Confuscious

41 minutes ago, john donson said:

this country is really rotten to the core... defamation laws on top to protect the guilty

Defamation laws exists in many countries and are almost everywhere a PITA.
Whilst I am for the defamation laws when ther are used to protect the innocent, they are mostly ABused to protect the criminals.

99% of the private schools ask for a "Donation" to admit a student.
Why is this news?

DEPORT HIM!!!!!!

Oh wait, it's a Thai ....

Maybe it's only me, but a lot of these "crimes" seems to be comitted by YouTube/TikTak/FaceSh.t influencers/(would be)influencers.
Going extreme for a few followers?

Thaksin return to Thailand.
Yingluck return being prepared by Thaksin.
PM visits Thaksin in Chiang Mai.
Thaksin visiting CM and Phuket to promote his Pheu Thai party.

Back to the future?

2 hours ago, Scouse123 said:

 

Well, if he is and that's true, ( which it isn't ) he's working in a job reserved for Thais without a work permit.

 

In the Southern islands you will find plenty of Muslims and Muslim names!

Huh?????

Working????

Abdullah is the TOURIST, not the taxi driver.

11 minutes ago, vangrop said:

Let's name a cat a cat. This so called  "Brit" named Abdulloh (Arabish name) whit tanned skin seems everything except a genuine Brit.  In my country we are also blessed with a nuisance of those specimens. And I can assure you that statistically speaking they are by far the majority in our prisons. Just saying that I am really doubting about the immigrant's version.

If Abdullah has an UK passport, then he is a BRIT.

22 minutes ago, vangrop said:

Where, when, videos, proves, otherwise mute

It was actually a taxi driver in Bangkok and the victim was an American who refused to pay the fare.
The American guy died.
You can find it in Aseannow if you are interested.

1 hour ago, khaowong1 said:

Doesn't look like a Tuk Tuk, looks like a taxi. 

The tuk-tuk's in Krabi/Phuket are Daihatsu Cabs.
Their driver cabin looks like a taxi.

1 hour ago, Andrew65 said:

I always kept a roll of 20's, fifties & 100's in my pocket purely for this reason. 

 

(Also tried to avoid having $100 bills in Cambodia cos it could be incredibly hard to 'break' them). 

I remember from my visa trips to Cambodia, long ago, that they required a brand new/unscratched 50 USD (or was it a 100 USD) note for their Visa stamp.
Went 1 time with the 50/100 USD note in my wallet and it got refused because in was bended at one corner.
Go figure.

46 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

So.. you have to 'find a solution' to the problem of Thai's behaving in a less than honest manner at a point of sale...  

A few years ago, I was visiting Hong-Kong with my family and decided to take the bus to drive us to a place I wanted to visit.
The bus fare was about 30 HKD and I inserted a 50 HKD bill.
I got the tickets, but no money in return.
Asked the bus driver where my change was and he pointed at a board above the ticketing machine which said: "This machine does not return money, use exact cash money."

From that day on, I carried always some cash to pay.

I learn from my mistakes.
Paying with a 1000 baht note where a 500 baht note would suffice was my mistake.

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

To be fair, it's the job of the police to investigate what happened and collect evidence. 

In my country, this is the job of the investigation judge, not the corrupt Thai police.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

She was taken in by law enforcement for further investigation as the scene continues to be examined. The authorities aim to understand the complete sequence of events leading to the deadly crash and determine appropriate legal action based on their findings.

YAWN

Handle her over to the COURTS and let the JUDGES decide.
NOT THE USELESS POLICE!!!!!

8 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Never been to a country with so high density of expats/tourists who are misfits, addicts, mental challenged, psychopaths, conspirators, criminals than in Thailand, who claim they constantly experiencing trouble living there, and not for one sec understand they are the problem

 

In the early '80's I was on a holiday to Spain (Ibiza) and the place was full of Brits.
The common behavior of these Brits (hoolygan) was going to the nearest bar every day and start drinking beer and spirits.
The first person who dropped drunk from his barstool would have to foot the bill.
Unnecessary to say that in the mean time they destroyed half of the bar items.

I had a talk with an elderly British family, and they told me that England was paying/sponsoring their holiday trip abroad to prevent it to happen to British pubs.
Also, the closing hours of pubs made it worse for the drunks.

5 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

The most obvious question is the simplest & has been asked by a number of people already…

 

…. why does the video not start from the beginning when the British lad handed over the money ???

 

 

Without this info we don’t know of the TukTuk was short-changing the Brit & then crying victim when the Brit reacted, or, if the Brit was just a pissed up jerk who’s forgotten what he’d paid with & then escalated.

 

BUT… Why wouldn’t they TukTuk drive show the Brit the note he’d just paid with ???? 
Could it be because the TukTuk drive knew it was a large note & change was due but was attempting to rip off the Tourist???

 

 

Stupid of your Brit to respond that way, but sometime events push people to react in a manner then don’t want. 

I had an discussion with a shop owner that the person at the counter did not gave me the correct exchange.
I had paid with a 1000 baht bill and received exchange on 500 baht.
The security camera was only about 5 meter away.
But the recorded clip was not clear and I didn't make a fuzz out of it.
Solution: I always carry a 500 baht bill with me in the future and avoided that scam.
No fight involved (maybe because I was not an Englishman).

6 minutes ago, smedly said:

he made 2 mistakes 

 

1. Going to phuket

2. not agreeing the fare before his journey and being a knob

 

 

READ the thread before commenting bullsh*t
The dispute was not about the fare but about the money paid (500 or 1000 baht note) and no exchange returned.

One way ticket to  jail and ruin your life over nothing.
Good job.

5 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

These increasing events are an indication of the lower end tourists Thailand is now attracting. There are many reasons for this, which we have gone over, time and again. Violence is rarely ever called for, especially over small sums is money. What a creep. 

Don't forget that this behavior of foreigners, tourists or residents, are casting a shadow on the foreigners who are living in Thailand and maybe have a family.
This "chase on the bad foreigners" looks like a plan to make their stay in Thailand more difficult in the future by changes in the visa laws.
Seems like Thaksin is back on the track.

I have asked my insurer (Viriyah) on a car accident before (published here before) and the answer was:

1. You can claim for a replacement car during the time that your car is in repair, but only for the 1st class insurance.
2. This service is NOT run by Viriyah but by a separate insurance company.
3. The sum paid out by the separate insurance company is limited to 500 Baht/day.
 

A sure way to get his holiday paid back by youTube and the stupids who click on this bulls..t about Thailand.

The last Black & Decker repairman died long ago.
his name was James Brown and he was running a repair shop named "Black & Decker Sex Machine".

Good to see the hunt for foreigners is still on.
When will foreigners be required to stick a "Star of David" on their chest to identify themselves as "Personna Non Grata"?
Kick the UNELECTED GOVERNMENT out of their offices and make NEW elections.
Thailand is becoming the shame of the world with this government.

1 hour ago, billd766 said:

Rubbish.

 

Nobody forces you to read any post.

https://aseannow.com/topic/1320222-simple-question/?do=findComment&comment=18872697

I don't know everything about VAT, but in my understanding VAT is a Tax on the ADDED VALUE.
As sending something by post or a similar carrier is not adding to the value of the item, there is no VAT to be paid.
If the VAT was paid in China, when sending the package to Thailand the VAT paid on China could be reclamed back.
Same like when you buy something in thailand and export this to another country, you can reclaim the VAT paid in Thailand back at the airport.
Or am I wrong?

If Thailand wants to apply an additional IMPORT tax on all postal packages, that's a complete different thing and I am not sure that other countries would be happy with that.