Thai leader, the voters would not take pithy campaign slogans, particularly “Drive Out the Mouse, Smite the Cobras”, too seriously since they were merely coined and used as a tongue in cheek to help with the party’s vote-wooing tactics.

So confirming that pre-election promises aren't worth the cheap carboard they're printed on. 

16 minutes ago, Joe Farang said:

The people need to accept the Democratic process. Two parties have put aside their differences for the good of the country when Pita's minority party was unable to form a strong coalition. Maybe if he had stepped aside earlier with all the accusations about him, then this impasse wouldn't have dragged on so long. The new coalition needs to be commended for their efforts.

"... unable to form a strong coalition."??? Pita's coalition had a 62% house majority - if that's not a strong coalition, I don't know what is. 

Surely abstensions should lower the total number of legal representative votes i.e. if 50 people abstain the required majority becomes 351 (not 376) etc. Still including abstensions in the total without adjusting the numbers just makes them "no" votes. Nonsense. Why not say then that an abstension equals a "yes" vote? Equally ludicrous. 

Good - hopefully the thought of an angry mob outside the door will knock some sense into the "undecided" Senators. They should realise that nobody will be allowed to leave the parliament complex easily if the vote doesn't go Pita's way.