MK1

Their here! and then and then and then...

So what he's essentially saying, reading between the lines, is forget about changing the consitution or even perhaps to the extent of having elections back to democracy, just leave thing's as they are to avoid Government dysfunction not to mention civil unrest. I can live with that; but many will not in the long run.

There is an interesting update in Bkk Post, they found more material in another apartment in Min Buri. The guy is obviously telling some things.

Have the article read.

Wonder why the officials do not wear gloves in the image.

No need for fingerprints?

A finger print paradise indeed. Must the guy's from the branch of the Keystone cop's.

Scapegoat written all over this arrest. Don't believe it.

Give the goat-a-break and go back to using your red-right-hand for a change.

Show me the bomber's motive to justify the arrest!

Take two-Valium and call it a night.

No conspiracy theories here to be spun.

Life in a sardine can coming soon.

In the end, it was just a process of elimination of checking on all Turkish national's recently arriving in the capital. Can only hope they protect him until he's provided with due legal representation and a fair trial. However, the evidence found so far according to Thai PBS, such as finding ball bearings and bomb making equipment, appears to be overwhelming against him at this stage.

only 20? well, that shouldnt be too hard to investigate

Therefore, we expect at least those 20 to be rounded up and to attend a police line-up identification parade in the not too distant future.

and the embassy said?

You have really stuck your neck out staying here with no back up or support system in place.

I have no magic advice.

I wish you luck.

Please keep us informed.

I know.. I stayed here for 7 years with no issues whatsoever though. I really did not anticipate the shitstorm that fell on me for the past six months.

The embassy said they could not cover the overstay. They weren't even sure they could pay for a plane ticket.

As you have said you have been here for 7 years and had no issues what so-ever.

Therefore, you've held a relative work permit, and respective Visa. Also your past employers have respectfully paid your withholding tax, paid money into a social security & retirement fund including health care fund on your behalf In accordance with the law. If this is true, as outlined above, your first stop is the nearest social security and dept of labour office to claim back social security savings. Make sure you have all relative documentation when visiting them. Good luck. Hope you overcome your personal crisis soon.

The father and girl noticed he had the words ATM written on his forehead.

The coffee market is small and a closely kept secret in Thailand. As frustrating as it may seem, most are reluctant to tell you where their coffee comes from and most café workers are uneducated on the subject and are kept in the dark like mushrooms because their bosses fear someone will copying them. The best advice I can give you is visit at www.philscoffeecompany.com Good luck with that.

Another ridiculous poll. NOBODY casting a vote has any facts, only information the media is releasing.

The media in Thai can only publish the facts that police feed them. Independent investigative journalism in Thai is almost non-existent due to the defamatory laws that exist. The civil law system is to blame.

The uncertainty of repeat occurrence and particular the uncertainty as to who is responsible is the biggest fear.

It's ironic that police are prepared to pay a reward for an arrest result but not prepared to pay for new equipment such as facial-recognition software that would lead to a arrest result. The reactive approach is preferred against the proactive one, it would seem, due to the pay later reward policy approach.

Time they started cleaning the soot from the lens of cctv cameras across the city so they actually see something otherwise what's the point in having them.

The answer to perhaps finding out who the real indentity of the bomber is; by passing the hat around so they can buy an authentic facial recognition software to use.

Phuket appears to be in the midst of a crime spree as result of perhaps the release of over 200 pardon detainees on Saturday...Fast & Furious 5

The result appears to be same as having an "ashtray" installed on a motorbike !

I guess this means Prayut or a military junta led Government will need to remain in power in order to see the project successfully delivered. The question is, do they have the capacity to do it and the answer is; they most likely can, if the people empower them to do so in 2016.

If anyone was watching Thai TV news this morning, they would realize it was those pesky Panda’s again obviously squeezing out between the bars while their caretakers were goofing off. Neglecting to maintain security to world zoological standards is to blame.

Since the devaluation of Australian currency against the US dollar over the last the last 3 months, the cost of exports to Australia for example have soared by as much as 30%. Thailand is in for rude awakening if it does not adjust its currency to counteract the effect of diminishing tourists and a significant decline in exports which seems to be definitely on the horizon in 2015.

The problem with sensationalist journalism is not always whether they tell the truth or not, but sometimes what they leave out and the context of the facts. For example falang diving into a river to save drowning child could be reported as foreigner assaults innocent child. Or, man writing about Mohammed's child bride could turn into man wanting to discuss sex with children. This is the sort of way of working that sold the News of the world and other trash papers. Lets have the truth in exposing wrong doers by all means, but it's best done with the honest truthful facts without the sensationalist twists.

Mmh - never seen that happen before. Have you got a real credible example.

MK 1

Read again - the whipping boys I referred to are Thaivisa and the British Embassy, not myself. The reason I chose to be an independent journalist many years was that I was no longer subject to the whims of newspaper editors. I hope and believe I have impacted on people's lives for the better. Those whom I have affected for the worse has been done with little regret - because that will have impacted on other people for the better.

Then that may explain everything, unless your previous employer was the Murdoch press, you failed to respect your line management newspaper editors of the past who perhaps inadvertently seen you as a risky Journo to begin with. Long live Marta Journalism !