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3 hours ago, HHTel said:

It will be a mini-series rather than a film.

 

It's been widely reported on Thai media.

It is indeed a weird world.

One minute they were threatening to prosecute the team coach for extreme negligence, then when worldwide attention brings Thailand into focus, and that powers that be, see cash cow and unlikely prestige, they can ' as if by magic ' give boys that were not even Thai nationals, citizenship overnight. Thus, enabling them to fly all over the world and be treated like mini superstars, because it suits the narrative of the Thai government.

Meanwhile you have boys and girls studying hard for years, who were unfortunate and unlucky enough to be born in refugee camps, or half Thai ( the same as some of these boys) on the borders of Thailand, waiting between 8 and 10 years for recognition and citizenship.

43 minutes ago, Levi Patterson said:

My wife and I saw the movie and enjoyed it. I’ve recommended the film to friends in the U.S. Unless a film is a documentary, the director generally has creative license. The director has a couple hours to make a film regarding events that lasted more than a week. Perhaps the governor should come up with his own film that would meet his satisfaction.

If the Governor did that, there would only be the Governor in it.

Just now, HHTel said:

Well at least the boys got around 94,000 dollars each from Netflix on an alternative project.

How so?

Looking from the outside, the governor is annoyed because he has not been portrayed as highly as he thought he should have been and nor has he been the main focus at the centre of the movie.

We all know how sensitive these government people are; when it becomes an issue of how they want to be perceived, how they think they should be perceived, and how they actually are perceived.

I haven't seen the movie but I did watch the documentary. The skill, determination and bravery of all those involved was awesome.

I do feel though that the whole saga now has been ' milked enough ' especially by the Thai government and bureaucrats. It's now all about face and egos.

No doubt this will be a major ' tourist attraction ' for the next ten years or so and be charging foreigners ten times the admission fee over and above the Thais.

2 minutes ago, Max69xl said:

I'm happier when not have to work. ????

+1

22 hours ago, CharlieH said:

May be those that have a family or other relationships in Thailand. Its not always about the money.

Sure,

And many people are not just about ' cash ' they like work/home life balance.

I know many that don't care about money, but as such that they have enough to live off, but are happy to work for much less to be in an environment that they feel contented.

The world has literally thousands and thousands who quit the ' rat race ' of big salaries and high powered jobs to just be happy.

The OP seems to have a narrow view on life.

On 11/22/2019 at 3:57 PM, NancyL said:

Cyril, did you have arguments with the girlfriend during the month when you were off the alcohol?  Maybe you should ask yourself what's more important -- your girlfriend or the alcohol?  Would she be happier if you didn't drink EVERY day?  Maybe just a few days a week as a compromise with her?

You cannot ask an alcoholic just to drink a ' few days a week as a compromise ' do you know nothing about addiction?

Your first sentence is exactly the point of the matter and makes perfect sense!

The OP needs to ask himself that one question!

Antiabuse is satisfactory as an aid to assist a little bit, it is useless without the willpower to back it up.

8 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Mr Abhisit told police that Mr Prock was submerged, causing him to not see the tourist in the water.

 

Yeah, cause he was

And that's the whole point of it. Nobody here to say otherwise!

We now have no witnesses except the boat driver, a dead victim who was traveling alone and on his own.

Of course the boat driver is going to say he was submerged and outside the swimming area. He would do him no good to say otherwise.

And yes, conspiracy theories are abound, and do start when people who have been here a long time.

We see how these tragedies and misfortunes are constantly twisted, lied about, covered up, dismissed out of hand, because of the tourist dollar, in a country that nobody wants to take responsibility and safety is always a secondary concern.

It may have been genuine accident and he may have been outside the swimming zone, but after all the nonsense we see here every day, no wonder you have a public that is very skeptical.

Also, who is to say he went looking at coral when he was ' on his own ' or have they just surmised this scenario?

2 hours ago, HeyHeyHey said:

To open a business in Thailand you must give 51% control to a Thai

 

For each work permit you must employ 4 Thais

 

but someone frustrated that nobody in an American business can speak English is racist?

Yeah,

But we do not have to bring ourselves down to the low level of those who make the xenophobic and racist laws in Thailand?

There are plenty from the USA working in Thailand who cannot speak Thai that rely on Thai translators to get by, yes or not? I bet they also speak English to any fellow co workers in the office who are from the States?

Be fair, or do you want all immigrants to sing the star bangled banner every day?

You are a probably a descendant from immigrants.

Having said all this, I find the article hardly newsworthy.

20 minutes ago, cme said:

El Arenal beach is the Spanish equivalent of Pattaya beach, no more representative of Spain than Pattaya is of Thailand.

Hahahaha,

I went there once thirty years ago! It was full of Germans and all the Brits were around the other side in Magaluf!

It was OK because I was 27 at the time, I still even then, had no plans to return.

59 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

Sorry, I can't think of any, what sort of things would you be thinking of?  I just don't think it's even touching on being illegal.

I think I can.

58 minutes ago, sanemax said:

Why would someone want to pretend to be somewhere where they're not ?

I think there are a few points here, some which I have come across:

1. A guy I knew down in Phuket had his money going into a UK account and had a friends address as his abode. This was because he was drawing pension and not entitled to annual increases if he lived in Thailand as it was not on the list of countries allowed by the FCO.

2. When you are out of the country for over a certain amount of months per year, you are classed as non resident and therefore not entitled to free healthcare from the NHS or to be registered with a doctor.As a non resident, not many banks I know will accept you in the high street.

3.Free healthcare and NHS services are provided for UK citizens/residents and those from the EU under reciprocal arrangements working in the UK. This is why they are clamping down on the free ' medical tourism ' to the UK. They want to know where UK residents actually are and that they are in the country.

4. People fraudulently on sickness benefits claiming long term health problems but actually sat in Thailand in a beer bar in soi 6 don't cut it.

All the above are illegal and that is why they would pretend to be in the UK whilst being elsewhere I should imagine.

1 hour ago, Just Weird said:

For a full state pension 30 years' contributions are required (unless you a man born before 6th April 1945 when 44 years NIC would be needed).  

 

https://www.gov.uk/state-pension/eligibility

I read differently.

https://www.gov.uk/new-state-pension/how-its-calculated

Yeah,

I read this:-

And it says 35 years.

https://www.gov.uk/new-state-pension/how-its-calculated

Barry864,

It's not nice, it's not fair and its not ethical.

Also, to those prattling on about verbal contracts, do you think Thais give a damn about verbal contracts when the boot is on the other foot, without written guarantees? ...............What a crock of <deleted>!

However, you have no chance of a refund, and it will cost you a lot more to employ a lawyers services chasing this cash.

You could also if it went to a court, just like an unscrupulous Thai would, say in court that you were renting month by month, and you want your deposit refunded.

You will be given the run around until you get so frustrated that you quit chasing your deposit. Thai Chinese are not noted for generosity or compassion.

You should not on hindsight, have given the condo a super clean as it is not appreciated, and as another poster stated, allowed your girlfriend to stay in there until the expiry of the lease.

Also, again on hindsight,I would not have cleared up all the final bills and stretched it out until the end of the rental term and given them the run around like they are doing to you now. That is what a deposit is for, to cover any eventuality, which includes these utility bills as well as any damage excluding ' wear and tear '. Again, unfortunately, Thais landlords like to call wear and tear damage when it suits them.

Other posters are talking nonsense about verbal contracts, they very rarely stand up in Thai courts.

  I and many others on this board know the courts and legal entities are ' document mad. The court would have asked the landlady where was the documentation proving you had extended by another three months.The courts do not like, verbal agreements as it becomes ' He said, she said '

LIVE AND LEARN for next time, your deposit is gone.

4 hours ago, jimn said:

Register for the state pension portol online and check it. Its very easy

Yes,

Done it thanks, it is 35 years according to the government website.

YUK,

Stomach turning and disgusting.

New menu for those cutting back on food to keep money in the bank for retirement extensions!

10 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

 

so he must have been about 14 when he got the mother pregnant then ?

 

Seems silliness and sex runs strong in this family

 

They revised his age further down the story to 42 years of age, not that it makes much difference to the victim!

On 11/20/2019 at 6:40 AM, steve187 said:

either pay a voluntary stamp class 3 £16 a week, or go self employed class 2 at under £3.00 a week, but class 2 may stop in the near future

Hi,

I am paying class 3 contributions as there is no other way with residing in Thailand. I am also clearing arrears but they only allow me to go back as far as 2006-2007.

How many years must you contribute for full pension? I am 57 and have 10 years left and have paid about 20 years.

13 minutes ago, Sticky Wicket said:

My UK passport doesn't have biometrics or a chip in it

 

OK,

Then I am wondering how they can get you into the Thai biometrics system?

It's a question not a statement.

Well, here is a tricky one!,

His passport was in order as far as entry regulations go.

We now have a number of options here:-

1. Did he get stamped in without biometrics at a land border?

2.Did biometrics fail to pick up his new identity and match it to his old one?

3.Did biometrics not find and associate him with his previous identity, and Thai Immigration won't admit it.?

4.Are there any countries left around the world using old type passports that biometrics cannot match up?

5. Did he enter on a Ghanaian passport? as these are biometric!

6. Are any of these female IO's ex-girlfriends?????????

footnote:-

Recent developments. To conform to the recommended standards (i.e., size, composition, layout, technology) set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Ghana has issued biometric passports as standard since March 2010, though existing non-biometric passports were valid until November 2015.

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

And the fees going into whose pockets?

Hehehe,

Thay's what the fight was about, probably!

2 hours ago, emptypockets said:

It does not mention the age of the boyfriend. It mentions the ages of the men who repeatedly raped her. They could very likely be different people. Pregnant at 13 is not that unusual in Thailand or anywhere else for that matter.

Correct,

And the authorities have previously stated they believed as many as six people were involved in the attack around the time of Loy Krathong. The boyfriend, in all likelihood, was nearer her age and coerced or bullied by older Thai males.

13 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Guy looks like a criminal.

And how come they let him board the flight in the UK with no VISA and no return ticket?

 

Why would he need a Visa when boarding in the UK when British nationals get 30 days visa exemption when they arrive at Bangkok?