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It won't work like it always does. If a police unit from another district raids a place and are operating in a different area, they never know which big shot they are stepping on their toes and spitting into there rice bowls. This can lead to too many problems, then they better leave it as it is.

I know the structures of the police apparatus. I doubt that even the immigration police have the right to expel someone and blacklist them for life without a court order if it's not a visa violation at the border. What bothers me is that the chief of police is trumpeting his apparent power here, although it contradicts the usual legal procedure for drug offenses by foreigners. My wife's cosin is a well-known criminal attorney and has handled dozens of such drug cases. That's why I'm surprised that, according to the police chief, now punishments without a court hearing for drug offenses should only be determined by the police. And that is wrong and dangerous from my point of view.

That would then be legally on shaky ground. If a cop doesn't like your nose and can then deport and blacklist you without a court decision and court order, that would be the completion of an arbitrary police state.

Gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat, RTP chief, said the force has the power to not only deport them but blacklist them for life. I wonder. Is the police here both investigators and judges in one person? Normally, the police investigate and provide evidence, the prosecutor files charges, and a court decides the sentence. The statement that the police alone can decide on a blacklisting sounds more than questionable.

Unless you're totally blind, you can get 3-4% returns a year investing in mutual funds or dividend stocks. That would be 1.2 - 1.6 million Thai Baht interest per year for 40 million. For 100,000 Thai Baht a month you can rent a beautiful villa with a pool near the beach. Why should you expose yourself to all the bureaucratic headaches with a 1 Rai purchase and tie up your capital in the long term when you can remain flexible?

Such an installation is not necessary at all. There are thousands driving around with faded license plates that are no longer readable.

The watches are Pattawat’s heritage, but they were not on the inheritance list because there were no important documents for them,” Gen. Prawit said That sounds like tax evasion. Obviously no import sales tax and duty paid. That not even one receipt can be found from 22 luxury watches. Ridiculous. The whole watch story with his excuses is on the level of a 4 year old getting caught with his hand in the cookie jar.

True. A similar scheme of fraudulent enrichment is running in some army barracks. The recruits get 6-7K baht per month as pay and free food. After 3 months of basic training there is the deal. The recruits are then "unofficially" allowed to go home and can work in jobs where they can earn significantly more money. However, the recruit remains on the Army Paylist for the entire duration of his service. The monthly soldier's pay of 6-7K plus the meal allowance then becomes pocket money for some higher senior army personnel who have the power to make such deals. A win win situation for the actors, but in the end the taxpayer pays for diverting public money into privat pockets. TiT

Such a check would also be appropriate for higher-ranking military personnel, customs authorities personnel and land registry authorities personnel. Easy to find many who are unusually wealthy and have many hundreds of millions in assets.

To 2. That annoyed me too. I am now also with Krung Sri Bank. With them I can withdraw money nationwide in any branch without paying a commission.

A classic own goal. In this way, the opposition disqualifies itself as a better, progressive alternative.

Interesting to see this asymmetry. The pro-Putin understanders are free to post their opinions without fear of reprisals. While opponents of the war and Putin's critics in Russia have to fear imprisonment, poisoning or death. Eli Wiesel: “You have to take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim, silence empowers the tormentor, never the tormented.”

One-sided propaganda. Many Russians were forced in the past to settle in the areas by Stalin. It is clear who has intensified and ignited the conflict in terms of war. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2014/11/21/russias-igor-strelkov-i-am-responsible-for-war-in-eastern-ukraine-a41598

I hate those overloaded pickup trucks in general. 95% of them permanently block the fast lane on the highways with their slow speed. They never change lanes for faster vehicles even if the left lane is free. And then force the faster vehicles to overtake on the left, which is risky and actually forbidden. They force other drivers to do a traffic violation that they really don't want to do.

A fine example of corruption at the highest level.

Not exactly smart from the Democrats. The image of a modern, tolerant and progressive party does not come to the fore. So the party appears unattractive for many Thai people.

They fear that the balance of power will change to their disadvantage and that their past deeds will then be reappraised. Imagine if the poor in the country were in power and set up a tax police to check the origin of one or the other's wealth.

Let's see if the general statement of the constitution applies, that no person can hold the post of PM for longer than 8 years. The original purpose is to avoid someone permanently seizing power. The danger that dictatorial structures can arise from this is simply too great. Especially where the majority principle in parliament only applies to a limited extent, as in the case of Thailand, where 250 senators are appointed. Let's see if an individual's ego is above the constitution. That Prayut had his 8 years as a PM can not be disputed.

Taxpayers pay very dearly, a lot of money. And until completion, the money leaks out everywhere, until the scrap is booked in the state budget. Now another repair bill is probably due at taxpayer's expense.

Driving a motor vehicle lawfully will certainly not achieve the desired change in behavior with only higher penalties. The traffic fines are already high for many normal-earning Thais. As a result, many fines are simply not paid. The threat that they will not be able to pay their road tax and minimal insurance does not bother them much. Why? Because they can then pay their village police officers directly at a traffic stop and then get a cash payment discount. The real problem lies in the bribery system.

Many, many paragraphs of the "new" constitution apply retrospectively, as a general framework for how the people in the country and politics should live together. Now there should be an exception only for the 8 years for a PM? Ridiculous cherry picking which thus calls into question the validity of the entire constitution.

I also think the new penalty for driving without a helmet is too high compared to driving through a red light. Both ways of behaving are stupid and ignorant, but those who drive without a helmet "only" endanger themselves, while red light drivers endanger the lives of third parties and bystanders.

Unfortunately, the penalties are very general and undifferentiated. For example driving too fast. So far always 500 baht flat rate. Someone speeding with 98 km/h on a road with a maximum speed of 90 km/h pays the same as someone driving 180 km/h. There is still considerable need for revision.

2013? That's nine years ago. snail's pace

What is the evidence? The article says exactly what I described. Freedom of expression has its limits where hatred and violence are incited.