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2 minutes ago, lkv said:

No, 45m is for the homicide charges.

 

For the others, they will likely milk him for a few more million, maybe 5-10, in installments.

"No, 45m is for the homicide charges."

That is EXACTLY what I said! i.e "Basically the facts are that 45m baht gets homicide charges dropped", and "What's the betting that the "restitution" keeps him out of jail?"

46 minutes ago, RobboR said:

There's a LOT of people in Thailand that are literally above the law

Sorry,  I worded my comment badly - I should have emphasised that point myself!

39 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

If you believe that in the West the poor and the rich get equal treatment you're kidding yourself.

Yes, but nobody is above the law - even in the UK the Royals have been up at Court for traffic violations.

Basically the facts are that 45m baht gets homicide charges dropped.

" Somchai has already pleaded guilty to the three remaining charges of speeding, drunk driving and reckless driving."

What's the betting that the "restitution" keeps him out of jail?

Nice to hear some good news for a change - hope it recovers and manages to stay away from the cooking pot!

"A widely viewed and commented upon clip on social media showed the teacher yank the hair of the student after him and his mates cheated in a written exam." 

"Saraburi Technical College director Janewit Tangcharoenworakhun said that school procedures were followed to the letter." 

I wonder where in the rulebook it says yanking hair is acceptab;e behaviour?

4 hours ago, soalbundy said:

wouldn't that decrease the value of the Baht ?  just thinking out loud.

Hmmm? That would be nice!

3 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

What flavour was the lollipop?

I declined as I was a smoker at the time! ????

On 6/30/2019 at 2:58 PM, RJRS1301 said:

No shorts on men. ?? Is this Thailand?? "long shorts" are worn by men all over Thailand

 

Please read the post properly:-

"They are not turning away men with shorts. It’s a request rather than a new regulation"

There has been a similar sign at my local Immigration Office for years, but nobody seems to take any notice. There is even a sign on the door asking people NOT to remove their shoes!

The staff are always dressed "casually but smart", and personally I always wear a short sleeved shirt and a pair of long trousers - my personal choice as I believe that the way things are going, a tetchy I.O. could turn you away and send you home like a naughty schoolchild to get changed before dealing with your application for whatever it is that you require!

8 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

I've lived in the same North Eastern city for 14 years, met a lot of people, both falang and Thai, and apart from 45 years spent in my place of birth, this is the only other place I have stayed long time.

I rent, what I think is, a great, relatively cheap, condominium, superb location, near a lovely lake I walk around each morning at 5.00am for exercise. Everywhere I need to go to is on a songteaw route that is very close, including the Government Hospital, which I use regularly for physio, and I have never had any complaints with the immigration office here. I live a far better quality of life here than I would back home, and have far more friends, and acquaintances, than I do back there.

If I were to move, I would have to start the whole process over again, meeting new people (who to trust, and who not to?), registering at a new hospital, and getting familiar with it, finding my way round a new environment, and, most importantly, finding accommodation as good as the one I am in now.

At aged late fifties, I cannot see the point of leaving and starting again somewhere else, in view of the above, and would only do so if I was forced to, and I would think most people here feel the same. So I , personally, cannot see a mass exodus of expats out, unless it is financially not possible to remain here.

Your last statement says it all, and I think we will see within the next few months a substantial number of expats leaving here for pastures new as the changes in income requirements/procedures will make it become "financially not possible to remain here."

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Fine, fine, fine ,fine, fine, fine... that's all they do... and where does the fine end up?

A fine obviously does nothing to deter rogue drivers from ripping off customers, either by way of direct over-charging, rigging the meter or whatever other means they've dreamt up!

Just kick them out of the company, take away the licence & put them on a national database.. which all companies have to check before employing anyone!

 

Sounds far too sensible! 

12 minutes ago, Jaxxper said:

Isn't that why the taxis have meters to prevent this ?

I agree a Thb 500 fine is not a significant penalty. Suspend the licence for 3 months the first time, then subsequent occurrences a year, plus a large fine.

IMHO it is a violation of the Trades Descriptions Act - oops, sorry forgot where I was for a moment!

Seriously, they need to make a few examples of these rogues, and I agree completely with your comments above. How about a monthly public festival to remove the "Taxi Meter" sign to also show the taxi owners that they are also partly to blame for allowing rogue drivers to use their vehicles. I am sure that many schoolchildren would enjoy the opportunity of destroying something with official approval!

"whose eyes were scribbled out."

Now that SOUNDS" like a proper punishment!

On 6/29/2019 at 2:51 PM, Dragon Master 01 said:

It's about time the Thai Officials started to clamp down on all the illegal things that foreigners do in Thailand

And preferably deal with them with Thai laws rather than send them back home where nothing will happen to them and they'll just go back and do the same things over and over like they already do.

Most foreigners think they can do what ever they want and treat Thai people like slaves which they couldn't get away with in their own Countries with their own people.

They need to be thought a lesson and one they won't forget.

And from yesterday's ThaiVisa:-

"Video: Porsche driver slaps waitress and waiter - gets away with 10,000 baht compensation"

And assuming that the factory owner is Thai - what about the illegal things that "hiso" Thais do to their own people ("treating them like slaves"?) and get away with it apart from a small fine? In the UK he would be lucky to avoid  charges of assault and causing actual bodily harm and mental stress - slapping someone's face here is a far more serious thing than in the UK, but there again - Thai laws for Thai people!

 "They need to be thought a lesson and one they won't forget."

4 hours ago, marcusarelus said:

12 month detail of deposits to account takes a week from Bank of Bangkok and 6 months can do while you wait for income method.  I used 800k method with bank letter and copies of my bank book no deposit done that day.  

???

1 hour ago, lopburi3 said:

Again - we are not talking about account balance. 

 

We are talking about the new (this year) requirement for bank to confirm monthly foreign income transfers into a Thai bank account over a 12 month period of time.

Yes, "Big Joke" brought that in at the beginning of the year before his "demise".

However, this requirement was brought in(I believe) in January. If one's extension is due in say, September,  how can one possibly have 12 month's deposits made in 9 months? 

I seem to remember BJ saying that for this year only, Immigration Officers had been instructed to be "lenient", but to make a note in the passport to show that the applicant had been informed that when the next extension application was made. then the full 12 month's deposits would have to be shown.

However, now that we have a new "Boss" of Immigration, is he the same as the old  "Boss"? i.e. will he honour the arrangement made prior to his appointment? One possible scenario (which has been mentioned to me by someone who has been to Immigration, but came away "a trifle confused") was that the equivalent of 12 month's payments in total had to have been paid into the Thai bank by the due date of the extension (say, September) e.g. if the amount due (in the case of a man married to a Thai national) is 40,000 baht a month, then the total due in 12 months would be 480,000 baht. However 9 months payments @ 40,000 a month would total 360,000 baht leaving a discrepancy of 120,000 baht. This amount would have to be made up by either increasing the monthly deposits accordingly, or making a "one off" additional deposit of 120,000 baht to make up the requirement. However, I do not know the accuracy of this suggestion, and would be grateful for any information from others in the same position. 

5 hours ago, Matzzon said:

He is probably same to his family. Bet he was the one eating expensive and let the other insignificant ones eat the cheap buffét.

Rich, no! By my standard rich is not lying in the car you drive or the amount of money you have in your pocket. Rich means intelligent and a well behaved and sofisticated human beeing. This is a very poor piece of trash.

3 hours ago, moe666 said:

I would have to say that is non sense

Maybe humour?

17 hours ago, Lacessit said:

If prostitution was legalized in Thailand, how would the BIB augment their salaries?

They'd find a way!

4 hours ago, Andrew65 said:

Went in there a few years ago, hit my head on the way in!!☹️

 

There's a sign by the door saying "Little Duck".????????

There's a sign over a low doorway in a pub near my hometown in the UK that says:-

"DUCK OR GROUSE"!

(From Google - for those of you who have not heard the expression:- 

Could sell thousands of them in Esan!

5 hours ago, ezzra said:

The only 'gambling' i see is whether the claws will hang on to the toy or not... other than that, these machines are just a big con and they have been around for many years and only in this country they're classified as gambling...Oh well...

So I was wrong - I thought this was going to be next on the "hit list" :-

"Channel 7 reported yesterday that the Chonburi police chief Pol Maj-Gen Nanthachart Suphamongkhon had axed the acting head of the Pattaya police Pol Col Pongphan Wongmaneethet and four of his deputies.

The media did not say what was their immediate fate but they said that the transfer was for allowing prostitution to go on in Pattaya."

To me "axed" and "transfer" are not at all the same!

Far too often these rogue policemen are "transferred to inactive posts".

Why don't they just have their contracts terminated or, as we say in the UK, "sacked" (after due and diligent investigation of course!) 

However, good to see that one of the Big Wigs has been removed as well - from what I read he was totally inept at his job, and "spoiled the image of Pattaya"!