Katipo

So it's confusing because this guy appears to have principals which are not based on one particular party/groups lines?

A "senior Thai official" says Thailand has been removed from the list. But a proposal will be made to the FATF at its June meeting for final approval to remove Thailand from the blacklist.

So, in fact, Thailand is still on the blacklist.

So which senior Thai official was telling porkies?

"Which senior official is telling porkies?" Well that's easy, all of them.

I challenge you to find one that isn't!

Hells effin' bells. Just when you think that government statements can't get more stupid, you're immediately proved wrong. Where are the brains of these people?

What's the Science Ministry got to do with the International Anti-Ageing Medicine Institute?

It's just Children, educating Children, who in turn have to educate their Children.

...and so it goes on.

Please let it be my factory too, please let it be my factory too! Satu satu....

If the Chinese have their way, and they might. I wonder how the world would look in 100 years from now? *shiver*

Consultancy contracts, supplying the bread and butter for every corrupt official worth his salt since forever.

Spoke to the owner of a well established chain of pubs in Thailand just after he opened his first in Pattaya a few years back, he said he has to pay the Russians down there.

Leonardo Di Caprio for Prime Minister!

I guess with people living longer, conditions such as osteoarthritis and other s related to old age will become more common.

Well they've got to do something with the Makasan train station. At the moment it's just a big empty monolith..... a joke.... a total embarrassment for those who proposed.

There are more 'branded' counterfeit products on Sukumvit Road than I can ever remember seeing in my almost 10 years here. While previously there was a veiled attempt at hiding direct imitations, that is not the case today. The packed tables of Viagra, Valium, etc etc are a relatively new thing too. Only been around 12 months or so.

If you live in the upper Sukhumvit area and want to go anywhere other than the airport or the upper Sukhumvit area it can be a nightmare. I've been refused by over 10 successive taxis in the past. I can't see it changing in that area as the driver's there will assume foreigners don't know who to complain to. Not to mention they are more aggressive/nasty than your average Bangkok driver to start with.

If a man were to receive a pardon for premeditated murder, then Thailand would really have to do some serious soul searching... if there is any soul left to search.

He'll be back home in a few weeks

And if he isn't, he will be in a cell which would shame most 5* hotels. That's the real reason they are putting him in Chonburi where all his chums are.

"We got a tip-off that he visited doctors at Samitivej Hospital's Srinakarin branch and he travelled between his home and the hospital using a black van," a source at the bureau disclosed, "So, we kept close a watch on the Bangkok-Chon Buri motorway, especially the Latkrabang toll-collection gate".

errrr, why not just go to his home to arrest him then?

The police "replenishment" program was in full force during the former Democrat era.

The projects appear to be localized in the southern regions, which coincidentally are Democrat party strongholds.

In consideration of the above, I hope that before anyone points a stubby little finger at the current administration, that he/she considers the history of this project. If I wanted to spin this, I'd say oh look, the much maligned DSI is taking on corruption. I won't because I am not that naive.

It's crap like this that prevents the Democrats from being taken seriously when they raise the issue of corruption. IMO, all of these buggers are tainted and corrupt: The police and their political cronies in all of the parties.

It's crap like this that prevents anyone with half a brain taking any Thai political party seriously when they raise the issue of corruption.

The surprise would be if there is no corruption. Of course even if there is we won't here about.

I don't know. I think Thailand could be ready by then. What with the high speed train and BTS extensions all completed by then. Traffic congestion will be greatly reduced as motorists commute to work by mass transit. A lot more people will be speaking English by then. Who knows, corruption might even be in check. 8 years is a long time......

.............oh, who am I kidding

There are many words I could use to describe Thailand, clean however, is not one of them. I don't need to list reasons or give examples, it's obvious to all.