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Why doesn't Hun Sen put his hand in his pocket, he has stolen enough from the country's coffers.! 

After all, a large majority of landmines were laid by the Khmer Rouge, his former group of comrades and merry men; and many of them are still in the Cambodian government to this day. It was UXO that the USA was held to account on.

The problem with that country, no matter who is providing aid and expertise be it the EU, U.K. or U.S.A, unless they have monitors on the ground to control or direct aid and where it is going, especially if it's cash, it will get stolen.

3 hours ago, Jeremy50 said:

The friends should have had him cremated straight away, no further agonising for the family in deciding how to get the body home. It's a time for blunt practicalities, bodies in tropical climes should be disposed of quickly, not left hanging around for a few days, and then shipped thousands of miles for some unfortunate UK mortician to try to deal with. 

Jeremy50,

I am on your side with this but the friends need to clear it with family as nerves will be raw with all this at the moment. Common sense will not be at the forefront.

It is a terribly sad situation and I try to remember the old saying about ' walking a mile in their shoes before making judgments' An unfortunate statistic for Thailand, but he isn't the first nor will he be the last that chooses this method.

2 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

Quite a few comments regarding cremation in Thailand. Does anyone have a rough estimate of a "Wat funeral - barbecue, as my wife calls them." with the attendant monks and chants etc? Or, are there crematoria that will do the "ashes to ashes , dust to dust" part. 

Surely must be way more practical and less expensive than shipping a corpse back to the UK.

The actual burning can be done for 10,000 baht.

You have a lot of variables with how many monks, where the temple is located ( busier the temple, the more it is ) they charge body storage by the day. With the monks and no big deal, it would be around 20,000 baht to 30,000 baht I am told. This would be without the usual two or three days eating and drinking obviously.

Some of the bones are not fully turned into ash I am also told, so his friends would have to go the day after and package up and put it in an urn for transfer to the UK as the monks have no part of that.

51 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

The office they send it to is determined by the Tambon, Amphoe and Changwat you select on the drop down menus on page 2.

You report is valid.

I must add that I am well happy with the speed of response and approval. Easy and stress-free and straight to the point.

Total about 15 hours after application start to finish.

Guys,

I have just reported online and been approved and was not asked anywhere on the form for which office I used????? only my address of course, in Isaarn.

Is my report valid, it says approved across the top!!

22 hours ago, seajae said:

have had a Nissan Navara Calibre Sportech 4 door 2WD, 2.5ltr turbo, 7 speed auto(also flips to manual) top of the range for 6 months and love it. I have a bad spine and the seats are very comfortable on a long drive, very fuel efficient as well, also looks pretty good 

Nice looking car and usually Nissan is very good with the extras. If it was the UK, I would definitely look.

For me, Toyota dealerships and repair shops in nearly every town and city throughout Thailand clinch it.

On 10/25/2018 at 2:56 PM, HappyAndRich said:

As secure as it would be in any bank in the world.

Probably safer than many in Europe and the USA

3 hours ago, Ulic said:

Complaints about an unpaid fare when the customer is forced to flee for his life, ridiculous. 

It's possible as well that he had a sense of humor and was making light, excuse the pun, of a bad situation. 

Thai people can be witty as well, you know!

2 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

I thought "lent" meant you refrained from indulging in certain religious based things. Surely the "end" of lent should mean that a celebration should take place, not a restriction of celebration, after all there should have been no celebrating during the lent period, it is catch up time for what you have missed.

In my "logic" that means we should be celebrating and having a drink to "celebrate" the end of this lent!

 

PS: I know that the Buddhist way of life prohibits alcohol so it makes the whole selling/banning of alcohol in a Buddhist Country all the more ironic to me.????

The Buddhist way of life prohibits many things in its most strict interpretations. Thai people, however, being Thai, tend to favour the policy of doing wrong and making merit after to repent

It seems to work from their way of looking at it.

I haven't used THAI in years and always used to fly with them or EVA air. The planes got old and outdated, the cabin crew in business class became aloof and lacking friendliness, similar to British Airways to be honest. Qatar cabin crew leave them both at the starting gate regards customer service.

I have been using Qatar Air for a good few years now but their business offers are drying up and they are definitely cutting back on the ' perks ' that once set them apart. They are also constantly badgering me with ' special offers ' which quite honestly, aren't! I should have moved a while ago but it becomes a ' chore ' when you have the privilege class membership cards to start at the bottom rung again with another airline.

I have, even though living here many years, always booked UK-BKK-UK. This is due to the fact that flight deals always seem to be better when starting the journey from the UK. I am cutting my trips back now to the UK, so will probably switch airlines again. I still won't fly THAI business class unless they give an unbelievable deal, which they never seem to do anymore.

I think I would be inclined to try Oman, who are offering great business class deals on many flights or Finnair, for similar reasons. EVA air used to be good but it is then usually a long wait in London before a shuttle up North.

7 hours ago, z42 said:

Jesus wept let this ghastly, shambles of an airline free itself from the public purse so that it can die a swift and ugly death.

The fact that some THAI staff were wearing black smacks of unbelievable arrogance. Pathetic ????

+1

I think I know one guy at least making all the wrong moves in sucking up to China at his own country's expense. However, he doesn't care, as he has purely self-interest at heart and that is the despot, Hun Sen.

I cannot think of a leader that is as bad as him in South East Asia, and that is going some! Cambodia is hard and fast becoming a satellite colony of the Chinese, at the expense of the Cambodian people.

He has managed to alienate both the USA and the EU in one swoop, as well as destroying completely any ' mirage ' that there was a democracy. He, because China has offered to fill the void on cheap loans without human rights strings attached,

The EU is preparing to withdraw the preferential trade agreement that Cambodia enjoys in the ' Everything but Arms ' package. This will cost Cambodia hundreds and hundreds of millions in trade. Their biggest export being garments. I can't see China wanting that trade when they can make it cheaper themselves.

We have a guy who intends to remain in power, no matter what the cost to the Nation's citizens and a ' partner ' that doesn't care about his Human rights abuses.

16 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Thanks for sharing, I hope you get years of enjoyment out of it.You must be very pleased and proud of your new truck.????.Good for you, I am sure you earned it.

 

Green with envy!! 

 

 

Thank you,

Yeah, I really like it and hope I made the right decision, I will be keeping these a good few years!

A poster earlier mentioned about getting the top spec or kicking yourself later. I think they were right as amazing all the discreet changes as well as the obvious changes they have made.

when touring.

2 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Nice looking truck with alot of "extra's" it would seem.

Would you mind saying what the final price of that was ?

 

Hi,

Altogether it's come out in the very near region of 1.2 million baht, slightly more actually., about 17,000 baht more, so 1,217,000. Fully loaded.

I ordered everything that was going. There were a few bits I didn't budget for but no big deal in the grand scale of things.

This one is here for quite a while if I get my way and I won't be investing again for a good few years.

3 hours ago, janclaes47 said:

There is no statue of limitations on murder, Vorayuth has a statue of limitation of 10 year on reckless driving with death as result, not murder

I do remember for sure a case of a Thai educated guy that had shot a Thai policeman and disappeared and worked in London.

He came back around 1997-98. He became a friend of mine due at that time, to his fluent English and he was a manager in the condo block I was renting in Soi Suanplu.  Out of the blue, he was arrested and we later found out why, as described above. I moved on to stay in Pattaya and he came and visited me whilst he was down there with some friends. I was shocked to see him.

He definitely told me that the case was thrown out as it was over either 10 or 15 years time limit. I cannot recall the exact time limit he mentioned, as it was a long time ago now. I make no claim that it is true or false. I know I made no mistake in translation as in those days I spoke no Thai and all conversations took place in English.

Not sure how they stand on that because Thailand definitely has a statute of limitations on many crimes like this.

The cops may be out of time unless I am wrong, which I may be.

2 hours ago, sirineou said:

First of al might does not make right , if it did then you all need to stop complaining about anything the mighty do.

second , he entered the embassy to obtain a divorce certificate so he could marry his fiance, as he had every right to do, or do you suggest that only saudi citizens who agree with the Saudi government have the right to services from their government?  

 And finally. is Billions of USD your price for your life? IMO for most it is not but for someone with your attitude perhaps.

First, I did not say Might makes Right. I said........ Might beats Right........ That is a sad fact of the world we live in that because you are right, you still can not win when others have the power whether that be in military support, financial, government backing, judiciary, etc.

Second. He knew he was hated and despised, it was the fact that he had known he was on a blacklist for making statements in newspapers which were not going down well in Saudi Arabia.

As a Saudi citizen and previously, a man with Royal connections, he knew full well the types of revenge acts the regime was capable of, as he was previously an adviser to the Royal court! He was he convinced, he gave his fiancee a number to contact if he didn't return.

You then attempt to imply that I was saying only Saudi citizens that agreed with the Saudi leadership had the right of services. I did not say that and It was not stated in my post. you presumed that is what I meant, and jumped to conclusions.

Third. You have attempted to completely twist what I said regards the US contract with Saudi Arabia for weapons and arms which the general public know amounts to billions of dollars. President Trump had already lined up his ducks in a row and stated there may be ' rogue elements at work ' without knowledge of the Saudi leadership. He also probably knew they were behind it and were lying as he had received reports from US intelligence agencies.

We all know that is a feeble excuse and Trump knows nobody believes it. However, as far as he is concerned, these multi-billion dollar contracts and US employment, as well as their main ally in the Gulf region and a country that shares US worries and concerns regards Iran and its ambitions and hates the Iranians. Ac shared goal to put it bluntly.

This takes precedent as far as US policy is concerned that a solitary Saudi journalist. That is a fact of life, whether you like it or not.

I am speaking as to how it is being viewed by the US government. I did not say it was the right thing to do.

If you are going to enclose copies of my posts, then please at least read them properly first, before going off at a tangent and stating things as fact, when I have not said such things in my post. You have arrived at a number of incorrect conclusions by misquoting or misreading what I actually stated.

41 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Coverup in progress.

 

As far as "trump" fans are concerned, I can almost understand coming from that immoral space, saying doing the coverup is the smart way to go for "America First" and all that jazz.

But surely there isn't even one conscious person on the planet that actually believes this B.S.?

 

 

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-saudi-explanation-for-jamal-khashoggis-death-is-a-fable-still-trump-plays-along/2018/10/20/1777e3b8-d457-11e8-8c22-fa2ef74bd6d6_story.html

 

 

JingThing,

Any human being with the capacity to think knows this is a complete sham as we nearly all expected it to be.

The Billions of USD in arms sales and siding with the USA on Iran, for their own benefit mind! , takes precedent. Might beats Right, as they say!

I do not know what possessed him to enter the Saudi Consulate/Embassy when he knew for the last two years the Saudi prince had him in his sights.

1 hour ago, SammyT said:

Sucks to be you that the people in positions of power are likely less rational than the people on this board. 

 

All very well to excuse someone as out of order after they've been caught, but it's not like he handed himself in. I bet he's done this all the way round Thailand. I look forward to hearing of his sentence. Please pass on my regards when you go to visit him inside

Must be awful being perfect like you and us mere mortals constantly failing to come up to your exacting standards!

You must have lead an amazing totally crime free life and never so much has took a bar of chocolate when the shopkeeper wasn't looking.

Oh, to be perfect.

1 hour ago, SammyT said:

So surely the easiest way to stop the police from "winning" is to imprison him? Then no fine/bribe is paid, and he pays his debt to society through punitive measures? Or would you rather just put the boot into Thai law enforcement?

You are totally missing the point, if he pays, there won't be any court appearance or jail.

That's how it is. How many times do you see great press headlines and fanfare only for those cases to fade away and disappear? and why do you suppose that happens?