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11 hours ago, baansgr said:

Eking out on 40k a single man. Me and three kids live very nicely on 30k a month, and we can even afford to go to Ramayana water park this weekend. Food, utilities just about everything except booze is cheap here.

On 5/6/2018 at 10:35 AM, RBOP said:

"Sexual activity with an HIV positive person poses a negligible risk of transmission where that person is taking HIV treatment as prescribed and has maintained a suppressed viral load based on consecutive tests done every four to six months In cases involving sexual activity between HIV-serodiscordant partners, the risk of HIV transmission is negligible where:  The partner living with HIV takes their treatment consistently, and has a viral load less than 200 copies per ml of blood (i.e., a suppressed viral load) on consecutive tests done every four to six months. o This is true whether a condom is used or not, and regardless of the sexual activity at issue;  Studies found zero transmissions under these conditions, though a statistical risk of 0.00- 0.28 transmissions per 100 person-years could not be ruled out.

 

"Consistent with the relevant SCC jurisprudence, the criminal law should not apply to persons living with HIV who have engaged in sexual activity without disclosing their status if they have maintained a suppressed viral load (i.e., under 200 copies per ml of blood), because the realistic possibility of transmission test is not met in these circumstances. A person living with HIV who takes their treatment as prescribed is acting responsibly." 

 

http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/other-autre/hivnd-vihnd/hivnd-vihnd.pdf

 

Yes, tell that to the hundreds of thousands of new cases every year. Hiv is making huge new comeback. It's a hideous disease and public awareness needs to remain high. If hiv sufferers are stigmatised by that too bad. 

On 5/4/2018 at 2:03 PM, cardinalblue said:

Is not one's disease status under the health privacy act?

 

 

Not if the person is going around deliberately infecting other people. Then it comes under the public safety and information laws. His picture can be on the front page. 

1 hour ago, holy cow cm said:

could be that end intention was not to keep it and the girl got her stuff back without incident after tracking it down. Sort of like watering it down as charges were dropped by girl and he was found not guilty as he said. so there was something, but ended up light. Yes, is odd and I too would like to see the receipt. 

I wonder if the 30000 went to the lawyer 

20 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

Police can fine you at a police station and you are not in court. But this is odd. 30k bail to not run as the prosecutor still can contest the verdict? more like it. 

The fines that can be paid at the police station are listed in the criminal code. They are all in the section of petty offences. 

Theft is a serious crime in Thailand and can't pay a fine at the police station. 

The 30,000 is really odd and the way it was paid is odd. It would be interesting to see the receipt. 

On 8/25/2018 at 9:50 PM, TiagoPT said:

Hello,

first off all I need to thanks the some people here, who have listened me, give me some comfort words and free advices.

 

i have been on court at 21 August, and the judge give me the sentence I know. NOT GUILTY.

 

As I have told,

i have found one bag, don’t still the bag to any one. The judge have comprehension and give me a 30.000 bath fine and release me of all the charges.

 

im in freedom not on the IDC, because my lawyer garante me, and I have to stay In Thailand for one more month, because the public prosecutor could contest the judge decision. 

I don’t know if possible put my lawyer name and contact here, but if someone need could send me a pm.

the lawyer is not cheap, but a honest and decent guy.

im here alone, and the lawyer knows that, so every day invite me to lunch or dinner In is house, with is family, always worry if I need something.

in the prison have 2 guys who help me a lot, and because I don’t have my passport yet I can’t visit then.

the lawyer arrange the things, and put me like is employee/ translator and Monday ill visit and bring food for the people who help inside the prison.

maybe it’s important say, the lawyer, now a friend of mine is the Vice President of the Thailand lawyers Association

 

Thanks everybody for your help and kindness words

That's a great ending. 

How much did the lawyer cost? 

I am sorry to bring you very bad news. Although you say you found it. You were at an airport where bags are all around. You made no attempt to give the bag to airport officials and you then attempted to leave the country with the items. In the criminal code it is theft. Your lawyer has misinformed you. Even if you paid 40000 baht and she dropped the charge, you have committed an offence under the criminal code 334 for theft. The sentence is up to 3 years and up to 6000 baht fine. 

But you also are in section 335  (9)that the offence was in an airport, with sentence of 1 to 5 years. But if your offence is at an airport  (9) and at night  (1) the sentence is 1 to 7 years. So the least you should expect and prepare for is 1 year in prison. If you are very lucky the judge will give you a suspended sentence, however that will most likely depend on your plea. If you go to court with remorse and deep apologies and admission of guilt, then you save the court time and he most likely will give a suspended sentence. 

If you go to court lying that you found it and didn't know it was theft  (at an airport ) as you are trying to do on thaivisa. The judge might decide that you need a stronger lesson about your wrongdoing and give you the one year. 

Judges know truth from lies and we all aren't as stupid as you think. 

Your best defence is to admit your guilt of theft, apologise very very much and show the judge you are truly sorry. 

Just a wee note to keep in mind.

I don't have hiv, but after I had been here several years and had several liasons, I thought that I might be but chose not to know. Anyway, every year they had the free health check, but I refused the blood test. When the doctor asked why I said it was unhygienic to do that in the schools with so many people giving blood. 

The yearly health check is optional. 

As it turns out I did eventually have a test and I was fine. 

But I can empathise with your fears because of my experience. 

Perhaps you could apply in a different country with a new passport. 

Why don't you fly to Cambodia or somewhere. 

1. New passport. 

2. Try to find old friend at school that might help get the letter. 

3. Apply for another country. 

Lastly, is it possible the school put in a block at immigration. 

Did you upset someone a lot? 

5 hours ago, Naam said:

that's a fairy tale

That's a vague answer. 

Does it mean fairytail in that they report to the tax department every deposit for the year. 

Or fairtail they don't report over 10 million per year in deposit? ?

On 7/31/2018 at 3:54 PM, Briggsy said:

Exacerbating Factors :

1. Lots of previous tourist visas and visa exempts

2. Full-ish passport

3. Flying in to Bangkok from nearby countries (Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, HK, Singapore)

4. No visa i.e. attempting a visa exempt entry.

5. Quick turnarounds e.g. flying to Malaysia and coming back the same day.

 

Solutions to reduce the probability of denial of entry for tourist visa holders :

1. Renew passport more frequently than is strictly required. A passport renewal costs less than being bounced back to Phnom Penh incurring all those extra costs.

2. Always have a tourist visa, at the very least.

3. Avoid flying in to Bangkok from nearby countries. Use land borders if possible.

4. Avoid out-ins by plane. Do them at land borders but not Poi Pet.

5. Choose a male Immigration Officer if possible.

6. Have a flight ticket out if possible.

7. Carry 20,000 Baht or equivalent in cash. This no longer seems to work though.

8. Spend some time outside Thailand in other countries.

 

I have to say, I well agree with number 5. 

When I come to thailand, I will stand in the 2 hour cue for a male officer over the half hour cue with a female. 

I find that whenever I have any official problem in Thailand,  the males are much easier to con. 

After you deposit 10 million in your bank, the bank will inform the tax department. I'm not sure what the time frame of depositing the 10 million is. I went out to changwattana tax office and filled the forms to pay tax myself, even though I didn't have to. I use the roads, the health care, and many other services. It's only right to pay some taxes. I always feel better about it. At least I can say, I pay my taxes whilst criticising any government office. 

11 hours ago, baansgr said:

I would usually agree, however the IO today actually apologised for her colleagues mistake.

All done. Whew! !!!

A disaster diverted. 

12 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

Late 90 day reporting is not an overstay. It is only a late report and nothing more. The fine is only 2000 baht.

Well, I really didn't want to go into the whole story, it's long and complicated. 

But because of the 90 day report mistake, there was also a misunderstanding on her yearly visa. So, in her case it all ended up to be quite a disaster. 

So I simply recommended that he go and fix it immediately lest other complications arise. 

Which is the main point of my post, which correlated with your own recommendation. 

This happened to another lady. She ended up on overstay. She was held responsible even though the officer wrote a letter to say it was his mistake. He couldn't help her at all in the end. 

Go and fix it immediately. 

Why would you be wanting to record an airplane black box? ?

That's just scary. 

Isn't the one starting with V living in Thailand? 

If so, he certainly would deserve thai citizenship. 

15 hours ago, Kieran00001 said:

What about the U.S. Special Operations Command Pacific Search and Rescue team, not much of a mention and they led the operation!

Er, they didn't do anything significant. There was a mention that one of their team is a woman if that's any consolation to you. ☺

7 minutes ago, balo said:

You never know, if he is bipolar he might have injured himself, he needs help that's for sure. 

I know. 

I am a bit worried about him. 

6 minutes ago, Gregster said:

The money offer was made to him a few days back. Since the offer he has posted about 100 times on here but he wasn’t interested in responding to an offer of financial support where his name would be required (funny that). His story is a classic fake.

He probably would be afraid to give his real name. 

You didn't be nasty and scare him off did you? ?

4 minutes ago, Gregster said:

 

He bothered responding. Had he responded I could answer your q’s.

 

He might be in the prison. 

Or worse, killed himself. 

As they do in Thailand. 

11 minutes ago, CLW said:

That is quite serious.
Anyway in this case or generally when foreigners involved in petty crimes.
Why not let them pay a fine and then deport them with ban from re-entering the country.
I see the current process costing the state a lot more.

It depends how much trouble the police want to make. It seems they do want to make trouble for him or they would have just let him pay the bicycle guy. 

Now I understand why Thais don't steal. 

I don't think this is fake at all. 

It's not funny. 

334 in the criminal code says theft is punishable by up to 3 years in prison and a fine of 6000. 

You could actually go to prison for stealing a pencil in Thailand. And stealing at night has an added 1 to 5 years with 2 to 10000 baht fine. 

This guy is facing 1 to 5 years in prison depending on the judge. We've not heard from him in a while. He might already be locked up. But his lawyer has advised him extremely badly.