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Article 7 of the Thailand - UK Extradition Treaty says: "The requisition for the extradition of the accused person must be accompanied by a warrant of arrest issued by the competent authority of the State requiring the extradition, and by such evidence as, according to the laws of the place where the accused is found, would justify his arrest if the crime had been committed there." If he were only an unindicted suspect, the UK would not have made an extradition request. Making such a request is a very big deal, and they're vetted by multiple offices, so it's extremely unlikely that one would be made in error. As you say, there are numerous other channels for law enforcement cooperation if all that is wanted is to question a suspect. http://www.thailawforum.com/database1/Treaty-Thailand-and-Great-Britain.html

Jetanin definitely does require a marriage certificate.

Most subjects of extradition requests are people who have been indicted but not yet tried...the goal is to bring them back to stand trial.

The Khao Sod article says "He had fled the country to escape drug charges that carry a life sentence", which makes a lot more sense than the claim that he had actually been convicted and given a life term. Once again, the crimes he committed were in the UK, not Thailand. The prisoner was taken by plane from Phuket to Bangkok, and the discussion was about which flight/airline had been used to transport him. It will be weeks or months before he can be sent back to the UK.

"1. Do I need to be married in order to undergo fertility treatment in Thailand? "Yes, Thai law requires couples to be legally married in order to undergo IUI and/or IVF/ICSI. You will need to present your marriage certificate at the hospital. "However, ovarian stimulation and some fertility medication treatments are permitted without being married." https://www.bumrungrad.com/faqs-for-fertility-treatment#LEGALQ1

How on earth was he out and about after being convicted and handed a life sentence? With the TM-30, 90 day reports, and biometrics, they should have been able to go directly to his home with no effort at all! The lack of an extradition treaty does not mean that a country won't turn over fugitives, it just means they're under no obligation to do so.

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Bangkok's BRT always lacked most of the features that make real BRT systems useful, like dedicated lanes, bus priority at intersections, and high capacity vehicles. This "modernization" now basically eliminates the few BRT characteristics that it did have, like prepayment of fares and platform-level boarding. With these changes, it's just a slightly nicer bus line, not a BRT at all.

"Controversial" in this case meaning "false and nonsensical"

Either this is very poor reporting, or Khun Kerati is a very confused man.

Same - mine reached its all-time high one week ago.

Please see my posts above. The FAA does not evaluate individual foreign airlines, and Thai Airways was not banned. Thailand was downgraded to Category 2, which had the effect of preventing TG and other Thai carriers from operating flights to the US (which they had no plan to do anyway). "The Federal Aviation Administration announced Tuesday that it was downgrading Thailand’s aviation safety rating to Category 2 because the country did not comply with international standards. "The decision means Thai airlines will be banned from opening new routes to the United States or expanding existing ones." https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/thailand-aviation-safety-faa/index.html

"The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has lifted a “significant safety concern” that it imposed against Thailand in 2015 because of concerns about the inadequate safety oversight of Thai-registered air carriers. "ICAO’s action two years ago was followed by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration International Aviation Safety Assessment Program’s downgrading of Thailand to Category II status, which has limited operations by Thai carriers to and from U.S. airports. "According to ICAO, a significant safety concern does not necessarily indicate a particular safety deficiency involving air navigation service providers, aircraft operators or airports, “but rather indicates that the State is not providing sufficient safety oversight to ensure the effective implementation of applicable ICAO Standards."” https://flightsafety.org/thailand-red-flag/

I don't know anything about the UK CAA, but neither ICAO nor the US FAA red flags individual airlines. Thailand, not Thai Airways, received the red flag from those organizations due to insufficient government safety oversight.

Having to post a 7x21cm poster that is provided free of charge will "burn vendors' profits"? Uh huh...

The question is, how did the methanol get into the booze at all, if they were supposedly just watering down ethyl alcohol and reselling it? Or did they buy denatured ethanol instead of food grade?

For the retail sector, "local businesses" pretty much means CP and Central, since they have a virtual duopoly. Do they really need protection? And by the way, if you go into a grocery store in Guangzhou, the eggs will usually be from CP farms in China. So Thai investment in China = good, but Chinese investment in Thailand = bad?

Can we please drop the "allegedly"? Yes, I know his legal culpability has yet to be determined in a court of law, but the facts of what he did that night are no longer in dispute by anyone.

This makes very little sense. People who want to work illegally will find a way to do so without much problem, and real tourists will have a holiday and go home. Most countries allow foreigners to stay 90 days or more, and yet don't have a plague of tourists driving buses.

She entered on a fiancee visa, but didn't apply to adjust status after marrying you? In any case, you're correct that if she doesn't want to live in the US or get US citizenship, then becoming a permanent resident is more trouble than it's worth. She should just apply for a regular tourist visa if she only wants to make short visits there. (During her visa interview, she should make certain the officer understands that you live in Thailand, not the US - that will greatly increase her chance of success.)

One thing I've always found fascinating is that an effective way to treat methanol poisoning is to administer ethanol: "Ethanol, the active ingredient in alcoholic beverages, acts as a competitive inhibitor by more effectively binding and saturating the alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme in the liver, thus blocking the binding of methanol. Methanol is excreted by the kidneys without being converted into the very toxic metabolites formaldehyde and formic acid." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol_toxicity

From the vague phrasing in the article, my guess is that Apple was not officially selling the phone in Thailand, and so it hadn't been registered with Thai telecom authorities (which I think is technically required, but often ignored by resellers). It looks like they were just piling on charges to be sure he would be convicted of something.

Thank you - that article makes a lot more sense than the OP.

Silly me, I thought the Cabinet was chosen by the PM and the ruling coalition, not by retired ex-convict grandfathers.

Just to be clear, "yaa dong" is not synonymous with "illegal liquor" - it's just medicinal herbs and wood macerated in alcohol of any type. The great majority of yaa dong sellers use commercially produced lao khao to make their product, since it's cheap, reliable, and easily available. "Illegal liquor" would normally mean "lao theuan", which is usually translated as "bootleg alcohol". It's distilled at home or by unlicensed manufacturers, and though it can actually taste better than lao khao, there's always the risk that poor production methods could lead to methanol contamination. Like other people who have posted, I've never heard of anyone in Thailand intentionally adding methanol to liquor that's meant for drinking, unless it's done with the specific intent to harm people.