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Nothing wrong with this monk! Should be more of 'em, after all he's just being kind to the human race - prolly saved some kid from dying of rabies!

17 hours ago, sharecropper said:

For years it's been the preserve of thieves '"dressed as police". Now, of course, it's the army's turn.

Very good!

Yes, it would be interesting to see how this one actually pans out.

But we prolly won't get to see it. . . .

" However, the State Audit Commission is convening a meeting to consider in detail the appropriateness of the business trip."

That is definitely a consideration. Was if worth while, or just a nice holiday with the boys?

Looks like the mentality of some Koreans is the same as some Thais . . . .

Anyone can put a number on how many houses in Thailand worth more than 50M baht?

Sure there will be many, but how many?

On 07/10/2016 at 8:41 PM, 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.  

Of course you are correct. The idea of taking assets from someone who was legally elected to government by someone who gained power due to a military coup is preposterous (obviously possible because that's what military governments do - because they can. However in Thailand anything goes).

Any TV readers who believe this is right and just should take a look at governments in their own countries - look at the  injustices they have participated in against their own people. Did members of government have to pay individually for their poor policies and judgement? No.

16 hours ago, simonuk said:

Prison for the attempted murder of a child is the only outcome here that is fitting. 

Disgraceful lack of justice these days in LOS.

 

 

As a sidenote Im wondering how quickly the BIB would be gleefully smashing my door down and pushing their grubby palms out if i did anything slightly wrong?

Yup, attempted murder. Have the  guy.

And for your sidenote, go and kick a dog in the face, reckon they'd be bashing your door down in minutes.  . .

1 hour ago, daveAustin said:

makes Thailand still look like it belongs in the third world category - which it ISN'T.

Ah but it is. Because one of the tick boxes for third world is.  . . Stray dogs. Lots of stray dogs here.

Go for it man!

Got no problems with the man (for that is what he is) getting his rocks off.

But the general population feeding and providing for those guys - that's crazy.

Get a real job!

21 hours ago, hansnl said:

Oh dear, oh dear.

An Italian, well, sort of, company brought to court about tax evasion charges.

In Thailand.

Interesting!

Get real, this is going to be a Thai company, nothing to do with Italy or the company that makes Vespas.

It's what Thai companies do best - screw their govt.

Actually that's what companies all over the world do, if they can get away with it. Creative accounting etc.

Glad there were no sounds effects included in this report.

The sound of a man from Niger squealing could put me on edge all day . . .

The guy is trying hard for sure, 8 out of ten, but the chick the other day was tops!

Wow, sounds like the place to be.

Ermm, was the place to be.

And as for an eCigarette being a 'dangerous and despicable item' - ya gotta larf.

16 hours ago, Brer Fox said:

Nothing more than an exercise in covering one's ass from getting a bad report card from the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES).  

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Cynical, but unfortunately right on the mark.

Yes, a big announcement, maybe they will even collect DNA samples, store the data, come up with a system to enable checking elephants regularly etc etc, ie. all those things which might constitute total concern for the  welfare of the animals. Enough to get those do-gooders off our back at least.

But, will this effort last? Nup, just a minor bump in the road on the way to happiness for the people. Soon it'll be back to normal - 'who gives a stuff?'.

And even more unfortunately, this attitude exists in most of the world out there as well as Thailand.

Sorry to present such a depressing view, but one must face reality - it is what it is.

2 hours ago, jerojero said:

Haha..... Holding money for the military in his PRIVATE bank account. Simply hilarious! You can't make this up!

The nonsense these people come up with - heard this kind of childish rubbish many times.

They take the public to be complete imbeciles.

Mind boggling. And these people are in charge !!

" Nevertheless, he said he had ordered police at Bung Kum police station who have jurisdiction over the area of alleged racing to take stiff action against the illegal racers if illegal racing was actually held there. "

In other words, he told them to go and do their job!

He shouldn't have had to do that!

Oh too bad. Crazy behaviour.

But possibly your daughter is too good?

That would do it, show up the locals! Can't have that . . .

8 hours ago, ClutchClark said:

Can Thai pay their own traffic fines? 

I don't know why this young man did not pay the 300 baht himself.

If he did not have the money then maybe his father was already  raising him properly and not spoiling him as you suggest.

Show me a father anywhere that does not bail their kids out of jail.

its part of being a parent...which possibly you are not.

Huh?

Paying his fine is not spoiling him? What world do you come from? Let him pay the fine himself - it's having the boy learn a lesson about being responsible for one's own actions. That's good parenting!

Paying fines for him is NOT good parenting.

" a local garage made all the arrangements which included the dismantling, reassembling and registering the car as a locally assembled vehicle."

So obviously the intention was to evade paying tax. Surely this makes the defence case a nonsense?

That's a jolly nice pear on that cart.

or are they oranges ?

Gotta squeeze 'em to know that. . .

Methinks the Chinese manufacturers are gonna be really p*****d off when their reputation is shot in Thailand.

Too bad the bus brakes don't work reliably here. Must be the tropical climate perhaps?

Two lines built but miss each other by a kilometre.

Bumbling is the word for it.

Bit like building a BTS and an MRT with different ticketing systems. Stupid Na?

One would expect, in a well maintained vehicle, that the steering wheel would be pointing in the "straight ahead" position when driving straiight ahead.

This is a Thai bus, and as we are aware, "well maintained" is a nonsense.

Before I wised up and started specifying that I would sit towards the rear of Thai buses, I witnessed a driver steering a bus that had at least 30 degrees of free movement in the steering wheel. Scary.

I try to avoid travelling in Thai buses but occasinally one has to, so I sit where I cannot see the driver, and anyway I reckon it is safer halfway back, the electricity pole will have been pushed out of the way by then (after the impact) I hope!

Given that it's Thailand, the question should be asked:

Was he car driver too close to the motorcyclist, or was it in fact the motorcyclist too close to the car?

Unless there was good evidence to support one or the other, I'd go for the latter.

"with authorities frequently accused of turning a blind eye."

Total rubbish. The authorities at all levels have a clear eye on it because of the amount of money it puts in their pockets.