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4 hours ago, Briggsy said:

"Money Laundering" includes "possessing the proceeds of crime".

 

It would appear a Thai court has deemed that Mr Van Laarhoven's wealth is the proceeds of crime.

 

I think in reality this is either because he has upset people here or the vast amounts of money he has brought here have been targetted by a gang involving police and other public officials or both.

not sure if true. But would make a lot of sense.

How should we call a country where this is possible?

May be it's divisive, may be it is in a grey zone. But doesn't it feel right, somehow?

The same applies to the harassment by questionnaires with intimate questions that should not be the concern of the authorities, home visits by immigration etc.

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45 minutes ago, wvavin said:

This educational system developes more stupid students than anywhere elses in the world.

I'm not sure if this is true.

But it comes close for sure

1 hour ago, Grubster said:

I only recently noticed that when unlocking my truck with the remote, it will re lock itself in about thirty seconds if no doors are opened. Good feature I think.

OK. But will it also lock if it the car still is in the jamming field?

5 hours ago, Stan7444 said:

...and it also means no leader of Thailand will risk making any decision since if things do not work as planned they would be held financially accountable. 

Government actions might fail. And that might be bad luck.  But if the failure can be seen from the startg - then those who were in charge should be accountable because they acted irresponsibly

4 hours ago, williamgeorgeallen said:

it may have only been about 20 million US$ but the bomb detectors were such an obvious scam, yet no one was ever punished because of who they are. 

"The GT200 case was a unique scandal because the devices...seemed to fool only the people closely connected to their sale and purchase."

I think the rice scheme was an even more obvious scum. Government actions might fail. But if the failure can be seen before the beginning - then those who were in charge should be accountable

1 hour ago, yellowboat said:

These actuations run rampant but even VOA says her election was an honest one.  And yes she was elected by the masses, so she does have political power and it grows everyday.  The rice pledge was a really bad idea as was the coup.  The coup has done far more harm than good to the average Thai, even compared the rice scheme.   The only difference is the elected are being unfairly prosecuted, while the unelected are well beyond justice of any kind. 

 

she does have political power and it grows everyday. 

dreamer. Wishful thinking of people who call corruption democracy

I have to admit that in a country with deeply ingrained corruption there still might be parts of the electorate who would wish her and her clan back in power - but not because they would prefer democracy

Tiger temple abbot says he is ready to face legal consequences

seriously?

so his colleague from the flying saucer could happily join him

Can't believe the police even bother to report his lies - as if that could be an excuse (even if true)

Thai police is obviously not interested in making  the country save.

(And btw compare the danger of smoking an electronic cigarette with that of firing a gun in the public - absolutely unbelievable)

14 hours ago, JAG said:

 

Those whom the people choose to vote for are "qualified"

 

Every adult Thai is qualified to elect.

 

Your arrogance, presuming to suggest that the Thais are not "qualified" to choose their own government, is as breathtaking as is that of those who assume that they  are entitled to take the whole country, at gunpoint, because the lower orders don't vote the way they tell them.

Put simply, it is fascist.

check the "elected" governments Thailand had

and the way they were elected

so far to qualification

6 hours ago, sahibji said:

now that is a general statements. these are few cases amongst millions of drivers who go about their business without any issues.

you might be right - but the number of this and similar incidents in Thailand are alarming, and far more than in other countries

6 hours ago, sahibji said:

more of a road bully than anything else. a spoilt brat with a chip on his shoulder. such drivers should be off the roads for quite a while.

they should be out of society for quite a while

4 hours ago, yellowboat said:

Besides the rice pledge being a bad idea,  her facing seizure by those of seized power is a miscarriage of justice.  They should wait until an elected government is in place.  The money is being taken not by a court of law but by the whim of the junta.  They can ask money from anyone then without question.  

elected government?

in Thailand?    buahahaha   ^:-)))

who in Thailand would be qualified to be elected?

- and who in Thailand would be qualified to elect?

And they call it the religion of peace?

50 minutes ago, evadgib said:

What puzzles me is what a start-up company based in UK hopes to achieve by discrediting an Asian trial with Asian defendants in Asia?

 

If they want to be taken seriously in their homeland by their customer base a good place to start would be the home grown events @Tolshunt D'Arcy cira Aug 85 or finding out who killed Jill Dando.

yeah draw off the attention from the subject - cheap rhetoric trick, nothing more

7 hours ago, Mister Fixit said:

 

The standard of English in which the article is written also leaves a lot to be desired.  Doesn't say a lot for the author when it comes to credibility.

 

I'm not saying that I don't agree with the basics of the article, or that the Koh Tao Two weren't stitched up, but I'd want to read a far more rigorously written and argued article than this, which seems to be basically a regurgitation of what has already been said many times before.   

regurgitation or not, language standard to your liking or not

articles like that are important an should be published without end until they create an effect and move the unmovable

note that purpose of the article is not to satisfy your aesthetic standards but to participate to truth and justice

".,...  his 38-member delegation "

what a waste of money

the purpose seems to be just a nice vacation

The governments before did those things - no reason to copy them

8 hours ago, oldsailor35 said:

Neither do i. They should just be considered as free people standing up for their rights under a democracy which is non existant.

dream on. Thailand never had a real democracy. Only the cleptocratic pigs filling their stomach with the people's land and  money while calling their self-service system democracy to delude the world and guys like you. And those red shirt leaders stand for exactly that. They  deserve to rot in jail. Compared to previous governments the present one is the best Thailand ever had. 

The "Thai breed" dog looks like a German Shepherd

this is just a cruel and inhumane system - not only regarding the two Burmese scapegoats while the murderers are free and unharmed

I don't understand why they are still on bail in the first line

On 10/1/2016 at 7:50 PM, thenewgoo said:

Not sure which bit is utter nonsense, but I agree with the rest. I've hit kangaroos on the road (I'm from Austria) but it wasn't my driving  - quite sure.  How the '<deleted>' is an elephant on a national highway? Bless.

Didn't know they have kangaroohs in Austria - do they know how to ski?

11 hours ago, mercman24 said:

why the need the shoot the guy 4 times, trigger happy s.o.b.

usually there is no time to assess if the first shot stopped the potential aggressor

this would be enough time for him to shoot 4 times