fareastguy

Begs the question under these circumstances why is he out on bail ??

As for the question in post #15 NangrongJ " Isn't Scotland part of Britain "

it depends on which side of the border you are he he

Bloods thicker than water!!

A convicted criminal by his own countries laws, by judges appointed by said country, in self imposed exile still being granted a passport is incredulous

but then this is Thailand & we all know what that means!!

He'll have more air miles than us all put together, revoked.. NOT A CHANCE !!

Ok better to be flooded for 2 or 3 days than 1 month I agree, so you can get on with your livelihood, but the damage is already done to your home/business property & furniture/stock etc.

Better for the authorities to be more prepared than flooded out in the first place, it still sounds like they cannot handle the water run off, so they will flood the poor areas & give them minor handouts and keep the commercial elite dry & happy.

Thailand cannot reduce the number of plastic bags or bottles produced or used in daily life, because if this number was reduced by half then think of how many Thais would be out of work doing the recycling bit for a living.

No Thailand will keep producing & Thais will keep recycling.

Just out of interest how far inland will the clean-up go in Pattaya, lots of pollution & 2 legged flotsam their to be cleaned up too !!

In reply to various above posts:

Checking mirrors !! In my neck of the woods they think mirrors are an optional extra !!

Under cutting is a standard procedure (reinforced by the person waiting behind you)

overtaking at junctions, corners or any where else in fact is exceptable behaviour.

Railway crossings are a free for all (police in attendance or not)

School times are for "Mums" not regulations.

Vehicles loaded to the maximum & beyond is excepatable ( tea money)

As for vehicles having fully functioning brakes, lights etc well lets not even go there !!

In reply to the above post is that if someone is "indicating" then absolutely DO NOT on any circumstances believe them.

It's probably still in this position from the day before!!

My observations trained me from a very early stage the best policy is to look, look & look again then look again before moving.. I'm still alive.

The above post #12 by NangrongJ you are 100% correct.. good luck to your wife.. she'll need it, although you have obviously taught her well you can't account for the other road users!!

Is it me or is his nose getting longer??

A number of insurgents led by Wae-aricopter Waji reportedly proposed to turn themselves as part of a plea bargain scheme under Article 21 of the Security Law - but Chalerm said those who had committed criminal acts had no right to bargain for amnesty.

Unless your name begins with a T...

As a "farang" living in Thailand I can understand your worries with the loss of contact with your friend for what is now an extended period of time..

However you do not say if you have had any contact with your friends wife or family in Thailand, or if indeed they have reported him as missing, do they have any information from any police investigation.

It does seem very strange that so soon after transferring all his assets & making a permanent move he should disappear??

It's what we all expected to hear, nothing new..

Bangkok will always have it's own water retention problems simply because when faced with high rainfall it has nowhere to go, compound this with run-off from elsewhere & floods will surely follow.

Why are canals still being reported as having garbage in them, surely this was the first thing to be cleared & the easiest thing to do, followed by dredging if found to have have become shallow.

But credit where it is due.. I am impressed by the ability of the authorities to measure increase in levels to the nearest 0.5mm

If the government is sincere about anti corruption then this should be the first of many heads to roll.. let the purge continue even if years after the crime has been committed.

As for his offence, sack him without a retirement package, I'm sure he won't starve !!

A large proportion of CCTV cameras in London are monitored & can be controlled from central locations, this means criminals can actually be tracked from one camera to the next & so-on, while information is passed to the police on the ground.

They are not all stationary cameras only to be used for viewing footage after the criminals have left the area.

Dr Royal Chitradon, chairman of the Water and Flood Management Commission's sub-committee on water situation analysis.

Is that as in.. submarine ??

Now that's forward thinking

Must be a computer generated photo & malicious people spreading rumours..

I have it on good authority from the very highest position in the land that there won't be any floods this year!!

Some disrespectful posts as well conspiracy theory posts and replies have been removed.

Which seemed to include my post for reasons not understood ??

So I will say again:

This is NOT the first time this has happened, I visited this farm 11 years ago & exactly the same thing happened to an unfortunate young lady

Metropolitan Police commissioner Lt-General Khamronwit Thoopkrajang.. openly admits "I put up pictures of who ever I hold in high esteem as a reminder to myself, and don't see why this should be troubling to anyone.. and that he considers a convicted fugitive from a country in which he holds a high position within the law a "brother"

Thailand has absolutely no chance of law & order and no respect from it's people of a sense of justice & fairness, if Yingluk had any leadership or morale values she would sack him immediately !!

The survey on corruption in Thailand was conducted Aug 26-Sept 4 and announced Wednesday on the eve of National Anti-Corruption Day. A total of 1,028 people in 20 provinces were questioned in the poll.

Rough maths this equates to 5.14 people every day in each of the 20 provinces polled... must have been a long questionnaire !!

The law of gravity is certainly different in Thailand, you can push s**t uphill but apparently not water..

Ok this is my last post today on the "flooding issue" it's saturated enough already sorry couldn't resist that one !!

But to close this post with an open question:

What has this government & King kanute got in common ??

Answers on a soggy postcard please....