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I would think that if she has studied something for 5 years, and can only get a position abroad because of the "Boys Club" mentality in Thailand, if she does get a job in Forensics in another country, I can't see her rushing back to beg for a job here!

".............no females were to be appointed to 'inquiry' roles for reliability reasons." What they mean to say is that no females can be trusted to keep their mouths shut! ???? Seriously, there are female Police Officers, but maybe they are appointed merely to search and accompany female suspects as is probably required by International Law/Human Rights.

"Videos showed the men being led from the Bangkok Remand Prison to a special, relatively new court that deals with corruption cases against bent officials." Going by the information in the article, and what seems to be common knowledge about widespread corruption in the RTP, it shouldn't be long before a committee is set up to discuss the viability of setting up such courts in every province in Thailand!

I remember reading a story a few years ago about a BIB helping a lady change the wheel on her car after she had a puncture ! Mind, as I said, that was a few years ago!

The first line of my post specifically mentions that my wife is Thai, and I didn't say it was my land! And I wasn't contradicting your post - if anything, I was supporting it - by pointing out that the (THAI) family had to pay the (THAI) Land Registry Department twice for a job that should have been done properly in the first place! (I mentioned the fact that a member of the family had to check "what was happening" more than a year later, only to find that the original paperwork had not been filed/or had been "lost", so THEY (The family!) had to pay for the job to be done again)

"............the Thai public should get their information from the Thai police not social media, reported Thai Rath. Then it would be reliable." Yes, of course it will!:- "Regarding the CCTV he said it was all from afar and the people and what they were doing at the checkpoint cannot be identified clearly." ......."One interesting area that the Thai media has not spoken about was previous RTP chief Pol Gen Suwat Chaengyodsuk who introduced CCTV at roadside checkpoints.The fact that on this occasion the RTP are saying that such evidence is unclear shows the ineffectiveness of this initiative." Sorry, I missed that possibility yesterday! "....the Grab car dash cam video from the night in question had already been deleted as it was more than 20 days old." Pretty close on that one, though!

My Thai wife has a share in a reasonably sized rice farm in Esan, left to her and her relatives when a relative died. "The man" came from the Land Office to measure up and mark out on some plans what was due to everybody, for which they had to pay for his time, and the cost of legitimising/registering the plans. After a year, nobody had received any notifications, so one of the family went to the Land Office to make enquiries. Apparently, the plans had never been registered with them/lost, and the family had to pay for the whole process to be done again!!! TIT!

"December and January were massive tourism months – but still less than 50% of 2019 average" I would think that the first part of the sentence was written by someone in the Publicity Department at TAT ("massive tourist months") and the latter part by someone with more balanced information! If December and January were "massive tourist months", but still 50% down on pre Covid figures, I wonder what superlative they would use if they got back to those "halcyon days"? (For TAT!)

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Yes, I thought of that, but there wasn't enough room due to the bold text required! ????

".....the government's plan to offer vaccines to foreign visitors is a step in the right direction, but it may not be enough to attract tourists back to the country." Talk about stating the bleedin' obvious! How about reducing air fares for a start? A one way ticket to Koh Samui from Bangkok is more than 5000 baht flying Bangkok Air (with the OCCASIONAL exception) for a one hour flight! And the flights from the West to Thailand have increased dramatically in price since the Covid restrictions eased - how about reducing the prices for airlines to land their planes at "Swampy"?

Two headline stories running side by side:- Police deny extorting money from Taiwanese actress Confidence and trust damaged by Chinese VIP tourist services No wonder Prayut is a bit tetchy these days!

I know it's a "compo" photo, but it looks like the American drill sergeant with one of his recruits:- "I told you before, don't you DARE look at me!"

"........the seven policemen at a checkpoint where she and her friends were stopped denied the extortion allegations" Well, they're not likely to admit it are they - especially the mood that the PM is in at the moment with regard to "Thailand's reputation being damaged"!!!

With advances in modern technology, especially the media, - such revelations can be published worldwide within seconds, whereas in the "bad/good old days" it could be nipped in the bud before too much damage was done, and the knowledge was kept within the country in question. In China and North Korea for instance, much information is pinned down by Governments that are non democratic, and Prayut's outburst against Thaksin ("that man"!) shows that he is of the same ilk, and would love to have a situation where no one could broadcast information damaging to himself or the Government, so beware of "dirty tricks" to come - especially in regard to any forthcoming "democratic" election!

And the police decided that there was nothing unusual about his death based on the fact that there was no signs of a struggle, and he was found in bed at the time. Case solved - next!

Quite a few people in the past have commented on the fact that an inordinate number of people have died in Pattaya due to "falling" from high buildings!

"............she should have stood her ground." Difficult to do when you are a visitor, and have been "bundled off" to a police station for no good reason!

Why doesn't he announce it himself?

Since when has a caretaker got the authority to punish kids? He should have reported the matter to a teacher/head teacher, and leave it to them to sort out.

With reference to your penultimate sentence, I seem to recall that in the incident concerning David and Hannah, the main suspect was allowed to trample all over and around the crime scene as "the police were short staffed and they needed assistance"

"Why should the death of a diving instructor suggest that Ko Tao island is a deadly island,...." Because it is not an isolated incident by far. Apparently he is one of FIVE (5) diving instructors that have met their end in very dubious circumstances on Koh Tao. And that is just diving instructors - never mind the tourists/ backpackers that have died in mysterious/unsolved circumstances. "This is a very annoying island........" I would suggest that is putting it mildly!!! "So first we investigate the cause of his death and then we can draw conclusions" I don't believe there will be an "investigation/autopsy" if the following interview with one of his friends is anything to go by. It looks like "natural causes" has already been decided, which comes as no surprise if previous "mysterious deaths" are anything to go by. "The medical professionals who arrived said there was nothing suspicious. I was informed that the police declared there was nothing to investigate right away. It took place so quickly. I don’t even believe an autopsy was performed. In our conversation, I brought up a few of the local fatalities,..." As a previous poster has suggested, it would appear that the authorities are more concerned with trying to convince prospective tourists that Thailand is a safe place to travel to by sweeping these "mysterious deaths" under the carpet, rather than making any positive efforts to make it so!

No doubt "a certain poster" will find the charges reasonable, or even say it's your fault that you have to pay such high charges because you choose to live/work here!!! ????

Nothing to do with British tabloids! The fact that he was from Birmingham, and the story was reported in a Birmingham paper would indicate normal practise to most people, but not to you, apparently! The other deaths have a lot to do with it - as per the article:- "However, Neil is said to be the fifth instructor to die in the past few years on the island following a series of unexplained deaths and murders of backpackers and tourists, tainting its reputation". When you have a series of unexplained deaths, of course another unexplained one is obviously going to be linked to the other ones! If investigating officers had this "nothing to do with the other unexplained deaths" attitude, I wonder how many serial killers would still be on the loose in other countries - the USA and the UK being obvious examples? P.S. "How do we know he was fit and healthy ?" I would think that the fact that he was a diving instructor would give you a clue on that one!

From a blazing inferno and explosions taking place when he was disorientated and probably injured/shocked himself? Not everyone is "Superman"!