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they will face the full force of disciplinary and criminal measures.

And remind me, how much force is required to punch one's way through a paper bag?

While chasing the alleged suspects, RTP no doubt tripped over the brown envelopes...

Once again, our US tax dollars hard at work for us expats living abroad. The US and Eritrea are the last remaining Citizen Based Taxation nations on the planet. It's disgraceful that we have to file taxes in the US as well as the countries we live in, and get near zero benefit for it.  We are third-class citizens and punished for working outside our country. Write to your senators and representatives unless you're happy being taxed twice...

11 hours ago, Toany said:

Money comes before anything else to the government.

If the tourists have a long memory, they will never returm

I guess they all know that Tourism as they once knew it is dead.  Perhaps a final parting shot at us "filthy farang" - one final fleecing for proper effect. Farming here will persevere, everything else will shrivel and die.  *disclaimer: I'm usually wrong about everything, according to my wife...

A bit late to "consider" this now, yes? The damage has been done already.

My 2¢

But it will likely not impact the need to bring in more and more tourists from mainland China.  Thailand, along with other SEA countries will become the Petri dish for the next pandemic.  Throw in the ongoing pollution from burning sugar cane and methinks this is the beginning of something horribly bad...

6 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

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Good to hear the owner has insurance too.

For any newbies here, this simply means they "know somebody who can make the situation go away"

"Fantastic! This is the spark of hope I've been waiting for to bring my toddler to the clean and family-friendly shores of Pattaya!

Good thing that its such a safe place at night for my teenage kids, too!  Can hardly wait to sail right through LoS' efficient and friendly immigration lines.

This is sure to get those tourism numbers back up to a healthy level!!" - said no informed Thailand traveller, ever.

5 hours ago, Rally123 said:

Says who? I don't see that quoted in the OP. All it is is a tragic accident that hasn't been yet fully investigated and the 'lynch party' are already calling for blood. For all we know the woman motorcyclist may be completely at fault. Usually the case here in Ting Tong land.

Thai Rath said that 72 year old businessman Sittisak Phimrasee, the car driver, was not looking where he was going and slammed into the mother and child sending them flying across a median strip. 

according to the OP, at least...

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5000 road accidents in 5 days

And the RTP will focus their attention on two holiday merry-makers.  I guess when you can't tackle the big problems, you go after the low-hanging fruit... (no pun intended - I don't know the bloke in the vid and have no idea how low his fruit actually hangs...)

2 hours ago, from the home of CC said:

Red and yellow co mingling? If she's preggers won't the kid be orange?

Hey, don't joke about it! That's how Donald Trump was born...

Absolutely direct opposite of what the government should be doing - this will deincentivise most dog "owners" from registering.  Free (required) registration, fines if not registered and licensed.  Free neutering/spaying.  Anyone think there are already too many stray dogs running around, or just me? 

2 hours ago, dotpoom said:

You obviously never seen the  Series .."World's dumbest criminals"....I have actually never seen a Thai person in it...so you can guess where most of them come from?

No no! They DO have that series here, it's called, "The News."

7 hours ago, Darcula said:

 

What good is an orgy without a bit of vaseline.

Yes, I suspect the sheer abundance of Vaseline makes it the concoction of choice for censoring online images (KY can be used in a pinch...)

2 hours ago, Bob12345 said:

He is handsome and was famous... he could get away with almost anything in Thailand besides murder, stealing, or being drunk/high in public.

 

Where did he go wrong?

Only happens when you steal from the rich, otherwise it wouldn't be worth the bother...

12 hours ago, balo said:

The Thais would do us all a favor if they can get rid of him the local way. Make it look like a suicide. 

 

Exactly.  Death by balcony.

Yep. Death by "Insufficient Funds."

2 hours ago, Darcula said:

 

Also known as the Kosher Nostra.

 

Just made my morning :-)

Well, I guess one starts with "sleep walking" and soon that's not enough.

One moves on to "sleep stealing",

then "sleep driving",

followed by "sleep evading arrest."

I hope he gets better while "sleep incarcerated."

Okay, sorry, but 

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Laem Chabang station chief Anugun Preedayut said that the youths had admitted to drinking and not having a license. They were worried about being arrested so decided not to stop. No drugs were found in their systems.

Youths? Really? At what age do Thai males actually become adults?  Apparently not by 20 in this case...

Exacerbated by belief that mental health issues are "family secrets" to be ashamed of.  Certainly not specific to Thailand, but the sooner all health issues are accepted as equally important AND the stigma is removed, this will continue to happen.  Very sad, indeed.  Lives lost, families broken... ???