traveller101

I'm certain that I have completely misread the story

Please correct if I'm wrong.

The Swiss has been issued a gun  license by the corresponding government department.

Note: Amendment to thai Gun Laws took effect in 2017. Before  that date, foreigners could apply for a gun license and if the application was successful, were allowed to hold firearms.

It would appear the legal, logical and straightforward way were to simply revoke such license. 

But he will now be charged with illegal possession of a firearm despite holding a license.

Something doesn’t add up to put it mildly.

2 hours ago, vinny41 said:

But at the same time there have been many convictions worldwide based on  circumstantial evidence

True - convictions based on the verdict of a judge and not on public opinion

A member of this forum comprehensively summed up the majority opinion of this board (32 emojs of approval vs 4 of the opposite) regarding the swiss guy's persona.

Based on two facts:

Verbal assault and a kick (unintentional or otherwise to be determined by a judge overseeing his trial based on available evidence).

Cutting in front of an Ambulance on non-urgent business (no lights and sirens) and verbally assaulting the driver accompanied by rude hand gestures. It is not known what exactly triggered this vile behaviour.

Also worthy of a mention are lots of unsubstantiated posts without providing evidence circulating on social media describing alleged wrongdoing by the swiss guy.

The all-encompassing character analyses based on the above states:

● He is unhinged and mad at the world.

● He is a perennial troublemaker

● He is a tiny moron living beachfront. What is wrong with him?

● He is a complete butthead and proved that over and over again.

● What mental disease does this idiot have?

● It is 'likely' that his mother was thankful when he left Switzerland.

Seriously???

14 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

The problem with this guy is it's not his first offense. There is video of him blocking an ambulance and giving them the bird. He's the exact kind of turd we DON'T need here cuz his stench taints all expats.

This alleged offence of 'blocking an ambulance' has been mentioned a zillion times - with a minor detail left out! This ambulance did not have their siren deployed and was not racing to an accident scene or to the hospital - apart from the Driver there was nobody in the van.

Accordingly, the only one ever charged was the driver of the Ambulance for telling porkies on social media.

1 minute ago, salavan said:

Swiss always were a very selfish nationalistic race

This is without any doubt the dumbest statement on all 7 pages.

Nothing further

Apart from this incident completely blown out of proportion by the media hellbent on fuelling the lowest xenophobic butthurt feelings, his real 'sin' is bringing media attention -  undesired to say the least by the local construction/property heavyweights. They might not be very happy having a light shone on their corrupt practices and thus the least of this clowns troubles will be of the legal variety.

Seems to be in realms of possibility, that he will be forcefully reminded of the damage he has done to the good reputation of the local real estate moguls ...... to serve as a warning to others.

Had a look at the Methodology applied by Freedom House.

Thailand scored 12 points for "Political Rights" and 24 points for "Civil Liberties".

The country sits at the very  bottom of the barrel in the category of "partly free". A single point less in "Political Rights" - 11 instead of 12 - would relegated it to the "not free" countries. 

2 major developments affecting the score developed after the Freedom House report was finalised.

1. Charter courts ruling that MF attempted to overthrow the monarchy with possible ramifications incl. to dissolve MF.

2. The drama surrounding Thaksin incl. approval by the relevant Authorities to once again entering politics was not known at the time.

On 2/24/2024 at 11:20 AM, transam said:

Got me thinking about my 1965 Vespa SS180, which I wish I still had..................😉

Same feeling here - (the "sport scooter in it's time) 1973 Vespa Rally 200 with over 12HP, Top Speed 110km/h. Nostalgia comes alive.

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Indeed....   this degree of 'whatifery' is quite entertaining as the myopic channels of someones mind meanders down a rabbit-hole of narrow mindedness oblivious to the bigger picture... 

 

If there's a power outage in a store is something like a big-C or 7-11 the tills aren't working anyway - no transactions are being made - but how often has that every happened to anyone anyway ????

 

Of course, the response is usually... if its in a 'mom-and-pop' store...  they'll still take cash....  and those comments are made without the comprehension that a 'photo to phone' transaction can also be made just as easily with PromptPay - Go to a wet market and we can see the phone to phone transactions being undertaken.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let me contribute to the 'whatifery'.

What if the PromptPay, you mentioned as an alternative, suffers a system glitch?

Uuuups - reality check below!

https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/general/40029006

In a nutshell: Thai Bankers Association, July 1, 2923

PromptPay glitch caused Saturday collapse of many mobile banking applications.

On 2/24/2024 at 2:12 PM, G_Money said:

“massive hack of the system one day”

 

Under what conspiracy theory does this fall under?

My IPhone has never been hacked.

 

Conspiracy theories?Let's have a look at reality - shall we?

https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/two-more-thai-banks-suffer-system-crashes/

https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/general/40029006 - latest collapse affecting digital money transfers 2023. 4 more similar crashes in the 1st quarter 2023, down from 17 in 2022.

https://www.wired.com/story/apple-execs-chose-to-keep-hack-of-128-million-iphones-quiet/

And for good measure .... just because your iPhone has never been hacked doesn’t mean that IPhones are safe.

July 2023

Dr. Campbell's ( Doctor of Nursing) findings of "white clots" presence in living people i.e. blood clots found in arteries are not unusual and caused by many factors listed below.

People on the widely prescribed medication Heparin/Warfarin are at risk of HIT, a rare dangerous complication strongly associated with potential thrombotic coronary artery occlusion, which is also attributed to mRNA vaccines. In the case of the latter, the risk is anywhere from 10 - 50 per 1 Million

Underlying causes of "white clots" present in living people include:

High-fat diet, smoking, diabetes, hypertension, alcohol misuse, lack of excercise and more apart from mRNA vaccines.

50 Million Baht equivalent $1.4M total budget to compensate Tourists for mishaps occuring that are not their fault.

Considering the generous amount of money being put forward, one can confidently assume that not all too many tourists involved in 'mishaps' are deemed not at fault.😉

The missing ingredient is actual  measure(s) introduced  to "encourage" drivers to adhere to the new rule. Politely asking drivers to behave won't do the trick - not just in Thailand but everywhere in the world. Well maintained Speed cameras (overt and covert) are quite effective to produce the desired results.

2 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

All Thais with income are obliged to declare it and pay tax if applicable - many are within the exempt bracket.  Income-earning Thais do not have any exemption from filing a tax return.   Who are "the Thais earning a lot of money" who are exempted from tax to whom you refer?

The following numbers for 2020 have been published by a news source that cannot be referred to according to Forum rules.

Total number of Tax payers recorded in the tax system: 9.55 Million

Taxpayers earning >25'000baht p.m.: 3.3 Million

Taxpayers earning <25'000 baht p.m. (below the threshold to file tax returns): 6.25 Million

I refer to to 22.4 Million people who are between 15 and 65 years old and are active members of the workforce, but not recorded by the Revenue Department

Based on the following relevant Key Data:

Total Population: 67 Million

Population <15 years of age: 10.6 M

Population >65 years of age:  8.7 M

working-age Population:       47.7 M

Participation rate: 67%

67% of the working-age population

are active members of the workforce - 31.9 Million people.

Of those 31.95 Million, 9.55 Million are recorded in the Tax system.

I hazard a guess that the Op referred to the:

22.4 Million people who are an active part of the workforce but are not registered with Thailand's Tax Department.

Common sense would dictate that not all of these 22 4 Million are in the "exempt bracket" (earning less than 25'000 baht per month) and furthermore not even recorded by the Revenue Department.

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Careful with the lame, all-you've-got insults.

Did it ever cross your mind, that your pedantic compulsion in commenting, questioning and correcting every member who voices an opinion not based on "official facts" or the absence therof, might offend and be taken as an insult?

Applying common sense and logic to arrive at a more than probable interpretation of this sorry saga being played out over the last 5 months is not only legitimate but contributes to a lively discussion and exchange of views.

The treaty between Australia and Thailand stipulates under Article 18, that Pensions and Annuities can only be taxed in the state of origin.

From an australian viewpoint, payments would comprise the government pension as well as regular payments from a persons (over their working life) accumulated superannuation funds.