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Laws made by the rich for the rich means this sleaze has a good chance of walking free with little punishment and will be free to kill again at his leisure. 

She threw the dice and lost. Bet big. Lose big. 

7 minutes ago, mindfulness said:

... mixing Beer Chang, Smirnoff & JD is a recipe for insanity ????

A recipe for chicken satay 

It is the low season. Perhaps it only looked busy as a result of the masses of vendors cluttering the place up. 

Khao San lost its charm long before this happened but It seems to have generational appeal. Maybe it will morph itself into something different again. 

He did say earliest 

which means sweet f a

This story says more about the Thai justice system than about the perpetrators. 

8 hours ago, worgeordie said:

And if she is telling the truth.....what will happen then....nowt !

regards Worgeordie

Nada, zilch, nothing and far call also come to mind. 

9 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

If he was born in Ireland, or he has an Irish passport, he is Irish. 

 

His name is an irrelevance 

So true. But he is still a di#khead. Maybe he’ll learn from it. 

That said his punishment is over and above some that has been dished out to some  locals for more horrific crimes. We are soft targets that are easily milked as dry as a witch’s tit. 

13 hours ago, rkidlad said:

Jumpsuit and a helmet, hey? Hopefully for his next trick he’ll be fired out of a cannon. 

Straight up. 

50,000 is excessive. Perhaps impound the bike and release it to someone with a license after the fine is paid. Perhaps 2000 to 5000 would be enough. 

A monthly sale of bikes that haven’t been collected to pay off owed fines. A similar program for drunk drivers should keep the coffers full. 

3 hours ago, rebo said:

In civilized countries policemen doing their duty are rewarded by receiving their fairly levelled monthly salary.

And there in the problem lays. Man cannot live on peanuts alone. 

10 hours ago, cleverman said:

Why is it funny? You and your like have been asking for something like this for years. Now someone has said it is going to happen, your stupid comment. Stop Thai bashing and wait to see what happens. 

I understand your sentiment and would like to think something may come of this but history has shown that, in Thailand, talk is very cheap and is designed to sell an idea of something being done. There is no stomach to take it to the next level and no one with the balls to champion it. 

I look forward to this new push bearing an outcome that the headlines allude to but the skeptic in me says they aren’t up to the task as it requires a certain amount of non existent commitment by the main players. 

5 hours ago, atyclb said:

 

 

visit the bangkok soi 7 beer garden for a quick reality check

They are all pink on the inside. 

1 hour ago, Xonax said:

In my many years in Thailand, I have NEVER EVER seen any seller check, if my signature matches the one on the card.

Not just here. In oz I used to insist they check just to remind them of their obligations. Now it’s chips and PINs. 

No such critter as a nice Thai beach. This is one of the better ones 

The butler did it

300000 baht was the budgeted price. Much cheaper to build it as a wall. 

150000 baht into someone’s pocket. It’s the Thai way. 

Note to self. Never forget to carry my license with me. This may well have painted a bigger bullseye (or baht sign) on my back. 

That being said, something other paltry fines is required to get people thinking about their behaviour on the roads. 

What about if you run over a cop? What’s the penalty for that?

Nothing

Wow. What would they do to real criminals?

Oh that’s right. Very little. Let this be a lesson about the necessity to hand over those brown envelopes. 

Nothing about irate netizens?

1 hour ago, dunroaming said:

Just another day in the land of smiles, home to the gentle Buddha loving Thais.

Everyday he turns in his grave.

Karma perhaps???

One word. Dumbfounded. 

I call it kharma