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"...Will be picked up within 3 minutes..." ummm, wonder if FIGIX's developer has every been to Phnom Penh? I regularly see cars take 20 minutes to go one block past my apartment.

10 hours ago, lungnorm said:

Do they not get Dementia or Alzheimers in Thailand. Pity, then they would hardly remember what to pee with.

Only problem with your post is that this was Cambodia, not Thailand

4 hours ago, SilverBeast said:

Common Muslim tactic.  This article doesn't specify if the fellow was Muslim though... Are acid attacks common by anyone else?

Acid attacks have been a reality in Cambodia for decades. Invariably they involve related women, or rivals for a man, as the victim. I understand that the frequency has dropped in the last decade but it still happens. Corrupt legal system and male dominated society haven't helped resolve it. Also Invariably it is village Buddhist perps, there are very few Muslims in  Cambodia and I don't recall ever reading of a Muslim victim or perpetrator. Google "acid attacks in Cambodia", the articles will sicken you!

16 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

Bonus Time for doing there job TIT

Ummm .... perhaps you mean TIC? Not saying you are wrong about the police, just the country.

On 8/22/2016 at 6:47 PM, Si Thea01 said:

 

Agree with you about the negligence aspect with two but I think you may be a little hard on the customer seeing we do not know the full extent of the circumstances surrounding the incident..

 

True issued the sim without proper procedures being followed.   There is also the possibility of employee involvement but like most reports, no one gives out concise information, however, despite this, it is an avenue of investigation that should be followed, if it has not been already.  This would alleviate any suspicions that might be aroused.  If everything is as stated then it is a  clear case of Negligence without any form of criminality being attached.

 

With the Bank, it allowed the password to be changed via telephoning their call centre and then then the entire account to be emptied without, it appears any checks undertaken to ensure the transaction was legitimate.  They have however, agreed to reimburse the customer, which one would believe they are duty bound to do. Hopefully, they have undertaken an investigation to ensure there was no involvement of their employee or customer.  Forgive my cynicism. Again, if everything is above board, then a plain case of negligence without any criminality attached. 

 

Thirdly, the customer.  Most Thais that I know and who are business people and others who are not, have the SMS alert, as I do.  Not knowing if the victim had this protection, it is hard to be critical of him but even if he did, he would not be able to prevent the total withdrawal if made in one transaction and approved by the Bank.  If he did not have this alert and there were a number of transactions, then I would say, at the very least, he was foolish but not negligent.  Again though, regardless of the circumstances he should be included in the inquiry in order to dispel any suspicions as to his possible involvement.  Sorry for being cynical.

 

 

With regards to the third point "the customer". He may well have SMS alerts ... which would go straight to ...... the new SIM card in the perp''s Phone! 

Getting considerably older than I was in the 90s doesn't help, but the fun factor has been noticeably lacking since the early 2000s. I remember the times when you would decline goods at the market/services of touts and all was fine. More often than not these days you get the impression they would love to take a swing at you if they thought they could get away with it...

Good. Shut the door on your way out.

A smaller pool of tourists does not miraculously transform the rest of us (old) farts into Jagger, I'm afraid. It does however have a very negative impact on the livelihoods of a good number of Thais battling to make a living...

While I can certainly empathise with the good number of Thais battling to make a living - perhaps if you, Iand many many othersdidn't get the impression they would love to take a swing at you if they thought they could get away with it, the tourists wouldn't be going elsewhere?

If you choose to earn your money in a sales or service enterprise in a tourist area, as some of my family do, but can't get past your Thai exceptionalism or adhere to modern business practises and ethics, then you can't cry foul when the people you have been ripping off for decades decide to go elsewhere.

Strongly disagree with the points made here. Nobody forces you to buy their goods here - try going to Vietnam, Cambodia or China where they are much more forceful and seemingly more likely to "take a swing at you" than in Thailand. Absolute nonsense what has been mentioned here - I've never had a problem walking away though if I'm actually interested in buying something then most likely I'll buy it. However, if I'm not interested I've never had anyone chase me or act aggressively asking me to buy their product - this happens in other countries not in Thailand.

Interesting perspective but, having relocated from Thailand to Phnom Penh three years ago I have to call BS on one of your examples and question a second. My own experiences in Vietnam and Cambodia are at odds with yours. China, no comment, it has been many years since I was there. Phnom Penh and HCM are no different to first world countries when it comes to "taking a swing at you" or overagressive selling, maybe it is the way I walk away that is different and leads to such grief for you?.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chondrule

I didn't know either.

Ummm, I still don't!

Sent by bus to Bangkok. Now Thailand can deal with them.

What has a an act of criminality , if one wants to call it that , committed in a different country , got to do with Thai officialdom ?. It was not done in Thailand, so is irrelevant , unless Thai authorities still see this ancient site as part of Thailand? But, I thought that was now on the backburner for the time being at least (whilst Thailand's Junta grovels for new friends in the region) , after the UN ruling that it is Cambodian and not Thai soil???

Ummm .... wrong heritage site but at least you got the right country!

What a moron..........

Nepotism is never good for companies.

She proved by her actions that she is not capable of being the vice president of this airline and she only got the job by being the daughter of the airline Chairman.

Hope the law gets tough on her.

Airlines exist because of profits from up the front of the plane and this was her direct area of responsibility. Without knowing more it is not possible to say whether tou or I would have reacted the same way.

dude, not to be rude but there is 1 reply to like the 20 threads that you started.

this is thaivisa not cambodiavisa. we dont need every news story posted about people fainting

I'm not clever enough to have an opinion.

I do my job.That's it.

The day M George Thaivisa will tell me to stop, I'll stop.

Or maybe I could reduce the number of posts.

Dude, like, not to be rude but why on earth would you post Cambodian news articles on, like, a Cambodian news page? This is, like, really strange to me, where are your articles about the bars on Suk and how to pick up Issan girls. I suppose the fact that this news doesn't always need 5,000 armchair experts giving their opinion indicates it isn't real news.

Dude, I'm like not sure where you are coming from but ... I guess I'll just keep reading these and appreciate your efforts, regardless of how, like, misguided they are.

Continuing change and confusion. In the north, they recently extended the time to 30 days for land crossings, but limited this to 4 consecutive visa runs....

This latest change, if true and universal, May well cost the country quite a bit of income.

As the average length of stay for the almost 20 million visitors in 2011 was (per TAT) " ... 9.64 days and an average daily spend of 4,187.12 baht (US$137) per person," the financial contribution of those who stay long-term without non-IMM visas and who might be affected by any of the above changes in regulations most likely would not cost the country a great deal of income.

While I am sure the spend per day you quote is an accurate reflection of the official figure I don't know if that 'average' can be applied to serial visa runners. My own spend in Thailand is significantly more than double that number and I suspect the same would be true for many of those who fly in and out regularly. While not in the 'visa runner' long term category I do regularly extend my stay when here by heading out for a week then returning.

I am sure that even if the amount quoted was accurate for visa runners it does actually have a very positive impact on the economy, lifting the per capita income and providing employment. Thailand would do well to reassess their attitude toward this revenue source, perhaps noting the effect on places like Cambodia of their less restrictive visa rules.

for all you yellows gloating at this very "expected" result PTP will win any democratic election

Dont be so sure on that...

.. their election funds just got cut, no money to bribe anyone left, the grass-roots farmers are protesting...

PTP would be lucky to get enough votes to offer a coalition government to the smaller parties, and i think with all the legal wrangling and lawsuits about to drop on them, the smaller parties will be looking elsewhere.

Now just to get the election re-run, *with* the democrats taking part and we can put this one to bed... once and for all.

well let's see? enough nonsense about unelected 'people's councils' ok? I agree with your last statement and if you are right I certainly would accept the result - NOW let's hear all posters say the same - whatever the result we accept it

fair enough? Thailand has had enough of this infighting

a new election - with the Democrats running and the PDRC etc agreeing to not block polls - or setting up an effective plan so registration, polling can go ahead everywhere - is probably the best way forward now.

I'm not sure a new election now would actually resolve the problem, rather than stringing it out. With the court having declared the bill unconstitutional (illegal) there is now a punishment phase for those who pushed it through. IF that punishment involves the guilty MP's being forced out of office en masse then we have the potential for a parliament run by a party with no sitting members, pending new elections. That assumes the PTP get back in of course.

It's mind boggling

Things may be adding up ... a domestic plane hijacking in China foiled ...

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/07/03/overpowered-passengers-beat-two-hijackers-to-death-on-chinese-flight/

Not really looking up very far! That news took a long time to get to you - The article is dated July 3rd, 2012 so probably isn't related to the current events.

I read somewhere that the 2 stolen passport holders were booked through to Amsterdam, so the chances are they are just illegal immigrants since their stolen EU passports will not be checked on arrival. They don't need a visa for China as they are in transit.

Why would they fly Malaysia - China - Amsterdam if you can fly Malaysia - Amsterdam ?

Because it's cheaper ?

I doubt that making a detour to China to get to Europe will make it cheaper. Take note that from Amsterdam they had another connecting flight within Europe.

Actually it can be a whole lot cheaper, like a previous poster I have done Bangkok - Amsterdam via Moscow (but only once and never again - Aeroflot is NOT my favorite airline!), now I go via China. It's like flying to LAX via anywhere in Asia versus direct on Thai - it's cheaper to fly premium economy via Taipei or Narita than to fly 'discount economy' on Thai.

When AF plane went down

"One of the first things we had was a series of ACARS messages that showed failure of the aircraft and degradation of the systems," CNN

I think MAS have a lot of explaining to do

Does anyone know what this means?

ACARS is an automated system relaying system data on aircraft performance back to base, for it to stop along with traditional radios and transponders the immediate thought would be an electrical failure.

Wasn't it the 777 that had the battery issues a year or so ago? If the batteries had cooked and burned, this could cause a system wide electrical failure that would explain this. And I don't know if the APU or emergency RAT could work to supply systems under these conditions.

The battery issues were on the 787 dreamliner - an entirely different system with bleeding edge technology.

I am totally at a lost here, in terms of the actions of the military. Suthep has been making daily speech about overthrowing a duly elected government and encourage his followers to kidnap and take any government officials hostage and it seems no legal problem with this. On the other hand, some small groups are speaking and wishing to be separated from BKK and the military jumps in to make things seem like they are traitors. Obviously, the military is on the side of the Yellow Shirts.

Would you please desist from pointing out the obvious and stating facts, it will upset the delusional amongst us.

Sorry to hear that you and Soy Sauce (Kikoman) are upset Mano - hope you get over it soon.

Public opinion at the protest sites, and they could not get 100% there!

Yep, I can't say I'm surprised though, with a protest slogan of "Beating War Drums" 8% against sounds about right!

I am a little surprised that the Nation would enter redshirt protests to gather a poll like this but if Soy Sauce says it, it must be true!

noitom, on 24 Feb 2014 - 11:53, said:

The Thai army chief is public stating that the nation will collapse if violence continues. So his statements imply that he and the army are powerless to control the violence. The Thai army is stating that they are powerless. The Thai army pulled the plug on a mandated elected government in an overnight coup while the Pm was out of Thailand. Now they are claiming over seven years later that they are powerless and that if violence continues, the nation will collapse. This is shameful.

I'm not sure that he is saying the army is powerless, he's warning of the outcome of continued polarization. 

You might also look at the facts related to your statement "..a mandated elected government in an overnight coup while the Pm was out of Thailand" The self proclaimed 'caretaker' PM was no longer leading a legitimate government by the time of the coup as I understand it. Regardless of who 'wins' a politician will get in and that bodes poorly for the anti-corruption movement.

While any and all premature deaths are deplorable I have to wonder if this 'trend' is related to the trend in tourist numbers? Is there a relationship to the type of tourists? As a regular visitor to Phnom Penh I notice more older tourists visiting and older tourists are more prone to heart attacks etc. I'm not trying to justify the numbers or to downplay the efforts to address it, I'm simply looking to see if the cause and effect relationship lies in sheer numbers or an increasingly violent and lawless society.

With more tourists traveling to more places on marginal roads packed with marginal drivers driving marginally serviceable vehicles there will be more tourists involved in accidents.

Is Cambodia a dangerous destination? Of course it is, so is the USA and every other country on earth. Experienced travelers generally recognize this and adjust their activities to minimize risks.

Education of 'new' tourists along with the policing efforts, might offer a better result.

Hmm, only 21 days to come to a conclusion there is a case to be answered? Sounds like either a witch hunt or perhaps, just maybe, there is a deep pool of evidence to support the NACCs position?

Without preempting the outcome I would be amazed if a defense of "I'm Policy, not Operations" will cut it. Having sat as chairman of both private and non-profit organizations I'm very aware of where the buck stops (no pun intended!) and "It was someone else, I didn't know, and; I'm Policy so I couldn't do anything about it anyway" don't, and shouldn't, apply. It really is pretty simple for a chairman to either change policy to circumvent operational corruption ... or resign in protest at a failure to allow those policy changes to occur.

This is not about whether there is corruption on either (or both) sides, It's not about democracy or the democratic process, it's not about protests or failure to pay farmers, it's about gross negligence in a role that, once accepted, needs to be undertaken with diligence and determination.

Open and shut cases rarely take long investigative processes to move them forward.