paul1804

Well there would be plenty of Brown envelopes being handed to many of the BIB including the hierarchy so a blind is turned!!! A lot of these Chinese business people have a lots of money so that stands tall in Thai society, especially with politicians and law enforcement. Thailand really needs to cleanse its self of these practices but I doubt that will ever happen.

We all know its only about those brown envelopes when it comes to the booze industry in Thailand. Corruption is Thailands archillie's heel !!!

I think up to the 12th week is already legal & in place but this new arrangement is for as stated after the 12th week. The article should read that but typical Thai reporting !! 12 - 20 weeks is usually for medical reasons which makes sense and should be a woman's right globally if you ask me.

I am somewhat surprised at many of the comments here, this is bad publicity for Thai tourism and very sad for the victim and his family. Maybe there is some more to the story than is being revealed but still rather disturbing.

Lies, lies & more lies, Thailand doesnt for 1 minute believe that. They want to sit on the fence so they will not be disadvantaged in any way, especially financially!! The Russian corruption machine means Thailand can easily do deals with Russia where as countries with more transparency & morals will not. By not openly condemning the invasion means Thailand are well placed to benefit much like Burma & North Korea, China to a lesser extent!!

Not before time but will the police enforce it because it is so wide spread, It is a start & I suppose its better late never!!

What a joke, as long as the military are in power as they are presently and all the generals are getting well looked after they will be quite happy but as soon as a non military person comes along and gets to be leader those generals have to get snouts out of the trough they burr up, present company included.

If you were an elderly Russian lady you would probably take the risk as well!! Much better quality of life in Thailand unless you are well off financially. Your comment is hardly relevant to the old ladies situation is it and thats the topic here!!!

Do you think there were enough police on hand to reprimand the 1 elderly lady???

Hang your head in shame Thailand, just like your stance on Burma. Wait until you get invaded by china or the likes and you will then realise the error in your ways!!!

I think the doctors are a little out of touch, sure people come for the beaches and Thai culture etc but they also come for partying, bars and women but I do agree that 2am closing is plenty of time to have a few drinks. It would make no difference to me if they closed at midnight, still enough time to have a few drinks but thats my personal situation which wouldn't suit a lot of bar goers!

This just shows how naive Thailand's politicians really are, with all the Chinese construction investment companies currently in deep economic crisis the CCP may not be so well placed to promote financial investment in Thailand. The last thing Thailand needs is a swarm of Chinese investors buying up real estate here but for some strange reason Thai politicians have a love affair with the Chinese. Maybe Thailand will finally be colonised which is what chinas long term ambition is then the Thais will have to start working like the Burmese do here, can you imagine that!!!!

What a joke, the Thai legal system is a sham and the judge that allowed bail should be struck from the bar!!! The guy arrived at the agreed meeting place with a kitchen knife, the couple appeared to be unarmed!!!

It all depends on how good a finish you want?? Are the repairs and the walls even, if not and you want a good finish get a plasterer to plaster the walls. Remove the crayon as it will probably effect the adhesion of anything you put on the wall wether it be plaster or paint. You could buy a sealer primer and give it a coupe of coats a day apart and see what it looks like. Alternatively If the walls aren't bad get a course hand sander and give it a good sand, if it comes up ok then just put your primer sealer on and then top coat it. Good luck.

2am seems more than reasonable to me, a balance between common sense and responsible governing should prevail. Let the industry workers go home and sleep for at least some of the night when we are supposed to be sleeping!! Who really needs to drink all night, those are probably the tourist sector that we can do without.

Dont hold your breath folks, there is sadly a pending global financial crisis looming by the day. Inflation is out of control and the Russian invasion of Ukraine is affecting the tourists that Thailand desperately need. If the rest of the planet condemmed Putin by imposing sanctions it would force his hand to withdraw. Sadly many countries like Thailand do not go so far as to condemn the Russian Tsar for his actions and also allow the oligarchs who are part of Russian system safe havens for themselves, their families & their Mega yachts, etc etc. Again Thailand should hang its head in shame because the reasons are monetary driven. If they (Thailand) could see the woods for trees they would realise if the war was stopped it would help their tourist numbers increase next year but that would be too obvious wouldn't it!!!

One would have to be very unfamiliar with Thai practices to have expected anything else. The Thai legal system and its enforcers should hang their heads in shame! What a disgraceful corrupt system which protects the "haves" and exposes the "have nots"

I wonder what the outcome of Joe Ferrari was if any!!!! Reading the words ICEBERG jogged my memory.

what is the difference between hard liquor & cannabis, no tax's on cannabis I guess!!! What about all the real hardcore drugs readily available and used in Thailand, they should be focusing their efforts on these deadly harmful drugs and let cannabis run its course. 10 countries allow free use of cannabis as well as several states in the USA & 1 in Australia. So the Thai doctors who freely prescribe legal drugs far more harmful to the body than anything like cannabis think its not ok, why dont they research the side effects of sleeping tablets, antibiotics, chemo & radiation effects and the list goes on. If they are serious about controlling harmful drugs subscribed to the general public then I suggest they go back to medical school and really learn the difference between what is really harmful to us and what is not!!!

Yep, its completely out of whack, what's naturally a highlite of our lives is frowned upon by supposed do gooders. Take a look at animals in their natural habitat, they are having sex as soon as there bodies are reproductive. That doesnt mean I believe young girls should have babies as soon as they physically can but educate them about birth control from an early age and slow down these unwanted or unplanned babies! Once they have birth control firmly in their heads let them screw each others brains out!!

Whilst I totally support the fact that children should not have access to Porn I cannot understand the access everyone including children have to online murder scenes and violent crime yet strangely no-one seems to care about this!! You have to ask yourself why are there no laws preventing this, I dont remember it ever getting a mention!!! Its a sad out of whack world that we live in!!!

Quite obviously the entire Thai legal system is in dire need of an overhaul, too much violence and with such lenient punishment is little to deter the likes of this ex RTP con. He was an officer of the law so one would like to think he should have a better understanding of the law yet in 12 years he has murdered twice. Lets hope the legal system and its puppets get it right this time!!