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Pai is nowhere near any border, unless bordering other Thai villages counts....

I don't even think it can be called a mistake at all, let alone a horrendous one. For all anyone here knows, she may have issues at home and she was confiding in him and she may have hugged him, seeking solace. There are numerous circumstances that may have brought that about that we have no idea of.

Asking for trouble??? How on earth is that asking for trouble, especially in a family friendly city such as Pattaya! For all we know, they may have had his shirt removed to check for injuries. But even if he was shirtless while jogging... get a clue! That is no excuse for assault and battery! The Thai fool was apparently drunk. You act as though he was morally outraged? lol The level of nonsense here is so high, I'm thinking that this could be sarcasm! If it is... you got me!

I happen to know someone (very well) who had their life destroyed by unfounded accusations and an over zealous District Attorney (in the US). This article makes me remember that nightmare... and from what this article stated, there's nothing that I can see that is even remotely illegal. All the speculation is insane. You would think differently if you ever knew a decent guy who got caught up in the wrong place at the wrong time and said some stupid things to manipulative police, and went from a 160,000 USD/year job +bonuses (with 4 kids in private schools (now in grotesque government schools), a nice house, and 4 cars - 2 hobby cars and 2 luxury cars) to finding it extremely difficult to find a job, losing his million dollar house, and all but one car, (not to mention about $50,000 USD for bail and lawyer) after having pleaded out to a sexual crime that they were trying to throw him in State Prison for years, to a lesser crime, it was a very long and stressful year+ for him and family. And of course, his reputation is tainted forever in the community. The "authorities" (Sheriffs and Child Protection authority who kept up a threat of removing his daughters to State custody - with no reason other than their accusation, made up out of thin air, that he sexually abused them) couldn't care less about real evidence, just a conviction to keep their record looking good. It would take too long to explain, but it was a complete farce with somewhat similar undertones as the case here. The best thing for this guy to do is to not say a word to ANYONE - AT ALL - and get a lawyer as soon as the police arrested him.

Agreed, although in this case, it appears to have been a Burmese rather than a Thai....

What's sick? Would it be better if they were more middle-aged and breaking the law, instead of young and toward the old side?

Kinda hard to deport nationals, which if you did deport nationals for not operating by the Law of the Land, you'd lose 80% of the population. I guess they could be banished to remote islands.... I'm all for equal treatment.

All planes serviced by this team should get a thorough going over ASAP! Wouldn't that take the cake if the plane that went down the other day was serviced by these guys....

The posture of the man, sitting on the couch with the perp, seems one hell of a lot more appropriate than that of the woman cozied up next to the guy....🤔

I've had that issue in various parts of Thailand. The sidewalks are a complete after thought, it seems. Just imagine if you were in a wheelchair and how impossible it would be to get around. I remember a spot by Kasetsart Uni where you need to step onto Ngamwongwan Road in order to get around a pedestrian bridge stairway! And that's a busy road! I snipped this off of Google Maps, but I used to take pictures all over the place of stuff like this on the sidewalks and roadways. After a few years, I got so used to it, I stopped. I should have kept them... and taken more... would make a fun picture book!

Being that there was an informant, it sounds like he must have blabbed his big mouth to someone about what he'd done and was probably really proud of how brilliant he was in getting around their system. Beginning with the iPhone incident and on to this... I suspect that his IQ isn't particularly astonishing. Who knows what other illegal stupidity he's mixed up in.... A drain on society. Should be flushed down the drain... definitely deserves a wake up call with a bit of time behind bars.

Actually, that's a great idea, to ride your suitcase! Assuming it's not so far.... But not on the damn road!! lol Unfortunately, the sidewalks here are so RIDICULOUSLY BAD, it would be impossible to do it on the sidewalk, so in the end, you can't really do it at all.

More quality tourists. No surprises here.

It was a HUGE mistake going with China instead of Japan on their rail project. China is definitely up and coming, but why on earth go with them when the massive infrastructure that they've been building is crumbling at a rapid rate. The international media hardly lets it see the light of day and of course, it's even mostly censored within China. But they are constantly having buildings crumble, bridges collapse, and roads deteriorate rapidly. I think they will very soon be doing much higher quality work, but I wouldn't trust them with this project AT ALL until they have a better track record of projects that last. They've built a lot of really nice stuff, but their track record is still poor. Whereas the Japanese have decades of proven incredible excellence with their construction and in particular their high speed rail. I wasn't surprised when Thailand went with China. It was obvious for many reasons - one of which is, China is the very place brown envelopes are manufactured to begin with! lol It was a stupendously foolish decision to go with China over Japan.

Is it standard journalistic practice to release names of people who die in an accident before relatives are informed? I don't know, but seems like it shouldn't be this way. Just an opinion. I sure hope no family members find out by reading here or any news outlet.... What a sad incident....😞

Testing out the family friendly part?

I guess he doesn't care about qualifying for the discounted time off serving in prison for pleading guilty. He likely figures he has other ways of getting around that prison time....

Yes, RIP And added to the not very intelligent bits - being at home in bed at 4 a.m. or getting up from bed to start the day is closer to what an "intelligence officer" should likely be doing. Tax Baht hard at work paying these army guys to be out partying all night.... That could explain some of the intelligence branch estimations of how necessary it is for Thailand to have submarines!

As far as I'm familiar with ranks in my own country, this is the highest attainable rank, but it is not an officer rank. This was confusing that according to this article he held that top rank AND was an officer? Strange. At any rate, he wasn't any kind of spring chicken to hold that rank, and yet was out cavorting at 4 a.m.🥴 Edit: Just looked up ranks in Thailand. Apparently they have 3 levels of Sergeant Major (1st, 2nd, & 3rd Class), so this guy could have been much younger than I thought, if he was a 3rd Class Sergeant Major. I suppose to get that rank, one could get it in their late 20's if they're really riding up the ranks well and started early. Maybe even earlier for all I know, since apparently in Thailand they only have 7 enlisted ranks, rather than the 9 that I'm accustomed to. It probably also depends how well his family is connected.... Then again, if he was a police officer, then it would be the highest rank, but I'm assuming he was with the Army, since it said he was from Thanarat Camp, an army base.

CCTV is only as good as the desired narrative, otherwise the camera's will have malfunctioned or somehow the recordings will be missing pertinent minutes.

And the amazing healing power of royal pardons is now to be seen. He'll suddenly be in picture perfect health too!

At least they're keeping Pattaya's reputation clean and family friendly by not hosting it there!!

Whaaaaat??? Please entertain me with how the "Journalist" could think this could be a "related incident" to a naked guy cavorting with a cow.

Be positive. She studied International Hotel Management. She could be a receptionist at a family friendly guest house in Pattaya, or at least a maid at one....