Spock

Are you a drug smuggler? Spy?

I only use cash for travel so carry quite a bit. I must confess to keeping it in my bag in an overhead compartment on planes, largely because I have always figured that I could trust people who could afford an airline ticket and had never heard of anyone being robbed on a plane. However, as with dog meat, bear bile, pangolin scale medicines and Cambodian call centres with imprisoned workers, the Chinese have brought to my attention yet another area of life to which I previously never gave much thought. I will be vigilant on future trips.

I was waiting for someone to blame the cannabis. Never mind the 99.99% who use it without incident. Or the influence of other drugs used at the same time - nitrous acid and probably alcohol in this case.

I think the outcome has much less to do with the '<deleted>' than it does with the person.

It's the stuff of dreams really which I am sure is in fact what it really is.

It's funny how many Filipinos really like a president who oversaw the sub judicial killing of 6000, perhaps 10000 people. They respect people who ignore the law to deal with difficult problems and short circuit a solution. The same people conveniently were duped into believing that the elder Marcos and Imelda were model citizens and now their son has turned the previous president over to the international courts. Filipinos have always shown a peculiar talent for throwing up the most unlikely of presidential talent and voting them into office. Awful people with no loyalty or respect for each other. No wonder the country despite all its promise has consistently been the basket case of SEA.

Did you ever catch up with the actual facts - that the young guy is British, not Thai?

You have no idea of the facts and are just taking a wild stab at them despite CCTV evidence of aggression and the advanced years of the couple. If you are going to speculate, make it about how the couple managed to buy land rather than how their behaviour brought all this upon themselves.

Largely because Thais do not believe in neutering animals so the dog populate grows. Plus they basically only like puppies and the adult dogs too often end up looking into their old home from the outside. This is a different case involving someone actually keeping the adult dogs but allowing them to bark all day. I wonder if the dogs are forced to lead their entire lives outdoors, hence lack the control that owners might exert if the animals were allowed to live indoors. One way or another, Thais in general are not among the world's most knowledgeable pet owners.

Thailand specialises in kneejerk reactions to single incidents, no matter how atypical those incidents may be. Happened with drinking alcohol on the trains and destroyed one of the more pleasant ways to pass time on a long journey.

Thais have somewhere legal to smoke it - their home. It's illegal to smoke cigarettes let alone weed in hotels. Other than the dispensaries, the law forces tourist smokers out on to the streets. You'd think the cops would make an exception of Pai!

Yet another emotive piece of reporting that found the facts alone impossible to stick to without heavy embellishment.

His mate Dutertes was arrested today as he stepped off the plane for his role in overseeing over 6000 extra judicial killings. Be nice to see Teflon Thaksin face similar charges.

And you are suitably outraged by this behaviour, are you? Where do you live? Sounds an interesting place!

What a soft cock mob the Thai authorities are that they have allowed this to drag on and get worse. The Swiss's recalcitrant and unbending behaviour would not last 5 minutes in a country with real laws and police. As to the article, it's written by a 'journalist' who has no idea what unbiased reporting is about. Referring to police 'diligently collecting evidence' - how would the reporter know! Then this piece of meaningless fluff to conclude: 'The move underscores the district's commitment to safeguarding its residents and visitors, reflecting broader efforts across Thailand to balance hospitality with stringent public safety laws.' In layman's terms, he is saying that nothing has been done.

Airbnb is legal and prevalent the world over. While I understand the inconvenience to condo owners of having noisy short term tenants, I am surprised Thailand has bucked the trend and banned rentals of less than 30 days. Decent management in the condo complexes affected is also obviously lacking in Thailand, allowing guest misbehaviour to occur and antagonising condo owners.

No known conditions related to these conditions? I could imagine an insurance company looking for ways to weasel out of cardiac arrest and stroke if you had a history of high blood pressure etc. They are all conditions for which you'd not want to pay out of your own pocket.

For what? Food poisoning would be difficult to reject on any grounds given it's obviously unrelated to any known conditions. Other illnesses not brought on by something at the destination point would be more challenging to claim.

As a dog lover and carer, your posts in here utterly appal me. If I could block you I would.

The Chinese also know how to cruelly torture and kill dogs for food - most of them domestic dogs and strays. The number of victims is over 10 million a year. Mainland China is the last country in the world I would be praising for their dog ownership policy. A crueller nation towards animals would be hard to find.

So you want him to purchase all the wild animals from Chatuchak to increase demand and provide revenue for further illegal importations?!

For a start, he shouldn't be in possession of an Australian kangaroo or emu. No one should be allowed to keep a collection of wild animals, particularly as large a one as this.

It's not so stupid. No amount was mentioned in the article and the fact she got a 15 year jail term would have suggested that she had more than a quarter gram on her.

Agreed although there are some nationalities much easier to judge because they are represented by the actions of the many rather than the few.

What would you expect from the Shinawatras? Thaksin is a close mate of Hun Sen. Would you expect the former small time drug user shooter to have any concern for embattled minorities?