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Good job. Swift justice - but only applicable to those who are not as well-connected or higher up the food-chain as some other Thai 'drivers'.

This man needs to be put away for what he did, but if the brown clowns think this saves their sorry faces from their inaction in other cases, they're wrong. Everytime they go around beating their chests about how they've basically done a good job, they're actually underlining their ineptness and in the process, ripping their own faces off by the chunks.

Thai 'men'...

So, let me get this straight - if nobody leaked the video, this incident would've gone unnoticed, the culprits wouldn't have been caught and all will be well. Face saved, tourist dollars continue to pour in. TWO WEEKS have gone by and if the video was not leaked, nothing in the way of justice would have happened!!! Not that justice is served now. A 'wai' and THB500 fine. What a complete farce. And now the hunt to save face has commenced.

Rolled 10 times? The world record for most cannon rolls in a car is seven.

https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=4349

Seems like these lucky charms aren't just good for saving lives, they're also good for breaking world records. Someone call Guinness please.

Simple fact is, he or she can't see his/her own shadow because no shadows can be seen at 12.16 am, Einstein.

I was told that the driver of the garbage truck was actually driving under the influence of alcohol.

The plane depicted in the picture in not a 777 who has 3 rows of seats, more likely a 737 variety....

but for the local repotting the incident it's close enough.....

Can you tell that from the picture? Could the seats on the right hand side of the picture just be the middle bank of 3 or 4 seats?

If you look at the bank of overhead compartments on the top right of the picture (not just the seats), they are of the 'centre-mounted' type, normally installed above centre-row seats. This suggests that the aircraft in the picture is a twin-aisle aircraft, or a wide-body aircraft. The B777 mentioned in the article is a wide-body, so I think the picture could be the right one.

By the way, wait for the flip-flop statement... that it's not true... don't know where this rumour came from... all is well... Thailand is safe... it'll never be a target for terrorists... there are no insurgents in this country... please go out and celebrate Songkran...just make sure you're dressed properly, no provocative dance moves and no drinking.

So, stay away from places frequented by 'farangs'... i.e. those from countries aligned with attacking IS. Then now, stay away from places full of mainlander Chinese. And Russians. Roads are dangerously full of drunk idiots during Songkran, so stay off it too. And the weather is going to be very hot, so don't stay out too long. RIght... so it's off to Tesco for a few crates, bottles and essential nutritional supplies (food) and plan to stay in for the week.

That's it? Just apologise and all will be forgiven? No criminal charges, court martial... really? I have never been in the service so I don't know how these sort of things work, but surely, if these idiots were responsible for the death of the private, something more than an apology is necessary? Or is this just Thailand?

The CCTV wasn't working. Of course it wasn't. The exception is one that does, no?

Credit where it is due. Great work and an even greater save, else more lives would be unecessarily lost.

This man is the wettest of the wet towels (and he looks like one too!). And has no idea what he's talking about. The girls in the pic are scantily dressed, yes. But, inappropriately? Why don't you take a walk down cowboy, nana, and some other Thai haunts? Some of the girls there are not just inappropriately dressed, they have literally no clothes on! And not just on Songkran, but on almost all nights throughout the year. Arrest the lot of them, why don't you? And the bar owners. And the westerners who frequent these places. By the way, some of the 'luktung' singers and dancers are doing a swell job dressing 'inappropriately' and dancing 'provocatively' on their own, without the need for any influences. It has nothing to do with the west. If you are so against 'western influence', then set an example of not following it and for a start, stop wearing suits. Sheesh... really can't see how such an unhappy man can 'bring happiness' to the populace.

Thai officialdom. Trust at your own peril.

You need to be very confident in the apathy or low intelligence of the general population to be this obvious with corruption.

This and all the other Hi-So vehicular homicide cases.

Well said. And they wonder why the are laughed at. The lot of them. The brown idiots and the whole low-intelligence lot.

Disguting insult of people's intelligence. And blatant displays that money does buy everything here in the LoS, and that the hiso-elites are well above and beyond the law.

You brown clowns are really doing a fantastic job making people laugh at your stupidity.

If this guy walks, it will be a very sad day for Thailand.

I'd say, it won't be a sad day for Thailand but rather, it will underline the sad state of affairs here, because the fact is, many have walked before him, don't you think so? A rich brat driving a Ferrari comes to mind...

The suspect has the right to refuse tests??? After he killed two people? Really? What law is this?

Would have walked away a free man had his dad dabbled in energy drinks instead of luxury cars. Just saying...

Really? They can't live without sticky rice and (presumably grilled) pork for a few days? Sheesh...

"Face melting weather" ? A good time for people to lose face and blame the weather.

All the pasty whites will be huddling in the malls.

'Pasty whites'... that is a very, very apt description... LOL

I call them 'hemocytes' or Darkseekers' (from the movie 'I am Legend').

Ok for him to cheat, but when the girlfriend does the same, it's death. What a <deleted>, idiotic scum.

Wow, that was quick!

Any news on how mother nature is trying to heal itself (and without jeopardising the life of fragile humans) is good news.

Just leave them gentle beasts be. That's celebrating them already. This elephant day farce is just unnecessary.

And, if elephants are as sacred as you say, and represent Thai kings, then all the more reason they should be left alone and not be made to carry stupid tourists on their back. Is that so hard to understand, especially in a nation that reveres its kings and royalty?