Burma Bill

If he is deported back to the UK, then he will be entitled to all his State OAP back increments and bonus payments that were frozen 11 years ago! (if he was entitled in the first place).

A packet of sunflower seeds????

For reference from link to OP:- A key suspect is Mek Rama, a businessman and the owner of a famous hotel in Phuket who is the husband of actress Yardthip Rajpal. He was arrested during the raid at a luxury house in Bangkok’s Bang Kapi district. The police seized more than one billion baht worth of assets for examination under the Money Laundering Act. https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1144828 Apologies to Moderators if this is not allowed.

I sincerely hope so - get rid of the yellow anti-democracy and pro-military dinosaurs in Bangkok!!

Are the police pulling out all the stops to prevent this??

Interesting - surely he could have braked and then later restarted with a "hill start". I note hillstarts are not included in Thai driving tests like they are in the UK.

Well I never!

What a laugh, another load of verbal clap trap from the police in Bangkok. It will NEVER be policed up North. During my 20 years of retirement in rural Lanna then Isaan, every Songkran it was the same routine and my duty to drive the family members all packed in the back of my pick-up, along with the iced water drum and water pistols, to join in the water drenching in our local town. As driver and sole occupant of the cab, I always locked the doors and windows to prevent myself from getting wet and covered in white powder. I never drank alcohol doing this so as to keep 100% alert of the many inebriated idiots around me. The windscreen wipers were always active. I relaxed with a beer in our local bar when back home. Such rules coming out of Bangkok some 800 kms away, were usually ignored. I no longer live in Thailand, but I am certain it will be "as usual" this time around.

With respect, not forgetting the blocks/packs of ice and buckets of white powder!

I totally agree - home is Ukraine, admittedly minus the Russian illegally annexed region in Crimea. Hopefully this will be rectified when the Russians are beaten into retreat!

Do they eat Pad (dy) Thai??

Yes, Cambodia via the FPCS (Foreigners Present in Cambodia System). For reference: The “FPCS” applies to all foreign nationals, including tourists.................record foreigner information when they arrive in Cambodia at any entry point. It will also record their data when they leave Cambodia. The onus for registration on the App or at a police station is not yours, it is the resposibility of your hotel/apartment/house owner/manager. https://ips-cambodia.com/foreigners-present-in-cambodia-system/ My landlord registered me on the App using his smartphone.

Yes indeed. Sulphuric Acid is used in the manufacture of Heroin from opium, Cocaine from Coca leaves and in the process to make metamphetamine (ya ba in Thailand) . https://www.unodc.org/documents/india/ccch2.pdf

Amazing - are there unsafe arrivals with THAI???

Koh Larn - an idyllic tropical Thai paradise??

Sing a song with a happy ending??

A check with the cement company's roster sheet should identify him - or was he a migrant?

For reference:- Agarwood chips are used in the manufacturing of incense, perfumes, traditional medicines, and agarwood oil. Agarwood is an endangered species and is protected by Convention. Agarwood oil is traded worldwide and in 2018 was worth 8,303.7 million USD. It is popular in Chinese traditional medecine. Full story:- Wikipedia - Agarwood and https://straitsresearch.com/report/agarwood-chip-market#:~:text=Agarwood chips are used in,traditional medicines%2C and agarwood oil.

With assistance from an agent at porous land borders with Laos, Cambodia or Malaysia and maybe Burma??

With the possibility of mains water shortages ?? Have large plasic water containers ready for the local water tanker (a frequent occurence where I lived in rural Isaan). These tankers used to fill strategically located static tanks throughout town where one drove to for filling one's containers. No problems for those with their own well.

Don't Juntas do this during coups????

A penal colony by any chance???

So, expecting more street battles between Thais and foreign tourists???

As shown in photo - several of these bridges have been constructed (or being constructed) on the sections where doubling of the narrow gauge (one meter) line is in process on the Northern Line to Chiang Mai. This has nothing to do with the proposed High Speed Line projects which will be standard gauge (1.435 meters).

Yes and when I read this, well!!! "There will be men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles and mixed doubles"