NongKhaiKid

Take your time, absolutely no rush !

What's next, full co-operation providing there are no charges but if it's absolutely necessary to maintain the farce for public consumption and he has to appear in court a written assurance he will never be convicted ?

24 hour standby for up to 7 companies of police.

These will be definitely count as amongst The Longest Day(s).

Another deadline almost certainly will be needed as Dec 10 is both a Saturday and a Public Holiday so there will be no one around to deal with any surrender.

Maybe he can arrange to give himself up on the day of the next General Election !     

If the workday ends at 1630 will the word ' mandatory ' be changed to ' voluntary ' since the officials will then be off  duty or will the voluntary aspect be the kind that can't be refused ?

Perhaps a kind and generous junta will be authorising O/T payments.

3 hours ago, Toany said:

This must be a first.  TAT admitting that tourist figures have dropped

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It would really make all our days if the lady Minister was to use words like ' fell by, reduced, declined " etc.

C'mon Popcorn make my day !

5 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

God forbid,you have to share a toilet with a commoner,(but he was also a( HiSo),

I think these so called VIP's have a very inflated opinion of themselves,and that

is the problem.

regards worgeordie

Exactly and they can't understand or accept when others don't share that inflated self-opinion.

Just now, bandito said:

 

I live here for 40 years but started driving motorcycles when I got living upcountry.

Never had an accident and neither had my son or other family members, not in BKK or upcountry.

Never saw a kid under the wheels of a truck, pathetic reply of you designed for bleeding hearts.

Your and others bashing is seen as meddling in Thailands affairs.

You are allowed to stay here and thats all there is to it.

Thailands affairs are Thailands affairs, not yours.

You've certainly settled into the Thai way of things with Me, Me Me so it's ok for you and yours to do whatever they like as long as they get away with it.

Maybe you and your family have never had an accident but have you ever caused any ?

36 minutes ago, Crossy said:

I think this was his first scene in Fawlty Towers, another childhood favourite gone

 

 

Of course unlike Manuel Basil spoke Classical Spanish !

Great stuff !

20 minutes ago, digibum said:

 

 

Thailand:  Hub of broken CCTV cameras.  

 

Amazing isn't it, CCTV is installed for safety, security etc and just how many times when footage is needed the system is ' unfortunately ' not working  ?

Of course there's always the previous Bkk system where ' cameras ' are fakes and only there for effect.

Just now, digibum said:

 

The other thing to consider is it's a different type of tourist coming from China.  Yes, they don't spend as much.  Of course.  

 

But I'm talking about the fact that if Thailand farts wrong and China doesn't like it, well buddy, tourism drops very fast.  

 

You insult the UK or the US, sure, you might see a minor 10% dip for a month or two but then they forget about it and they come back.  

 

If Thailand plays hardball on a rail project or isn't as ponying up enough money for a dam, well, maybe the Chinese government lets some travel agents know that Thailand isn't a nice place.  Oh, and best not take a side China doesn't approve of on issues concerning Taiwan or the South China Sea.  Nope.  That simply isn't acceptable.  

 

And the more and more Thailand relies on tourism to hold up the economy and the more and more China is the main source of that tourism, well, Thailand's going to be walking a very thin line. 

 

  

Macau's tourism has suffered when the Mainland bans people from going to gamble and not so long back the Chief Executive of Hong Kong warned that it was necessary for citizens to be nice to mainlanders otherwise Beijing would restrict visitor numbers.

China doesn't mess around.

Wooo, we're coming to get you   BUT

We can't find you,                           WHY

Because w're not really looking   AND

We're too busy attending the PM's exercise classes.

1 minute ago, scorecard said:

IMHO the National Buddhism Office (which has official status) needs to urgently step up and take some action.

 

Surely they have a serious responsibility to take action to protect the sanctity of Buddhism where a monk, especially a senior monk, is seriously accused of illegal activities, including hundreds of millions of Baht.

 

If they refuse or drag their feet I believe the government should intervene in this office. 

 

As a connected point, why hasn't this office already taken action to investigate this 'monk' years ago, and especially since he already has a long-term negative record for previous activities?

 

Is the National Buddhism Office frightened of this monk or his connections?

Plus stick your head in the sand and believe / claim none of your brothers would do such a thing !

Notice the World Rice Conference was held in CHIANG MAI and LoS just happened to win an award.

HHmmm.

3 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

"The pub owner in Chiang Mai has already shuttered his business, but the big problem of alcohol being sold openly close to schools and universities – and under the eye of the police – is getting worse."

 

The big problem has nothing to do with where alcohol is being sold. 

 

The big problem is that because those behind the attack felt themselves to be beyond the reach of the law they were quite happy to see a pack of guards assault someone they deemed less important than themselves. 

 

Actually, no, I'm wrong. The big problem is that they are probably usually correct in making this assumption.

 

The only reason they may be in trouble this time is the victim also has connections. 

Yes indeed, much of the article is nonsense but this is a very interesting ' competition ' between the status of those who are, or think they are, special, hi-so or however they see themselves against someone whose dad is part of the current ruling organisation and does have influence all the way to the top.

It would be easy to say there's no prizes for guessing who will win out but clout here can have a strange application at times although it does seem the would be celebrities have overstepped the mark this time.

2 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

Hmm, that word again...lure. 

 

Its just so, predatory. 

Spot On but the way things can be here it's so apt..

'...  Exercise their discretion when they will arrest ... " !

Still pretending they have a say in the matter.   

Every act in this farce just makes them look even more stupid and impotent while strengthening his hand but the BS bandwagon rolls on in the full and certain knowledge the nation believes they're on top of things.

Just now, davehowden said:

Foot, gun, shoot.

Yes, another carefully thought through plan with all possible eventualities considered.

A new variation on an old theme,

The boss" coming look busy,

The boss' coming start exercising.

Please give my client bail as he's already been detained for one month and misses his wife and children !

Hardly a Rumpole of The Bailey or a Perry Mason style submission.

Now if only such effort went into tackling serious issues such as a certain monk running rings around the law and those supposedly ' enforcing ' it.

If doesn't matter what figure, realistic or fanciful, the PM plucks from the air we can be sure the Minister of Tourism will meet, if not, better it.

Who will be sleeping best tonight, the Abbot in his untouchable position or the various authorities who know that in the morning they have to start the round of weak BS excuses and half arsed plans of action again ?

3 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

They don't give a stuff because the police don't give a stuff. Simple. It is totally impossible to discipline a Thai and everyone accepts that and so nothing is done to change anything.

You are right about instilling discipline but on the other hand it'a amazing that in respect of some issues they can be totally brainwashed..

Midnight,  but he's a monk with no material possessions so no wristwatch.

Just now, Anthony5 said:

 

Is that so that True visions blocks every international news channel when they have a report about Thailand?

They definitely block the BBC but they're not exactly favoured by the PM because they never say anything nice just often tell the truth.