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Isn't it odd that Bryan Flowers of the controversial Nightwish Group and Adam Judd of the bastion of news that is 'The Pattaya News' didn't report on this incident. Do they have skin in the game?

I'm not surprised. Most Thais are lazy, apathetic, selfish, cowardly and thick. They're too afraid to remove their masks let alone start a protest of any significance. Which is why the army, ruling family and big business leaders, know they can get away with anything.

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Surely not! Thais are well known for their honesty, civic pride and law-abiding character.

If your husband wants you to pay them, probably a good idea to pay something as a goodwill gesture. If he doesn't, don't pay them.

Makes a change from flying to see his mistresses.

I might 'adjust' the amount of tax I pay to these benighted simians.

Do you support (pay) your wife? The family is just an extension of them, so you'll have to help to take care of her parents, too. Either accept that its part of the Thai culture, however crass it may be, and pay up... or change your partner.

The company handles all the visa and work permits of their staff.

Because if they were asked, there would be answers to the questions. All you're doing is showing how inexperienced you are.

No, you missed the point, they weren't asked.

Asking for a friend here in Thailand, who's foreign not Thai, and in their early 60s They are have been unable to work for 4+ months due to a sudden and chronic illness with slim to none chance of returning to the office of state-owned company in Thailand where they have worked for the last 10 years at in Bangkok. The company has been paying them sick pay every month (more than the 30 days they are legally required to do under Thai labour law). They haven't terminated the employment and the sick employee has not resigned. The visa expired a couple of months ago and the Immigration have provided x2 60 day extensions on medical grounds - a situation that can't continue for long due to the sheer amount of paperwork involved each time from the company, hospital, and standard difficulties with immigration officers. The company have said they will not renew the work permit, which is due in a few weeks, unless the employee can return to work (they can't). So will this nullify the employment contract without the employer actually terminating it, and having to pay any severance pay which might be included in the contract. Presumably no work permit / employment contract, would also nullify the chances of any 60 day medical visa extensions. Any advice would be appreciated!

So when the Immigration Officer 'told' them, they didn't think to ask the suspect's name, age or how long he had overstayed for. Stick to running bars in Sin City.

Well done, Sherlock. It's been this way in Thailand for more than half a century. Nothing is changing anytime soon.

There are concrete buildings instead of wooden, too.

Exhibit A. Why any kind of progress in Siam will be a long time coming.

The trusty mental health card. The rehab / sex addiction card will come next.

Funniest thing I've heard all day.

He's one of the few leaders who has been able to hold the country together and stay in power for any extended period of time. A nation of lazy simpletons like Thailand actually needs a strong dictator to keep them in order.

It's a shame the punishment wasn't more severe.

Oh, bet they're scared of some mean things being said.

Firstly it's not a renowned website. Secondly, it's a clickbait article listing unusual airports. No stats or data show why the airports are listed there. The Thaiger is an abomination.

He's a murderer. Shame on the Thai police for allowing him to escape.

Most of these TV shows are staged and heavily scripted by producers to create a certain narrative. In this case, move over North Korea, the manufactured propaganda was that foreigners are backwards and chauvinistic while Thais are forward-thinking, modern progressives. Thai Enquirer fell for it hook, line and sinker. Because, well, the people who run that website are pretty dim.

Good coffee - La croisette Pool - there's a pool hall opposite Pontoon nightclub. All the bars have really bad quality tables Good restaurants - a few nice Italian places Girls - Street 136, Street 130. Plenty of bars around here. Pontoon is OK after midnight.