Robbie2618

Can anyone recommend a English speaking doctor or clinic in That Phanom or Nakhon Phanom? Thanks

The Chinese will definitely love this.

"The companies were formed as per the rules by all accounts" Thats only half of it, you actually have to have a legit running and operating business to go with that business registration, what they were doing was registering a business that was on paper only. It's easy enough to do it legally, open a noodle shop or some other small enterprise, it doesn't even need to be profitable just as long as it breaks even, you're legitimately running a business. Guaranteed there was not 270 businesses up and running that this Thai lady had her name on.

Its easy enough to do it the legal way, open a legit noodle shop or whatever. It doesn't need to be profitable just as long as it breaks even and you're a legitimate business owner. What these people were doing was registering a company on paper only, and foolishly using this same Thai lady that already had her name on hundreds of nonexistent businesses.

Don't understand the fit to fly requirement. Book a ticket and go, even if needing a wheelchair the airlines/airport supplies that on request. Unless she is clearly in medical distress nobody asks for a fit to fly letter at check in.

I would gather that most expats that have incomes outside of Thailand are not working for a company that's going to report the income to the Thai taxing authority and if your earning wages outside of Thailand then you would very likely have a non-Thai bank account. The only income the Thai authorities would know about is what's in your local bank account that you show on visa renewal.

Going to depend on the family, when me and the misses got married, the mother-in-law said don't worry about a dowry as we have been together for 7 years and 3 children and treated her daughter and family well. The wife said I should give something because the villagers would talk if I didn't and up to me, so I gave the equivalent of $1,500 USD in gold to honor and respect the mother-in-law and local customs. I guess I lucked out and live in a bubble the past 8 years as I read the horror stories of family fighting and treating the farang as a ATM. I've had nothing but the opposite experience from my wife's family and neighbors, lucky to have a very conservative and respectful family.

I'm actually surprised to read comments on here defending Thai Airways. I guess it just shows the differences in culture how people think. Personally, I feel openly being able to voice your displeasure at a company or even someone personally if there involved in the trades is legitime way to get change and warn people. Sure, there will always be people like here in this case that defy common sense, no pilot is going to randomly divert unless there is a good reason. But the few that do speak nonsense should not stifle the voice of everyone with the threat of litigation or jail. Many companies have changed a policy or how they operate by exposing wrongdoing, many government agencies have been exposed wrongdoing by people speaking out. Take in the UK now with the Post Office scandal, the big kicker exposing this to the general public was the mini-series Mr. Bates Vs The Post Office. It played a significant role in drawing attention to the scandal influencing the course of the official inquiry. This show would be illegal under Thai law as it defames the post office as well as officials involved, and the general public would never know the scale of the injustice and much easier for the government to sweep it under the rug. For the greater good of society free speech is needed.

When one hears anything happening to an "Influencer", the first thought that comes to mind is a staged incident, not saying this is one of them but when they go on to give no specifics of the alleged incident just her word it happened, it does throw some shade on it. Also, her saying in and out of the hospital means she wasn't hospitalized there for 10 days but the article would lead many to think that if they were paying attention.

Just means he knows where the true power lays.

Does not seem complicated at all, he was doing business and not paying taxes and got caught, strike #1. As far as forging the signature another law broken, doesn't matter if the partner agreed to it, strike #2. Then, they say his visa was expired but they don't say when unless I overlooked it so strike #3 an overstayer. Then misses 1st court ordered payment of 200,000 baht, somewhere around $6,000 USD strike #4. This guy has no friends or family to spot him $6K to stay out of prison? I guess with his decision-making abilities they aren't interested.

I would imagine just like many other countries that tax foreign earned income most simply will not report it. There is always some workaround to repatriate the money, the more you earn the more options there is.