Dogmatix

I am pretty sure they scanned the fingerprints database. I seem to remember reading about that somewhere. Just give it a try. I think it is possible to get in. It wasn't an offence that led to imprisonment and he doesn't mention that he was ordered blacklisted by the court.

Mr Big was a real tough guy when he ambushed a old man and shot him in the back three times while he was fleeing. But he seemed to be blubbing like a baby when they took him to the cop shop and he started to see the years in the slammer unfolding in front of his eyes sleeping like sardines, sh1ting into a bucket and eating red rice. Guys like Big feel confident illegally packing a loaded gun in a car as they believe their families and their money will get them off. He probably used to fantasise about how he would use his gun, if the opportunity ever arose.

Neither of them signed but Yingluck was president of the Rice Commission and therefore responsible for policy including the corrupt G2G deals. Boonsong was alleged to have been pressured by Thaksin to sign off on the deal and then only given a paltry sum for this. So he was probably willing to spill the beans on Thaksin in exchange for a further reduction in sentence but that plan seems to have fallen apart. Also bear in mind that the appeal court reversed confiscation of about 30 million of Thaksin's assets last year. Both rulings are convenient in view of the next election, specially handing Thaksin a huge windfall to use for vote buying and electioneering.

I think I always submitted copies of the red book when renewing WPs and they were never rejected but perhaps weren't needed. I do remember specifically being asked for it when I applied for a new WP on changing jobs though.

Your understanding is correct. Use the blue book till full and then change it for a white one at your next endorsement process.

The most detailed TV news account from Amarin TV, even though they disgustingly make the motor bike's beep sound like a loud honking noise in support of the murderer's version of events for which there is suspiciously no supporting evidence from CCTV or witnesses. The reporters also refer to the murderer as "Big" throughout. The murderer's uncle, a former deputy mayor of Pattaya tells a TV reporter towards the end that his uncle who cowardly ambushed an elderly man and shot him in the back was a really decent young chap who was even kind to mosquitos and refused to swat them. It is hard to see hard Big's influential and wealthy family can spare him some jail time, although the court will go soft on him for sure, citing clean record, good behaviour, confession, cooperation, guilty plea etc as excuses, although all will know the real reason. Cooperation and confession will of course not make any difference to the case, as he was caught on CCTV and a police SWAT team surrounded his house soon after the murder. In other cases involving poor murderers of farangs, Thai courts have said as much, ie no reason for leniency, and have preferred to reassure public opinion in the victim's country there is justice for them. However, I feel this case will be different.

Exactly. The murderer has made allegations that Neil banged on his car but these allegations are not supported by any evidence fromCCTV or witnesses. So just allegations from a deranged psychopathic killer not to be taken seriously.

He was lucky not to get suffocated in a plastic bag.

Chuvit has made allegations that a business owned by the PM's nephew, Contemporary Construction Ltd Part was involved by acting as a sub-lessor for 50 tour buses used by Tu Hao's businesses. These allegations have been widely reported in Siam Rath and other Thai media. ASEANNOW seems behind the curve on that one. The same nephew was involved in allegations of corruption involving army construction projects a few years ago but investigations turned up no evidence of this.

Good idea but you're assuming the parents can swim.

Lies, lies, lies, lies and more lies!

What! Adultery by public figures in Thailand? Cannot be. Thailand is an extremely conservative society.

So do you believe that two shots of any vaccine, let alone Chinese vaccines already prooved ineffective, taken at any time in past will made any difference to aperon's abilty to be infected and poss on the virus.

A really intelligent measure. A Chinse tourist who had 2 Sinovac shots over a year ago is considered safe. 5555 Still this is from the team that pocketed a ton of cash from Sinovac.

This blow to the country’s tourism prospects and an already disappointing and slow-moving recovery is also coming with the decision by India to apply a RT-PCR test requirement to all visitors from Thailand including returning Indian tourists,... I will definetly avoid travelling to any country that requires a PCR test. It is over sensitive, as it can show positive months after you have recovered from COVID because it still detects dead virus.

He also claimed to have contacted the UK Embassy in Thailand, but they didn’t give much assistance to him. Why are we not surprised by that and why do we not expect anything from the "investigations by British authorities"? We saw what British authorities are capable in their desperation to get trade benefits for their sinking economy when the British foreign office and police jointed hands with corrupt Thai police and Southern mafia to frame two Burmese for the brutal murders of two British kids in order to let the son of a local mafioso on Murder Island off the hook. The British coroner even mumbled some nonsense about being careful not to jeopardise relations with Thailand. There are definitely loose ends in the guy's story but that doesn't change what Brits can expect from their embassy or government in a genuine situation like this. Given the way the UK economy has been tanking recently with inflation soaring out of control, they expect things to get worse.

The value of bribes demanded by traffic cops got a huge boost today.

Beeping the horn would be more accurate but we only have the murderer's word for that anyway.

It would have been simpler and more effective to require a test before departure but the Thai government's Beijing masters wouldn't allow that. They have reacted angrily to Western countries that have done that, even travellers to China still need to be tested. Vaccines certificates to show someone had two shots of Sinovac or Sinopharm in 2021. Yeah right. A really effective measure. But what do expect from the team that pocketed a ton of cash from importing these snake oil vaccines from China?

I don't know about any specific regulation but years ago, before e-gates, I was told by an IO at the foreigners counter that, as a PR, I should have gone to the Thiai counter. So I used that thereafter with just the odd snide look from Thais in the queue. The problem was that seeing me in the Thai queue seemed to attract foreigners without PR to caome and wait behind me. Once there were a couple of Indians in front of me and because I was in a hurry I mentioned to them the queue was for Thais and PRs only. They ignored my advice but got sent away by the IO when they got to the front of the queue. I allowed myself a little smile at them, as they shuffled past.

I was fined 100 baht for changing address 3 months late as a PR. Maybe the fine has gone up by now. It is a bit of a rigmarole that will involve going to your original police station and district office in Bangkok first but you do need to do it.

There used to be a manned counter next to the electronic gates for Thai citizens who failed to get through the e-gates or were unwilling to try. Not sure if they have that desk again now. Hopefully the new e-gates are more efficient and reject less people. They made a big fanfare a few years ago about letting citizens of some other countries use the e-gate, if they registered with Immigration. Not sure if they are bothering to revive this but they should, as it was supposed to be reciprocal. Otherwise the only way might be to upgrade PR to citizenhip.

A neat way to remove Ung Ing as a threat to Prayut, Prawit and others, just like the solution to the threat posed by Thanathorn and Future Forward after the last election. A new Thaksin party always comes back after being dissolved and beheaded but a 10 year ban will definitely cramp Ung Ing's political style. I hope Thaksin has a nice room waiting for her in Dubai in case things go criminal.

How many deaths due drunk driving and lack of motor cycle helmets this year? No doubt the number will be used to buy lottery tickets.

I agree absolutely, except in the blame attributed to the British legal system. Under English and I believe Scottish and N. Irish law there is no statute of limitations on heinous crimes such as murder and rape. In recent years an IRA killer was tried in N. Ireland for a murder committed in the 1970s. Unfortunately the evidence was insufficient for conviction which is, of course, a hazard in very old cases. However, that doesn't mean that murderers and rapists should be allowed to escape trial. Survivors and families still remember the pain caused by these dirt bags over 50 years on. Hopefully karma will catch up with the disgusting Sobhraj in some form for the crimes he cannot face justice for.