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She was wrong for sitting on public property? (the steps were on public property).

Wow, funny... I have never been chased by 'Eastern Europeans'.... hmmm...

My Uncle (former US Airforce) use to have a flag flying on his property and everyday he would get up early and raise the flag and at night lower the flag and fold it properly and put it to bed. I am not for any special protections from people that want to use a flag to protest (though I don't understand it personally) -- in my home country, but each country has their own priorities... That said, it is absolutely moronic to visit another country and basically treat their national symbols disrespectful. At least he was not so stupid as to steal the other flag -- that would likely have landed him a very long stay in 'the Hilton'. Just another quality visitor to this country showing the lack of class and respect for the locals.

If I were in the same situation and given the option of going the option of ... if found guilty going to prison for lets say 6 months (up to 2 years I believe) then being deported... or... being deported and avoiding a trial... I think I would take the deportation. The video seems to indicate he kicked them, he says he slipped as an excuse (pretty sure that would be taken as an admission)... I am pretty sure what a court would find. The fact the location where he allegedly assaulted them was actually not his property -- also bad news for him (stairs where they were sitting were demolished because it was built on public land -- not private). As they say, self-help is fraught with peril.

Oh, you can call it home, but many are delusional when it comes to Non-Imm Visas where they think for some reason it is a different visa that is more than just a long (annual) tourist visa equivalent. Non-Immigrant visas are all temporary, but vary in length the visa is for... that is it. It is not permanent residency, it is not citizenship... nothing really special about it. This is one of many reasons you should be on your best behaviour as you are only a guest... and guests that act up... can be shown the door (exit). This was not a minor incident... period... It might be a minor criminal incident... but not a minor incident... Kicking someone, or punching someone -- can be charged as a criminal offence ... (and use of feet is much worse than hand when it comes to assaulting someone in Thailand because of the culture of the feet being the dirtiest part of your body). As foreigners here we can get away with some stuff that would not be acceptable if we were Thai as the locals make allowances for us... however there are some lines that you cross at your own peril. (Doctor = someone who has a higher class status in Thailand than average; criminal offence directed at someone with a higher class status; and use of feet being the dirties part of the body culturally (the reason why you are not suppose to point your feet at someone)).

I suspect you and the police have the same opinion... transparency is bad because if the public knows what goes on then there is less room to 'negotiate' / 'plea down' etc. I am sure there are plenty of foreigners here that have gotten away with far worse because the public was not aware of what was going on... What the public does not know -- won't hurt them...

All things he should have thought about beforehand I would think...

Yes, there are a lot of criminals here... but it does not mean you need to add more foreigners to the mix as well 🤣

How about just make sure to behave... and be respectful as best you can... (i.e. act with some class). If you do that, you won't have to worry about some arbitrary line on social media.

(lots of assumptions on this one) And she might not want to if the property has been put in her name... last thing she would want is the place to be sold and money taken out of Thailand... if the property is in Thailand and in her name.... she loses the power she has over it if it leaves and she decides her love of Thailand is more important to her than her love of him 🤣

In Thailand's class hierarchy, does the wife have any status worth anything? IMHO, This would require a lot of smoothing over (i.e. multiple levels of bureaucracy will need to be 'convinced')... something I don't think just any Thai would be able to navigate the maze of connections.

Any immigration officer seeing this as the reason on the immigration system "threat to the safety and order of the people under Article 12 of the Immigration Act".... will not allow him to enter... period... regardless of whether he is officially blacklisted... My guess... He would have to do something like hire a lawyer to see if they can work their 'magic' (after he is deported), and see if they can 'clean up the record'... but it would be very costly... Addendum (just looked up the appeal form): Or maybe not from afar, god only knows how the appeal (TM 12) against revocation of Visa goes, but the form says it must be submitted in person.

I don't take delight... but I don't have much sympathy towards him either... it is what it is... and hopefully he will take responsibility for his actions and accept the consequences of it (as he should). Pretty much the vast majority of us are on non-immigrant or tourist visas (temporary status) and thus any criminal or behaviour that is abhorrent to the Thai sensibilities could have us find ourselves persona non-grata. I was well aware of this fact when working/living in several other countries when I was younger (which is why I avoided things like politics in those countries, I still had an opinion and did not worry about stating it - but avoided protesting or signing petitions). This was assault, which is criminal behaviour... and quite honestly if someone commits a crime in a foreign country... (IMHO) you will be at risk of being deported. On top of this, his assault was compounded with regards to Thai sensibilities because it was against someone who by being a doctor and thus has some status in a class oriented society, it made things worse.... and worse yet, he used his foot (i.e. considered the dirtiest part of the body in Thailand).

Speeding is generally not a crime, it is a traffic infraction and you are given a fine. Similarly not wearing a helmet is the same. General littering (i.e. dropping a paper on the ground), similarly so. Speeding can be a crime if you are going something like 80kph over the speed limit and/or you are charged with reckless driving And of course littering can be if it rises in severity (like dumping and/or hazardous waste). You cannot walk up to someone and punch them, or kick them or anything like that. Well, you can but then you can be charged with a crime and jailed -- in this case -- deportation is the way to go.

Kicking is criminal assault... and you should be deported if you commit a crime when here... period. They can decide whether to prosecute a crime before deporting, or just deporting... but he should be deported. This has been so public that I do expect him to be deported, but if he has the money to smooth it over the best as possible - he might only be given a 1 year ban instead of what should happen for crimes which is a lifetime ban... (the only for 1 year would not be mentioned in the press though). The moral of the story when visiting as a guest in another country (and we are all just guests as all visas including non-immigrant retirement and marriage visas are temporary -- hence non-immigrant) is be on your best behaviour and do not commit crimes while visiting.

I expect he will go back to prison, then there will be another health emergency and he will be back in hospital with the clock reset to 0 days.

Canada will allow up to I think 6 months to anyone visiting as a tourist.... and a long time ago I use to have a friend stay at my place from Japan (former co-worker) and they did 18 months straight as a tourist - just had to mail in request of extension every 6 months with proof of no need to work (which she did not need since her family was fairly well off).

Based on it is common practice in China (and there are services that can be contracted to do it). Lazada is owned by Alibaba (Aliexpress is owned by Alibaba - and the Aliexpress has been reportedly having lots of fake reviews identified by 3rd parties), Amazon that has been monitoring and has made an effort to stop it as it is against Terms of Service have booted a whole lot of companies off Amazon en mass (that also sell from China on other platforms - and if you cannot beat them you have to join em). So you go to Lazada and you see one seller who has maybe one... and the one next to it has hundreds or thousands - yet when you order from one and the other - you get the same result... The majority of people (vast majority - after ordering and getting what they want... don't bother with going back in to star or review their orders)... That being said, I have gotten what I ordered (hundreds of orders over the years) on Lazada with no problem (regardless of starring) with only a few cases where I was not happy with the result (those were from China)... however I never order more than maybe 1500 baht orders... and if there is a local vendor I tend to prefer ordering from them. I also check what I am ordering to see if it is sold by Central or Home Pro or Powerbuy or Ikea first, as often they will have a lower price than what is available on Lazada for the same thing (I have made that mistake a few times - so now I check first).

The ones with lots of reviews - are probably farmed reviews... i.e. product was not actually shipped and money netted out to zero - leaving only the LAZ fees... then putting in a made up review.

Current rolling stock can go much faster than many of the rail lines can handle (that is the easy part). For a line to handle 250km/h it has to have the proper grading and curve radius and no level crossings... (that usually results in more tunnels as the grade does not allow going over sometimes). Admittedly the parts of the new construction I have seen are not on the main-line on the map, so maybe they are doing two different gradings for differing max speeds... It is the tracks and right of ways that is the largest cost of any high-speed train network ... by far. Also, having a high speed network is not worth much if you put lots of stops along the line - if you are constantly speeding up and slowing down to stop... it defeats the purpose.

From existing construction - curving and grading... I think this is 'high-speed' as in 150km max speed not high-speed as we have gotten to know through Japan and France. I think a good dual track rail system is a good investment, but the cost increase to a high speed as in 250km+ is not warranted. Thailand only has one city that is of any size that would warrant that sort of investment and not enough density. (also the number of stops on the line is a dead giveaway that it is only up to 150km/hr).

You should have gone to immigration to get the entry stamps and whatever visa you had put in the new passport. That is the first step after getting your new passport.

Because unfortunately some people pretend to lose the passport and then sell theirs... so there are steps you have to go through... You have to have the report from police in both cases - lost or stolen.

It was probably in the hotel safe (which is not that safe anyway)

Oh, I am sure he has made a report for a stolen passport... he needs that for the passport office to issue a new one - a report of lost or stolen passport... and he did not 'lose' it .. so it would have to be 'stolen'... They write it down on a pad, give you a copy of it, and file another copy of it... and that is it.