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I was referring to Thailand's treatment not the UK or Europe. The Rohingyas when they were rejected by both Malaysia and Thailand.

My Thai digital nomad friends tell me it's difficult to find a rental property in many parts of the country because so many Russians are staying longer term in the country.

Outing a swastika online for any reason causes outrage and condemnation here in Australia. There's always someone who lost a relative or more. Thais don't have the same reason to fear the presence of a swastika.

You are wrong as has been pointed out to you.

You are the only one talking about 'one person'. I am well aware how classifiers work. There is no reason for me to be respecting a single individual when the discussion is about whether farang includes Chinese.

Neung khon rather than nung. Kon Jeen is Chinese people and that is how they would be referred to as a group. Anyway I think you missed the point of my post. Over.

For harder drugs, like ketamine and the cocktail many were apparently carrying, I'd have expected some jail time.

Khon (or in many cases in Thailand and Cambodia 'Con') not Khun Jeen. I am sure they also have more than their fair share of 'stale' people too.

Whatever the legality of gambling in Thailand, Thai police no doubt profit from it and turn a blind eye to those who are cheated or exploited by gambling operators. The country will never be able to claim to being a civilized nation until it cleans up the force that is meant to enforce law and protect people rather than exploit them.

Who cares about the semantics. It's obvious the Chinese enjoy favourable treatment with regard to breaking the law. Money talks.

Exactly! Thai law is applied in highly unequal amounts depending on who you are, where you come from and how much you pay. It's disgraceful.

A Chinese national! A criminal! Surely not!!!

They are testing more so for 'harder' drugs, particularly now that marijuana is legal. I certainly would never have foregone a 'smoke of the funny stuff' back home because of the possibility of it being detected when holidaying in Thailand.

Actually if you watch the video, it appears that they did simply leave - did see much forcing going on.

Thailand was once semi lawless (in a real sense if not in theory) and a much better place to live in then than now. At least the Thais have taken a step in the right direction to improve the country's quality of life by legalising marijuana.

There were many more Thais than foreigners as can be said in the video showing EVERYONE leaving.

Ahead of Pattaya Police, yes I would support support people who don't care about laws. The only reason Pattaya police care about laws is money.

I suspect all too many of the local farangs are ready to pounce on any foreigners bending the law while ignoring the fact that Thais are the ones who act most irresponsibly on the roads in their own country.

Lol. Plenty of bikes wherever you go are on the footpath or heading up the wrong way of the road. I doubt that many of the riders are ever apprehended.

Reeks of double standards in a country with the 2nd highest road toll in the world. Good on the guy. He paid his fine and that's the end of the story.

I also taught English in Japan, though to adults rather than high schoolers. My experience teaching in Japan was also in large classes, where students were fearful to speak, afraid they would make an error. For all the hours spent in school and in the workplace, Japanese spoke the language poorly. The same could be said for Thais. Every child spends 3 hours or so a week of classes studying English, but compared to Cambodians, have not made the kind of progress with oral English that their hours of classes would suggest they should have done.

<deleted> there are many foreigners living and teaching in Thailand who could be employed for translating official signs. It's not that difficult to get it right!

All very well for you to defend the inept English translation but let's not forget that this is a sign at a major bus station and there is no excuse for authorities getting this so very wrong. Thais like Japanese are notoriously poor learners of English, sharing the same belief that the culture and language are so unique that they should not have to learn other languages. I am sure that in a western country where other languages are required for official signs that the translations are accurate. There is also far less excuse for so badly misspelling place names.

I don't understand how these pro Russian posts get so much support. There are obviously more Russians and lovers of the country around than I would have thought likely. Don't know how any of you can defended the brutality of its soldiers. As for the comment that most country are neutral or support Russia, this would certainly not apply to European, British or American based countries. Perhaps some of the more desperate countries relying on Russian handouts might turn a blind eye, but any country with a decent moral outlook would surely not support such an unprincipled regime.

Deportation? He will be dead before he has a chance to 'go home'.