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Why would British police escort people off a flight in handcuffs arriving in the UK for overstaying in Thailand for a couple of days?

A number of times arriving from Bangkok into the UK, the police have come on to the plane to escort off passengers in handcuffs. Can only assume they were wanted fugitives either returning of their free will, or after being extradited to justice.

My biggest concern would be in satisfying the Land Department. They want to see that the money for purchase has come from overseas and purpose of transfer must be stated clearly such as "...for purchase of condominium in Thailand". Better still is to state the exact address in full of the property. Last thing you want is some jobsworth at your land department refusing to effect transfer of the condo. When I bought here (twice), I sent in one payment each time in GBP from UK to Thai Lawyer's client account. The Thai bank did the currency conversion.

Agreed but have you ever looked at the low insurance coverage offered even when correctly licenced? I have first class motorcycle cover and only 200 Baht day for 20 days hospitalization, Maximum of 80,000 Baht for bodily injury and 500,000 Baht for death. Basic compulsory insurance much less.

Given the low levels of proper traffic enforcement and official prosecutions, will Thailand extradite one it's own citizens who is "suspected" of traffic offence in the USA? Fleeing the scene is common in Thailand and life is cheap here. Will be interesting to see how the Thai authorities handle this. Suppose we are unlikely to hear if she is actually extradited, but certain the USA will not give up publicity of their extradition request.

555. Had to quote as someone deleted the correct emoji.

As usual the "racism" card is played. These foreigners are not being targeted because of their race. They are being stopped simply as they are easily identifiable as a ready source of funds. Would we ever see a headline "44 Thai drivers arrested in Patong with no driving licences"? No! I first witnessed these stops in Patong, broad daylight in 2016. Only foreign riders being stopped whilst Thai families of 4 on a bike, all with no helmets were not even looked at. Easy stop at 200+ Baht per time (maybe more now). Best and safest option is only ride/drive with all paperwork in order and follow the rules. I do think that the MC hire shops should be compelled to require valid driving licences though and it remains to be seen what action is actually taken against them. Renting a car without a valid DL at the airport would not be possible (though I'm not sure they always demand an IDP from those without Thai licences).

In the UK some or most ISPs provide their routers with 4G back-up built in. Not sure if same available here in LOS. So glad I'm on 3BB Fiber and not True. My connection never misses a beat unless some bozo truck driver takes out the line pole????. I always have a back-up just in case of network interruption (such as power outage for maintenance in our building that knock our the router). Then can use my mobile phone as a hotspot with laptop for a few hours.

I beleive its down to the condo unit owners. I seem to recall we discussed changing management on occasion. We have always had plus management and they seem to do a very good job so no need to change. Our manager is very proactive and helpful.

Was talking to a friend about angle grinders a few weeks ago. Next day went to a website on my PC and it had adverts for angle grinders on it. I had never searched for angle grinders ever but there were ads for them. How was that? Clearly my Android phone, logged into the same Google account, had heard the discussion with my friend. What else can there listening link with?

Haven't seen it mentioned above, but I find the price value rather poor. Sure the food is ok but service so-so. Can be very busy but the prices on my 2nd and last visit (Sep 2022) were way in excess of the quality. Only went because it was a friend's birthday.

Does anyone really think that the offenders will care? If they can't obey the law or pay an official fine, they are unlikely to worry about renewing road tax. Too easy to pay off cops and that's even if ever caught. I got stopped driving with expired Thai licence some years ago. 500 Baht "fine" and let on my way.

Was watching the Sky News live from the court earlier. Went on a bit so turned it off. Not surprised at sentences, but why make the 36 life sentences concurrent? Certainly he's a bad one like many other coppers the world over. Seems that the media is extremely focused on this (rightly so as crimes are terrible). But many police have issues and simply cannot be trusted, here in Thailand, the UK and the USA. Just send him to jail and throw away the key.

Don't be defeatest. Plenty of fun and excitement in finding the next one! And the next...

Assume OP @SuperSilverHaze is talking about a 5G data package. I'm on AIS postpaid with a 4G Samsung S20 phone. At home here in Bangkok get 132Mbps/Down and 43Mbps/Up on AIS. I can understand that OP might feel agrieved that he is not getting speeds he assumed or were "advertised" for the price paid. Be aware of small print which is likely what the network will fall back on as a get out. Doesn't make it right but that's how it is. As he mentioned network infrastructure will vary too. User numbers and data consumption on the cell site will likely affect speeds too - high concentrations of Thais watching TikTok, YouTube or Facebook videos will certainly slow network speeds. OP did not mention which phone he's using. Some phones are much better than others when it comes to network speeds both on 4G/5G and WiFi connections. I used to use DTAC from 2002 until 2020 and finally gave up on them as their data reliability became total s.h.i.t.e.

Jeez, coming to Pattaya and worried about how the road construction is. Sure, if it was a specific question for a location such as in front of your hotel then valid. Surely there are more exciting things in Pattaya to look forward to than road construction!

Should those here who rely upon visa agents for their extended stays be worried? Could this trickle down to lower level immigration officers too?

Agreed totally. During Covid, I met a huge number of expat friends through a couple of bars in Bangkok and Pattaya. We enjoy lawn bowls, bicycling, motorcycling, dinners as a group with our significant others, get togethers for Sunday roast lunch (often 18 persons at our table) and coffee etc. Mostly Brits but also Irish, Swedish, Dutch, Americans, Canadians. A real decent bunch of people who have worked hard, been successful, got pensions/investments and just want a better/different life here in Thailand. Not everyone is the miserable type or sexpat often portayed coming here.

Why did the USA have to destroy the balloon. Surely it would have been more useful if there was some way to quietly intercept and capture it for further forensic examination to ascertain it's exact purpose?

I won't ever move to the right or turn right without turning my head to do a quick rear observation. Same when in car or on motorbike here in Thailand or the UK. I was trained to do this in the early 80's by a motorcycle instructor. There's a very good reason why they call it "the life saver".

There's a restaurant chain that seems to be pretty good. My understanding is that they have millions of customers and are popular in many countries. Their menu and pricing is reliably uniform and offers many choices. They are usually open for extended hours so you can get 3 meals a day there. A description of "great" goes they seem to fit the bill. The name of the company is McDonalds and their branding is red and yellow. Let us know how you get on.

This topic gets regurgitated every year. Over and over again with divided opinion. Nothing is going to change anytime soon. We have to live with it and hope whatever small measures are introduced will reduce the AQI numbers. For me, here in Bangkok right now, sitting on my 5th floor balcony, the air is fine to breathe, I'm not choking or wheezing and the sunshine is nice. Of all the years that this gets discussed, the only times I suffer discomfort, is when riding the motorcycle through traffic in the heat and stuck behind a dirty city bus - those should be eliminated immediately (or at least replaced with latest specification low emmission engines). I feel that if the transport authorities imposed low emission requirements it would be the greatest help. One point, if it really was such an issue then I would not choose to stay here.

Not true. No tax id needed. A Thai id card is needed for a personal account but NOT a tax id.

Do you really think that Thai citizens using PayPal in Thailand are paying taxes where due?

He couldn't bare to leave the young attractive massage girl he met while staying on the island?