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Rather than perform not so clever laws, they should better regulate and decriminalize prostitution.

Simply withdraw the ground for extortion and criminal structures.

So this is only Don Quixotes fight against windmills.

Prostitution is regulated in Thailand. There are lots of laws relating to it, such as no soliciting, the prostitute has to be 18+ and it must be carried out 'unpromiscuously'.

Bars and gogos are regularly raided if they break the regulations.

Really---thanks Brewster,didn't realise that ---

From a well known search engine:-

"No. prostitution has been illegal in Thailand since 1960. The prohibition is, however, not strictly enforced."

move over kittipong and crew, you have had your turn at the golden fountain, someone else gets a turn now.

we could be seeing a real crack down on corruption, but in reality it will probably be business as usual.

Agree 100% why move them sack the crooks like other countries do.

Thai police are a joke they can commit almost any crime and then get moved to an inactive post.

Absolute disgrace evidence proves what they did and still they get away with it.

Move over matey now it is my turn for some of that

Yes, this Department of Inactive Posts is getting bigger by the day! I see the latest "conscripts" have been assigned to "clerical duties" - must be to cope with the increasing amount of paperwork!

These are countries that keep statistics anD share them with the outside world. I am sure there are countries where paedophiles are in much greater numbers than those on this list. You may be sitting in such a country right now.

There is a case in Germany now. A Syrian male 21 and his bride of 15. They were married in Syria last year. Judges apparently unsure what to do.

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Send them back to Syria where that sort of thing is legal. Problem solved.

why Syria?

legal marriage age in Europe for female is 16 mostly with family consent. In Germany, it is set to 16 too so they just wait a year more and they can legally marry.

for example Spain just recently raised the marriage age to 14 from 13 years old! Maybe they have to send this couple to Spain instead of Syria so they can marry there officially:)

Why Syria? Because that is where they are from! And for your info:-

"Syria's personal status law sets the minimum age of marriage at 17 for boys and 16 for girls. However, religious leaders are allowed to make an exception and approve informal marriages at the age of 13 for girls and 16 for boys. These marriages are only registered with the authorities when both spouses turn 18."

I would probably kill myself. I would not want to live if I could not boom.

Read Post #6, and also remember most of us get old and incapable eventually!

British paedophile who abused 23 children was sentenced to life

LONDON: -- British paedophile Richard Huckle who sexually abused 23 Malaysian and Cambodian children over almost a decade has been sentenced by a London court today (Tuesday) to life imprisonment, according to New Straits Times Online today.

Meanwhile, Malaysian police will seek cooperation from United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency for details on the convict to facilitate the identification of his victims.

Deputy Inspector-General of the Police Tan Sri nor Rashid Ibrahim told Bernama Monday night that 23 children have so been identified as victims and the police would intensify investigations into their backgrounds.

He said authorities were also trying to identify places which were patronized by Huckle during his eight-year stay in Malaysia.

Noor Rashid also called on relevant authorities in all countries to share information on paedophile perpetrators to prevent a recurrence of similar incidents.

Huckle was given 22 life sentences and would serve at least 23 years in prison for his crimes against impoverished victims aged between six months to 11 years.

He pleaded guilty to 71 offences and was found with over 20,000 indecent images of children on his computer and camera when he was arrested at Gatwick Airport in 2014 in London.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/166315

-- Thai PBS 2016-06-07

"Judge Peter Rook sentenced 30-year-old freelance photographer Richard Huckle on Monday to serve a minimum of 25 years"

"Huckle was given 22 life sentences and would serve at least 23 years in prison"

Now then, after me, children - one and one is two, two and two is four, four and four is .............. etc etc

Ali was the greatest, yet Thai tv insults his memory by showing another mans photo !!DISGUSTING !!

Does it really matter much here, after all he wasn't Thai !

Then why report his death on Thai TV?

Ah, the old pointing finger again! Still, I think I've sussed it - only the "boss" is allowed to point - the rest of you - hands behind your backs, please! OR - the other 4 officials are "armless", and consequently only one has the ability to point!

The bar owner who hyped the whole thing up is now keeping a very low profile.

He was the one who started the story that they were innocent victims and he exaggerated the extent of their injuries.

The reality is that they had nothing more than a few minor cuts and bruises, and headaches which more than likely were cause by their all day drinking session.

Regardless of which side of the fence you sit on this one, if you got a punch in the face, then a kick in the head, and you were hospitalized and operated on for blood pressure to the brain I think it would be reasonable to assume that it was caused by more than an all day drinking session - mine don't end up with me in a hospital bed!

Oh this again. Is it that time of the month again? Meanwhile tourists are dying and being beaten in droves, can't wait for the July media release stating stringent measures being rolled out to protect tourist dollars.

Love the bitter foriegners, dying and beaten in droves.. Ahahaha, beating tourist hmm come to Australia and see

I have told him a million times not to exaggerate.

30 million tourists come a year and a handful get beaten up.

From that handful, most have brought it upon themselves by slapping, punching, pushing, swearing, abusing, spitting or not paying for their drinks etc A few more are injured while being robbed as is normal in any country.

There are transport accidents but common sense should tell you not to get on an overcrowded speedboat in weather that already caused the cancellation of the very same tours by other companies. Don't hire a motorbike if you don't have a licsence and wear a helmet if you do. Don't drink and ride/drive.

IMO the best thing they could do would be to hand out a list of dos and don'ts with the arrival card on the plane. Let tourists know that Thais don't want to be patted on the head (farangs mistakenly think they are being friendly), don't put your feet on things, and all the things that the Thais are sensitive to, but farangs are not. Don't make an angry big scene out of a small mix up.

The Thais are very friendly people and most are proud of their country and happy to share it with polite foreigners. The way I have been treated by thai people here has been great.

As the above poster said, go to Australia and see how foreigners are treated there. No one goes out of their way to help foreigners. They will likely be racially abused on public transport, attacked for fun, and in the more severe cases be shot and buried in the bush.There was also the case of the Thai woman being thrown off a bridge and being fed to saltwater crocodiles. A Thai school girl is still missing. Indian students are singled out for beatings.

Thais don't go around beating up foreigners just for fun, there is usually something that sparks these incidents and often it is drunk or angry foreigners.

Lovely people these Thais, 30 million tourists coming this year, 29,999,900 will have a great time, many will have the best time of their lives.

"Common sense should tell you not to get on an overcrowded speedboat .....................etc"

Common sense should tell the speedboat driver not to overload it in the first place - should be a maximum number of passengers allowed that should NEVER be exceeded. Baht rules OK?

These thugs will be hero's inside.They beat up ferangs,which the thugs consider their god given right.

I only hope these victims never paid their hospital bills,and the hospital will be chasing the villains for recompense.

After all would you pay? I would have to say "sorry we dont have any money and we came to Thailand for a wonderful holiday.We didnt expect to get the shit kicked out of us by the friendly locals,and as for your bill,go f##k yourselves"

I think that their bills have already been paid by TAT in return for a bunch of flowers and a statement saying that they would definitely be coming back to Thailand, . What they said once they returned to the UK is a different matter!

The Red Bull heir is not a victim of circumstance though sadly the policeman he killed was.

As for most civilised countries this subject would not even be discussed as the perp would have been arrested and put in jail as soon as they had found him at home. Should a senior police officer been found trying to assist him then he would have been suspended and put on trial for attempting to pervert the course of justice and most probably jailed also.

Trying to compare the Thai police and Thai justice with most civilised countries doesn't work.

Ted Kennedy and Mary-Jo bring back any memories of rich and powerful families in a country that is not Thailand.

Don't forget the Bushes! They managed to get a REAL idiot into the most powerful job in the world. In fact they are directly responsible for the Muslim terrorist groups we have today due to their obvious(except to americans it seems) starting of wars to benefit their oil companies.

So now it's become a political, anti American, anti Muslim terrorist thread!

Notice that nobody attempted to help whist is was happening Thai just standing there watching......Cowards.

As for Thai, Drink and Song Gran........It's a recipe for violence.

No Brainers!

Sentence 1 - Agreed.

Sentence 2 - Before you criticise something - learn to spell it! (English 1? - bad choice!)

Sentence 3 - Contributes nothing.

Bad choice of reply ........criticise is spelled that way in real English....

Your point being?

No.2

Notice that nobody attempted to help whist is was happening Thai just standing there watching......Cowards.

As for Thai, Drink and Song Gran........It's a recipe for violence.

No Brainers!

Sentence 1 - Agreed.

Sentence 2 - Before you criticise something - learn to spell it! (English 1? - bad choice!)

Sentence 3 - Contributes nothing.

Bad choice of reply ........criticise is spelled that way in real English....

Your point being?

Notice that nobody attempted to help whist is was happening Thai just standing there watching......Cowards.

As for Thai, Drink and Song Gran........It's a recipe for violence.

No Brainers!

Sentence 1 - Agreed.

Sentence 2 - Before you criticise something - learn to spell it! (English 1? - bad choice!)

Sentence 3 - Contributes nothing.

Even though it took far too long for this to finally be exposed to the public, although most of us knew something was going on in one form or another at this despicable place, I will say congratulations to the Thai authorities for finally getting off your lazy asses and doing something about it.

Ohhh please! The way it is looking the temple will be back in business in a year or 2 now that they have been given a zoo license. Only this time they will be operating legally to the government and no one will question what is happening in the back rooms there. Do you really think that this will end simply because a they are cracking down there right now? There is too much money to be made and lost and too many people who were getting some hefty envelopes that turned a blind eye to what was happening there before. These actions now are just a minor inconvenience and a delay in their profits. Until the government arrests everyone there including the Abbott that told the monk to deliver those skins and amulets and tears that temple down. Notice in the article they were moving those items to an undisclosed location and they don't mention any names who gave the offer to get them out of the temple. Even now the gigs up the monk's are trying to salvage their money makers for the future. A shame and disgrace for all Thai Buddhism but, then again, they are not the only ones perverting their religion.

Yes, the key words here are "undisclosed location" and "no names mentioned". Of course, it may be that there may be another location that is next on the places to be visited by Wildlife/Conservation Officers, and they don't want to give advance warning! Or, it may be that advance warning HAS been given so that the decks can be cleared, so to speak! What do you think?

RIP good sir - who knows what demons plagued you.

Perhaps a Thai gf.

I wondered how long it would take!

Who stuffs their Mac into check-in luggage? Sheer idiocy.

Sorry the 2,000B compensation didn't cover the 40,000B Mac. Som-nam-naa.

2000 baht probably wouldn't have covered the cost of the make up! Maybe her cabin luggage allowance was already taken up. The point is, 2000 baht compensation was totally inadequate for the damage caused, and the air line have upped the amount, only after the bad publicity.

Theyre Thais, what else would you expect?

Integrity?

That's exactly the point! Have to keep on attracting the quality tourists that have enough money to buy a 40,000 baht Mac in the first place, hence the very public announcement of increased compensation!

I'm sure you can show me an equally impressive list like this Rob, from NL. The only famous Dutch person died 2 months ago; Johan Cruyff(RIP). Who else was there? Rembrandt? That was 4 centuries ago. Jeroen Krabbe? 555. Who needs more punishment? LOL

I didn't drink back when I owned a pub in Belfast, that actually only started when I moved to TH in 98 and still it's at a very low level, so wrong again Rob. I never denied anyone the usage of my toilet and it always worked out in my favour. You are Dutch and see other human beings as mere economic beings who need to pay for everything or else they are freeloaders. The Dutch are well known for their business tactics throughout the world and indeed you would steal anything you could get your hands on back in the day, so don't call other people freeloaders, you robbed all your wealth from The Dutch Indies. The reason the Dutch royals are so rich is because of that and what they made from the slave trade over in Curacao. These days NL is not stealing from other countries, only from their own citizens who are sucked dry by the tax office, so I can imagine accountants and tax advisers are needed a lot over there

I never lost an argument against you, not the one about steroids, nor this one and I'm pretty sure I would stand my ground in Dutch against you too. Being a big boy through weightlifting doesn't make you stronger in words too Rob.

All the best!

Can someone tell me what this Dutch v Irish confrontation has to do with the fact that a Thai restaurant manager thumped a guy who threw 20 baht in his face?

The Thai bar manager punched the tourist in the face because the tourist didn't want to pay for using his toilet and our discussion is about hospitality and letting members of the public use your toilet if you are a bar/restaurant owner. Rob believes everyone should be forced to pay for this or else he/she is a freeloader. I believe toilets should always be public and free. We got into a discussion about Dutch/Irish culture and hospitality/friendliness, that kind of stuff. Make sense now?

What makes sense is the fact that you have summarised quite well the fact that your discussion/argument/mudslinging is about Dutch/Irish culture and hospitality, and nothing at all to do with the Thai restaurant manager thumping a customer!

classic Europe hypocrisy.

they speak about human rights etc but they are fine to close the doors to the face of migrants and let them drown.

Patience for the families of the deceased:( 700 people man!

We are at 21st century and hard to understand this:(

"ROME: -- 600 migrants have been brought safely ashore in the port of Reggio Calabria.by an Italian naval vessel."

I don't think I would normally have to explain the above comment, but as English obviously isn't your native language, I will just let you think about it in the light of your own words i.e.:-

"they are fine to close the doors to the face of migrants and let them drown."

Who stuffs their Mac into check-in luggage? Sheer idiocy.

Sorry the 2,000B compensation didn't cover the 40,000B Mac. Som-nam-naa.

2000 baht probably wouldn't have covered the cost of the make up! Maybe her cabin luggage allowance was already taken up. The point is, 2000 baht compensation was totally inadequate for the damage caused, and the air line have upped the amount, only after the bad publicity.

If not for social media, they would never have changed their tune.

I am not saying you are wrong, but I am curious how you reached that conclusion? Or is it just an early morning bash?

I would say that it's obvious - no proof needed!

I'm sure you can show me an equally impressive list like this Rob, from NL. The only famous Dutch person died 2 months ago; Johan Cruyff(RIP). Who else was there? Rembrandt? That was 4 centuries ago. Jeroen Krabbe? 555. Who needs more punishment? LOL

I didn't drink back when I owned a pub in Belfast, that actually only started when I moved to TH in 98 and still it's at a very low level, so wrong again Rob. I never denied anyone the usage of my toilet and it always worked out in my favour. You are Dutch and see other human beings as mere economic beings who need to pay for everything or else they are freeloaders. The Dutch are well known for their business tactics throughout the world and indeed you would steal anything you could get your hands on back in the day, so don't call other people freeloaders, you robbed all your wealth from The Dutch Indies. The reason the Dutch royals are so rich is because of that and what they made from the slave trade over in Curacao. These days NL is not stealing from other countries, only from their own citizens who are sucked dry by the tax office, so I can imagine accountants and tax advisers are needed a lot over there

I never lost an argument against you, not the one about steroids, nor this one and I'm pretty sure I would stand my ground in Dutch against you too. Being a big boy through weightlifting doesn't make you stronger in words too Rob.

All the best!

Can someone tell me what this Dutch v Irish confrontation has to do with the fact that a Thai restaurant manager thumped a guy who threw 20 baht in his face?

I am a scuba instructor in Thailand. Most speedboats I have been on have been captained by people that seem to only care about how fast they can drive. When the weather is bad small boats should be forbidden to leave port. End of story. I was in Cozumel, Mexico and was supposed to dive. Captain of the port said the weather was too bad. Closed the port. No boats allowed out under penalty of arrest. No diving that day even though much money was lost. Cozumel decided that negative publicity from an incident was worse than short term loss of income. It is time Thailand did the same.

Same power of arrest should apply to swimmers that ignore red flags.

Spot on bundy, recently I also observed some loutish behaviour in a Suk hotel restaurant by some Brits, it was well past 6pm and most of them were not even in long sleeved shirts.

We used to get up to some shenanigans in the Mess, rugby and that with the Regiment silver, but all were dressed correctly.

Since when has it been compulsory to wear long sleeved shirts after 6.00pm in Thailand ? I don't even own one.

I believe 'smart but casual' is accepted in most establishments.

I think he was being sarcastic/ironic...

Yes, some people don't appreciate it sarcasm or irony - usually non - Brits!

There is not much to say about the matter here. are you a jerk, you get treated like a jerk. Englishmen are not the most polite people on this earth

And neither are you to tar every Englishman with the same brush - are you a jerk? Yes!