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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...