Jen65

you have not mentioned whether you own or rent property . Is your husband retired ,working and /or have financial means to support you adequately if you were left on your own . Your financial status may affect a proposal to alleviate your situation of being forced to leave . If you own property ,put in joint names , put necessary money in the bank for a retirement visa then your husband makes a Will and leaves all to you .

Quality tourists . You get what you wish for .

Strikes me like "monk" ey business !

Lucky you ,as an Australian and yes, some Embassies ( very few) get involved in doing anything when their citizens die abroad except issuing the required death certificate . The British Embassy here has nothing to do with issuing passports except in emergency .They are done by the HMPO however there is , on the back page of ones passport the facility to inform whom is ones next of kin. They obviously record the death and will likely help if there is no next of kin . However , this article refers to "when a foreigner dies in Thailand " and although you as an Australian may have a large presence and thus larger Embassy and resources here , many other nationalities are not so so lucky with some having hardly any representation at all .

How does the embassy get instructions from the deceased ?? I wouldn't rely on an Embassy doing much in the way of assistance apart from supplying the requisite Death Certificate ( get quite a few of those ! ) Much better to assign ones Lawyer to be the Executor of ones Estate and to Execute the Will ( as long as one has been made) and ensure they have all the necessary information on file to do so . The lawyer should be aware of any other Wills made and specific to assets in other countries . Having a Lawyer deal with this avoids the input of supposed girlfriends / family / other parties arguing over who gets what !!

Thailand is a 2 horse jockey - it will always change horses to the one who it thinks offers the most in kickbacks . You have to look at the Authoritarian / Communist governments in the region and it seems Thailand is set on joining that circle . They are already buying Chinese Submarines so no way should the US supply anything with advanced technology .

very useful and informative post. It does help if one resides in Thailand and has next of kin/wife/girlfriend and has assets (local and overseas) whatever and , if one has a WILL , to make a sealed letter (the place known to your next of kin ) listing your assets , bank account details , the place where your original Will can be found ( Lawyer / Land Office ) , contact details of whom needs to be informed ( ie financial adviser / lawyer / overseas next of kin etc ) . The WILL may state what type of funeral to be had or if body to be flown back overseas and also anything specific about the ashes . This should be consulted at the earliest .

looks a yes, with Chinese Engines !

Quite likely she wasn't in "reasonable state of mind " when she carried out the shooting , being consumed with anger . He may have been psychopath ! Lots we really don't know about what lead up to this killing or "murder" .

Monkey business

Well, that's your point of view and I think she deserves a fair trial where no doubt the full facts and history of the case will be disclosed and for the Judge to decide on the appropriate sentence , not us .

I remember the old saying "clunk click every trip " !!

Seems like she worked at the store where he also worked ? as proprietor ? don't know. So he kicked her out on the street after beating her and abusing her for 4 years ! Wouldn't you be angry ?? You stated he had asked "the woman" to leave his house ! She wasn't just a woman but his partner of 4 or more years ! She got her revenge and carried out the "dare" , much to his disadvantage .

one should consider the other side of the story where Thai girls/wives find themselves in abusive relationships - maybe the male half turned to drink/drugs or had unknown abusive traits before the marriage / relationship and it is usually the female who comes off worst - jealousy or otherwise . There does not seem to be a happy medium in Thai relationships where the parties can sit down and discuss their grievances and either come to an amicable solution or seek help . Here, it appears everything is either fine and loving at one end or the other extreme end where the male half (usually) loses it and becomes violent - out comes the gun or machete ! I can hardly blame the female in these cases where she was stuck in a stormy relationship and beaten regularly . At least she knows he can't now inflict any more pain or come after her at a later date if she had tried leaving him . I hope any Judge is sympathetic to her plight .

Another Grenfell in the making ?

It was stated some electrical work had been carried out just previous ?? I wonder whom made these works - proper competent person or an amateur ?? That may well have contributed to the short circuit . As far as I understand , the regulations require an RCD on all new electrical installations but on older installations or ones done by an amateur , the absence of such can prove disastrous and/or fatal . I wonder if one was fitted which could have mitigated the short circuit and consequential fire/explosions ??