paul1804

Apart from Hunters drug use and personal behaviour there's a strong business connection with rather dubious dealings between Hunter & the "Big Man" which gets very conveniently overlooked!

yes quite true!

As Trump stated many times, its a witch hunt! Come on you US citizens, its time to drain the swamp!

Totally agree with Boris's comments, what a bloody disgrace the US legal system has become! It all started back in 1962!

"As this story continues to unfold, updates will be provided to keep the public informed. For now, the focus remains on upholding the standards that travellers have come to expect from one of the world’s busiest airports" Don't bother waiting for the outcome, it will be released that it was a misunderstanding and the officers apologise if they caused any concerns for the travellers!

Tell that to China!

I would say desperate!

The usual repetitious reporting headlines where the 2nd paragraph is the same as the first!!! Also about 2 months ago they put out a news brief to say that they had already decided to implement Vat on items below 1500 baht and yet here they are soon to put to to cabinet meaning it is still to be decided or enforced. Will they ever get it right!

Unbelievable, only in Thailand!!!

So they apologised for what could have been murder but wasn't, just dangerously angry uncontrollable actions, completely unbelievable!

Depending on the accuracy of the reporting some positive changes but they haven't really thought this through to have a real impact. Nothing about the crazy 90 day reporting which has to be the most obsolete rule in Thai immigration, especially for those on work permits. Lots of other changes needed to make a real impact. Nothing wrong with offering free visa's but due to the rise in crimes committed by foreigners they really need to improve their screening process. Also surely over stayers flag in their computer system so why are there people who have overstayed by sometimes several years and discovered by a whistle blower rather than the authorities doing their job!! The mountains of paper work that is required for anything visa, work permit or even a licence is completely nuts, they have the information on file so why add to it with numerous sheets of paper, this is really Third world thinking!

"Tourism Association, Ratchaporn Poolsawadee, pointed out that the island’s infrastructure is struggling to keep pace with the rising number of tourists. He highlights how Koh Samui lacks a cruise ship pier despite over 40 cruise ships scheduled to visit this year" So the infrastructure is struggling to keep up with the current visitor numbers yet the president wants to build a cruise ship terminal which would likely attract more cruise ships putting and even greater strain on existing infrastructure. These guys just dont see how improved infrastructure will cope better with more tourists, the past revenue from tourism has been squandered by those in higher places and will continue to be the case until there is some accountability and thats not going to happen any time soon! So given the status quo Samui and the Islands needs to a attract a better quality of tourist and not quantity!!! Put a stop to all the frantic construction and fix the basic amenities, electricity, water, garbage and road safety probably being the most pressing! Oh and road safety includes sorting out the Taxi mafia and the lunatic drivers, Thai & Farang!!

And fix the street pavements, install public toilets in tourist areas, get the RTP off their backsides to stop illegal parking causing traffic hazards and so on!

Exactly which we all know is just convenient BS when it suits them!

Deport them in 48 hours, that will stop the BS from reoccurring!

How convenient!

Very sad, may he RIP. Read into that what you may, Thailand doesnt want any more bad publicity so do you think they are going to announce foul play if that is the case, I bet not!

How could you ever imagine that those darling Thai male youths would ever do stuff like this so lets call them Burmese! Very convenient to blame the Burmese boys who would be very aware of the fact that they can be sent home to fighting & hardships so why would the jeopardise their stay in Thailand by carrying on like this?

Dont think it only happened to you, I got severely tricked by one but fortunately now divorced, much happier but somewhat poorer! I looked after her and her family extremely well but that wasn't enough, she basically wanted everything!

Unfortunately that is the nature of the beast, I think many Thai's see kindness as a weakness.

Coral bleaching is the outcome of higher water temperatures and due to the current higher temperatures many coral reefs will not survive. Tourist boats with no sewerage holding tanks releasing raw sewerage onto the reefs will effect the health of the reef, this is where the Thai authorities should be doing their job, no holding tanks - no licence! But this will never happen in Thailand because the authorities have no personal financial gain so why would they bother to do the job that they are paid to do!!! This mind set is why Thailand in many ways firmly remains a third world country.

So these crooked a-holes can walk free, you can bet your life if he were just a common worker he would be doing time for sure!

Corrupt society's attract corrupt people!!!

His vaccine mandate is the Covid Vaccine, not other essential vaccines that are proven safe unlike the MRNA shots thats effecting the healthy lives of many.

I think import duty is currently applied on items over 1500 Baht, so now it will be duty & VAT and if I dont miss my guess Vat will be applied on the total amount meaning VAT also charged on duty!