grumpy 4680

             This case really looks like very bad case of poor police work, or very poor judicial system, for jailing a man on such poor evidence, and how come this  evidence only recently came to light, when it should of been investigated at the very begining.

      With all the economic woes in Thailand, why doesn't the Bhat go down, The UK Pm, gets a dose of CV, and the pound goes down, so no wonder of all the theories of manipulation.

      Its the big financial tycoons running the UK economy, but here its the military  ?????????

             and we all thought Thailand had loads of money in reserve lol     evidently not

         Reserved for Military Expenses     ???????????????????

16 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

But is the set policy or one bank manager?  Have not seen anything official and doubt one bank would have different rules than another.  AFAIK there is no pay on death provision for Thai banks.

   Lopruri3,  I see no reason why if one bank does as above, the information is documented and filed on their computer, so if the partner uses the same bank, the information will be accepted.

     It is possible in the Bangkok bank to add a name to an account that in the event of one's death, the other can make withdrawals, Without making it a joint account, 

     The problem with will's, can be the probate laws, which tend to be very slow, and maybe taking a year before access is allowed to that account.

     The Bangkok bank method, makes it far better for a partner or named person to access the account, probably at a time when most needed.

         All the money has been accounted for, so where was the corruption ?. certainly does not appear to be Shinawatra.

      A new russian Consol General for Phuket.

           Could that even mean a new safe bolt hole for the suspected Russian fugatives possibly in the 

area

     18 months of pandemic pain ahead ?

       And now they are already considering opening the door to China again ?

             Talk about opening the door after the horse has bolted.

       PET CLARKS,  sailor.    grew up to be a shipwright, joined the navy.

  Still got, Beatles (please please me), Wings, ELO, 10cc Albums.

23 hours ago, webfact said:

The man was with several elderly French and Belgian friends - all residents of Pattaya - hanging around at the beach at 5pm as was their custom.

        There's no mention of whether the guys were walking on the sands, or just sitting by or on the sea wall, or with how many friends, was it needed for a gang of cops to arrest them. or just be told to move on, in spite of the rules, this could of been a harmless matter, or did dirty cops see a means to make money, no mention of what happened to the other friends.

        People that play with fire, can expect to get burnt. 

        If Kim is alive and well, it would just  prove to what extent communist leaders will go to in order to stay in power. 

2 hours ago, chickenslegs said:

Never heard of the Roman Empire?

 

And, the Dutch, Portugese, Spanish, French, and Belgians all had their moments in time.

     Those events in history have no comparison to what China's been up to.

       With hindsight, and with all the pitfall's the opposition are creating, does anyone really believe that Labour or Lib Dems would of achieved a better response, I don't think so, The UK and many other countries were not prepared for such an epidemic, which is not surprising, Britain is proud of its NHS, and more spending may of been required, but if it had wharehouse's full of equipment never to be used, then opposition would have created more complaints on Government spending.

      I dare say Boris will prepare for another outbreak in the future, should China deliberatly repeat the virus, in retaliation for not accepting their denials.

       Thailands  economy is built on import taxes, so i guess this will be another push towards China. 

     One can now understand why so many Thais are so desperate, years of neglect for its people, yet so much wealth spent on the Military, for so called security reasons, Thailand has no external enemies, just internal enemies.

1 hour ago, sitti said:

sounds just like what Europeans, mainly Brits, had done in the past

     Sitti,  Please explain your comment.

     Many Thais, and some foreigners who left to renew or extend their visas, are still trapped in local countries, like to think that efforts are still made to let them return ASAP.

     I guess Sweden can kiss good to that money, The Cambodian Government is more inclined to let illegal logging continue to line their pockets as well.

     They have too much Chinese influence which says "up you"

    BRILLIANT,  but have border crossings between some the states been re-opened yet.