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Yes, that plan has worked well in western countries hasn’t it.

Young kids too. Thailand is becoming as bad as UK for knife crimes by youngsters. Sadly as in the UK and Australia their identities are protected by law and all they get is a slap on the wrist.

Thailand. No person can be held criminally responsible for an offence committed while under the age of seven. A child older than seven but younger than 14 cannot be “punished”, but can be subjected a number of sentences including detention in a school or place of training and instruction. [Penal Code, Sections 73 and 74(1)-(5)]

OP, will the ATO here in Oz be looking for a cut? My wife just sold some land and would like to transfer the money down here as we live in Oz now. It’s half of what you’re looking to transfer but still a good amount. Like you we are looking at options for the best way getting it transferred. We spoke about a few trips up and down bringing in under 10k cash but it’s a lot of flying.

OP, will the ATO here in Oz be looking for a cut? My wife just sold some land and would like to transfer the money down here as we live in Oz now. It’s half of what you’re looking to transfer but still a good amount. Like you we are looking at options for the best way getting it transferred. We spoke about a few trips up and down bringing in under 10k cash but it’s a lot of flying.

According to the report he’s one of you English lot.

Anyone who believes China cares about human rights of children is 100% gullible and ignorant. Try doing a little bit of research yourself. Here is a little bit from the European Parliament in 2022. Cobalt is a critical component in rechargeable car batteries and is indispensable for the transition from fossil fuels to sustainable energy sources. The EU’s 2030 climate target will only increase demand for this metal in the EU. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the world’s largest known reservoirs of this metal are found, provides a substantial amount of the cobalt the EU needs to meet its growing demand[1]. Despite the Commission’s zero‑tolerance approach to child labor in trade agreements, it is estimated,, according to reports by UN agencies, that in the southern Katanga province, more than 40 000 children are working in hazardous conditions in cobalt mines, with inadequate safety equipment and for very little money[2].

If you truly believe there are only 1 or 2 that employ and estimated 44,000 children then you are definitely living in Nakhon Nowhere.

Nice little graph. I never claimed that cobalt " Blood Diamond of Electric Cars", wasn't used in other products. However your graph from 2021 tells us that the Congo has increase production by 34% to feed the EV industry, plenty of overtime for those estimated 44,000 poor kids. Read below and you will realise that your claim that it is now less than 34% is pure codswallop. A few years ago, revelations about dire working conditions in Congo’s informal mining sector vaulted into the world’s headlines after Amnesty International and the Congolese rights group Afrewatch published a report detailing deaths and injuries among the countless children working in small-scale, hand-dug mines, often in manually carved tunnels that frequently collapsed and buried the young miners alive. Since then, global appetite for Congo’s cobalt has grown sharply, mostly driven by a dramatic increase in the demand for EVs. Nearly 90 percent of the cobalt produced in Congo, home to half the world’s reserves, goes into batteries, including those used by American, French, German, Japanese and South Korean automakers. Demand for cobalt is projected to increase 20-fold by 2040, according to the International Energy Agency.

Those do gooders EV drivers must be real proud of themselves, keeping all the 7 year olds busy working in the Chinese owned Congo cobalt mines.

My advice would be to buy a Garmin watch instead. Can pair with your phone and better battery life.

I’m sure I sat next to you one time in a bar. Your friends were ex special forces and SAS ????

Would love to have a beer with you ????. You must have a fantastic outlook on life. Roadhouse, ???? ???? ????. Life is not a Hollywood movie, get off your sofa and go outside for a walk in the real world ???? ????.

I'm trying to work out if you are member of the ignorant woke group or dumb woke group. Figures released by the Home Office Select Committee in October 2022. Approx 5.6 milion pounds a day is spent on hotel accommodation for asylum seekers. An additional 1.2 million per day is spent on hotels for Afghans who arrived in the UK under government resettlement schemes. I've no issue with those people who helped UK forces in their country. However to do have an issue with the 5.6 million pounds spent daily on the others. That is tax payers money that should go to the ones who paid it the most, elderly, homeless and returned service men and women. Its fine to throw out your simple steps 1, 2 and 3 and believe its that easy but at least do a little research yourself.

It’s the woke attitudes like yours that has the UK and other western countries forking out huge amounts of cash to address the problem. This money could and should be spent on pensioners and our own homeless. I’m sure many sleeping on the street tonight would love to be offered a bed on the Bibby.

They didn’t have to come to the UK, could have easily stayed in France, oh wait a minute. I forgot they can get a better deal in UK than France or any of the other countries they transited through. Another thing, why is is so many supposedly refuges are young men. More than 87% who arrive on the small boats are your males. They all want to leave the <deleted>hole they were born in but want to bring all their <deleted>hole religious beliefs and laws with them.

They claim it’s unsafe but didn’t refuse to get on the small inflatable dinghies to cross the channel to UK though. Would be better to use the Bibby Stockholm as a ferry and dump the lot back in France.

Jeez, what cave did you crawl out of?

I’m 2017 Thailand charged 102 people, including 21 government officials in this case. The highest-profile defendant was Lt Gen Manus Kongpan who was sentenced along with another senior figure, Patchuban Angchotipan, a wealthy businessperson and former provincial official known as Ko Tor or “Big Brother Tor”. Maj Gen Paween Pongsirin was appointed to lead the investigation. He fled Thailand and sought asylum in Australia. He told Authorities in Australia that high profile figures in the Thai government, military and police are implicated in trafficking and want him killed. He also told Guardian Australia and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that “from the beginning” he was under pressure not to pursue the perpetrators too enthusiastically.

RIP to the young student. Hopefully a speedy recovery for those injured and the authorities support those witnesses who will require counseling. The real truth is the equipment failed is due to lack of funding to maintain or replace items. https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2586261/bma-admits-cash-shortfall-hampering-fire-coverage In reality explosions are infrequent, but it is important to know the factors that can contribute to them. Overpressurization is a primary concern and can occur for various reasons, such as excessive heat exposure, physical damage, or improper maintenance resulting in pressure buildup beyond the extinguisher’s design limits. Corrosion, particularly in older extinguishers, can weaken the container, increasing the likelihood of rupture. Extreme temperatures, such as exposure to fire or direct sunlight, can also compromise the structural integrity of the extinguisher. Fire extinguishers can potentially explode when exposed to extremely high temperatures. The specific temperature at which an explosion may occur can vary depending on factors such as the materials used to construct the fire extinguisher and its size. Generally, a fire extinguisher must be heated above 572°F (300°C) to reach a critical point where an explosion is possible.

The sub is piloted from onboard and it is not attached to the mothership. They communicate with the surface via short text message exchanged via a USBL (ultra-short baseline) acoustic system, downside is the mother ship has to be almost directly above it. If they had a issue hopefully they managed to jettison the ballast tanks and float to the surface and can be found. Although even if the reach surface they cannot get out as they are bolted in from the outside. Worst case is they have lost power and snagged or have imploded. Wishing the rescue team all the best in their difficult search.

Well, if it was on Facebook it must be true ????

The woman is not stupid and pathetic. You really have no idea what domestic violence is do you. Victims of domestic violence are traumatised, feel trapped with nowhere to go and embarrassed to seek help. What is stupid and pathetic however is your victim blaming comment.

Did you report your suspicions to the police or any of his family members? If your friend was expat did you relay your suspicions to his embassy?

Hard to believe a TV member commenting before reading the full report ???? ???? f_up ???? Protection afforded to pregnant women from death penalty under Thailand’s Criminal Procedure Act However, under Section 247 of the Criminal Procedure Act in Thailand, there is a provision whereby the sentence of death cannot be applied to a woman until after three years from the birth of her child in custody. ‘Any woman sentenced to death, if pregnant, must be allowed wait until the expiration of three years from the time of giving birth or reduce the death penalty to life imprisonment. Unless the child dies before the expiration of the said period. During the three years from the date of birth, she shall bring up her child as is appropriate in a place suitable for child rearing in prison,’