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On 7/20/2019 at 10:05 AM, RichardColeman said:

This story does not add up to me. An Egyptian tourist deliberately speaking English to a Thai ?

English was most probably his second language (at least before his throat was cut) and she would most likely not speak Egyptian or Arabic - most if not all of the Egyptians I have known & worked with speak fluent English - quite a few were pussy magnets though........I guess old habits die hard.

On 7/18/2019 at 6:58 PM, Orton Rd said:

what a laugh- 'animal cruelty' in a country where cock fighting is legal (and they DO use blades) where animals like pigs are kept in appalling conditions and where they are quite happy to let millions of soi dogs wander about in various states of decay, and where even the house dogs are banged up like prisoners rarely taken out. We all know why dogs have special status and it's not religion.

What is that special status?

15 hours ago, cardinalblue said:

there is no third party to mediate or arbitrate or award....this IS a problem 

Seems so.................

16 hours ago, ocddave said:

I think the only acceptable form of justice would be to burn her and her family alive in a vehicle, let them have their smartphones so they can send their last message before they die.

Don't you mean selfies?

16 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

This is Orachorn (Praewa) Thepasadin Na Ayuttaya (showing sincere remorse).

With persons of her elevated status, you don't just take matters into your own hands.

These are the Thais that bind. Protected from the top on down.

She looks well fed to me......................

16 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

 

The sad thing is, I doubt she or her family regard this as more than an inconvenience for them. Because that is the cultural norm in a highly segmented social structure. Would be different if any of the victims had been of equivalent or higher social standing.

 

They provided her with a car, knowing full well she was underage, had no license and no insurance. They let her drive around anyway. They tried to use family connections to make the case disappear, and then complained bitterly at the small amount of community service punishment; complained when the probation service said she had to do the community service at an approved hospital and not the one she wanted where a relation was in charge; and complained again when the courts stopped her from driving again for x years - petitioning for the ban to be lifted.

 

At no time has she or her family shown any responsibility or remorse. Just an annoyance at the inconvenience. But again, that's the social norm for hiso's.  

 

Until such times as families of wealth and connections aren't allowed to behave like this, the justice system has no chance. Many here are simply above the law, and many more believe they are also too. 

Everyone in Thailand thinks they are above the Law...................

16 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

The army is there to protect the elite, the powerful, the super wealthy, those in power, and those that are connected. This is a tough nation for a common man or woman to live in, as their rights are not well regarded, nor protected. It is up to this family, to do everything in their power to shame the perpetrator of the manslaughter of these students, and her callous family. Nine corpse Praewa should be made to suffer, in whatever way is possible. Social media is a good place to start. 

Exactly.................a dedicated Thai language web site...........or a Hi So publication like Hello magazine that dishes out dirt.

17 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

The irony is that the family name has a "Na" in it. Untouchable.

Untouchable by whom? Or does it really mean in this day and age or current context untouchable as in unclean, not worthy and not to be associated with?

20 hours ago, cornishcarlos said:

That's one of the major problems here, once you win a case for compensation, how to actually get that compensation paid ?? It's very hard to enforce without taking them to court again...

 

Little people loose, big people don't give a rat's a.s

I such a case as this I would for the first time ever contribute to a go-fund-me plan to employ a decent honest lawyer to pursue the driver & her insurance company for compensation to at least that recommended by the court plus aggravated damages from not paying up todate. Problem being where would one find a competent honest lawyer willing to take on a high society lawyer.

They probably mostly came from KL complete with a selection of drink spiking tabs,

All News is either fake or tainted.................even Sun Page 3 ended up with fake images...I ended up taking them all down.

4 hours ago, KKr said:

World War II bomber found on moon. 
Back on April 24th 1988 a tabloid newspaper reported that a Lancaster Bomber has been found on the moon.

hardly an example of bad journalism of the quality "news"papers "Sunday Sport" and "Express" that were enhancing the story by confirming each other. 
21 years on, people still quote this titbit of a so previous century joke. 
personally, would rather investigate the more credible lower right headline ????

 

image from Sunday Sport on Flicker

Not a B52.

On 7/8/2019 at 9:14 AM, NCC1701A said:

He is more than popular. I would say he drives women crazy with desire. Women want him and men want to be him.

He is the most interesting man in the world. A true genius. Brilliant. Charismatic. Extraordinary. Good-natured. Humorous.

 

Nikola Tesla 1856-1943............................some of his notes are still missing believed to be with the FBI in the USA.

On 7/6/2019 at 3:19 PM, ubonjoe said:

I did not find it either.

Here is one from another embassy that will be accepted. http://thaiembdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Medical-Certificate-Form-For-Non-Immigrant-O-A-Long-Stay-Only.pdf

This is the same form I got from the Embassy in London some time ago.

3 hours ago, Tuvoc said:

And where would you go to get these tests and get that document signed - a private GP would be my guess. 

Correct.

My NHS GP would not sign as blood tests would be required and as I had no symptoms he would not sanction the tests. I subsequently contacted an Aberdeen workplace clinic and was quoted about 800gbp and would of had to wait a good few weeks for the test results. I have since heard from other folk who stated their non UK Doctors adopted a different approach and simply signed off on the certificate based on no "apparent" symptoms.

If you apply for an O visa (I think it is) in Thailand it is only valid for 3 months but no medical or police certificate is required and then convert it to a retirement visa but you still need to obtain a multiple entry permit.

4 hours ago, Samuel Smith said:

"not good for the image of Chiang Mai"

Only if posted on the internet...............video could of just been sent to the BIB and the rest of the world would not be overly aware.

15 hours ago, Brigand said:

the elite is ambivalent on

Ambivalent on most things that matter to the man in the street I would of thought............same everywhere though.

1 hour ago, ThomasThBKK said:

Because it's all rubbish, just look how changi in singapore does it, super efficient...the stuff gets xrayed when u check in anyway??? why double xray...

Looking for stuff they can apply duty too I expect......can't be security because the plane has landed.

11 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Well, at least ONE govt policy seems to be working! Today Nordics, next...…………?

Belgium...................hopefully......

19 minutes ago, bkk75 said:

Oh come on.. Get off your high horse. It's no different than foreigners who have a few $$$ and treat Thais/Asians like they're uneducated servants.

....and as a rule do those foreigners you refer to go about slapping the locals - not in this day & age anyway. I think he lost more face than he realises.

7 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

Should have been charged with assault, banned from entering the mall for life.

Also have to pay compensation and named 

Agreed............the guy got slapped twice BTW. 

5 hours ago, RobboR said:

So he slapped two people for effectively 300 baht!

Vile creature of a man.

 

Not a very good idea to have separate buffets with different prices in the same restaurant. Add to that you can only sit in the seating designated to your buffet.

It's bound to cause issues but the way he reacted is appalling.

Why didn't he just upgrade the other members to the 495 baht buffet?? Cheap bastard

That is how he got his Porsche.................

On 3/16/2019 at 10:56 PM, JackThompson said:

Yes, if you can prove the income to the satisfaction of immigration.

65000 has to be seen to be from a foreign bank into your Thai bank account.

13 hours ago, Dumbastheycome said:

In all fairness to the original Dentist/s who were aware that  the tip of a tool  was somewhere in the gum and advised the patient of that with probably  more information than has been stated that if after  5  years of symptoms apparently due to that why did she wait so long?

Many many years ago I required the removal of a rear lower molar. Unfortunately I am one of those  who are the nightmare patient to Dentists for extractions due to  "hooked " roots. Apparently a genetic Celtic predisposition.

My extraction  was eventually achieved  by basically crushing the entire tooth  in situ and  a laborious piece  by piece removal. Apart  from a lot  of bleeding no issue  for  about 10 years. Over that time I progressively required more extractions until it was  appropriate for a  partial lower dental plate. Within a  week of  my  new capacity to  chew  beefaloe I started to suffer sharp  pains in my gum. Over a period of  maybe 10  days the  pressure  from the dental plate caused  small fragments  of dental enamel in the gum from that very  first extraction to be disturbed and consequently  rise to the surface. Not a  big  issue. In fact I was  simply  fascinated  that  such an embedded object  could stay there so long and not somehow be absorbed. At  no moment did I consider the Dentist  to be at  all negligent. Rather I remain grateful  for the  extraction of a tooth that otherwise  could have had  the potential  for more very serious health issues.

I too was advised by my UK Dentist that fragments of a hooked root could rise to the surface after a difficult extraction....it duly came to the surface of the gum upon which he removed it when I went back a couple of weeks after the extraction. 

15 hours ago, possum1931 said:

I read that two thirds of Thai adult male take part in prostitution in some form.

and the BIB too.........no doubt.