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On 4/27/2024 at 10:28 AM, webfact said:

a decision that spurred public discussion due to the cutter price being higher than the fine.

The cutter can be used again in the future, thus making it the most convenient choice…😂😂😂

3 hours ago, bbko said:

And how do you know the feelings of the "majority of Thai people" when it comes to someone assaulting their children?

By living here and NOT closing eyes and mind like many seem to do...

On 1/13/2024 at 7:50 PM, Bday Prang said:

 if you could  understand their language to any meaningful degree, you would not have made that comment

 

YOU just confirmed my point...

Well done...

7 hours ago, MangoKorat said:

A couple of years ago my home (Thai) was broken into.

• No fingerprints were taken
• The intruders left blood behind - no sample taken
• CCTV photos were given to the police
• Many stolen items were not on the police report
• No interest shown when I went to the station to ask about progress

So, its not surprising that your wife doesn't know what they do.  I have visited the officer in charge of 'investigating' the break in at my home 3 times, each time he has been sitting at his desk eating.  I didn't bother making an appointment to see him, I knew he would be in - not out catching criminals. The officer 'looking after' my case was given a very clear photo of the intruder, a person who local people were sure they knew but couldn't quite place. I formed the opinion (you'd understand if I showed you the photo) that this guy was a career criminal and would be known to the police - I doubt the photo was ever compared to their records. When I gave the photo of the intruder to the officer concerned he said "good, we will catch him now" - I haven't heard anything.

 

The above is a minor issue when it comes to people being killed in Road Traffic Accidents but it does illustrate the apparent lack of interest in actually doing anything at all. You are far more likely to see a Thai policeman in a restaurant than 'out on the beat'.

 

I'm sure you've heard this before but on several occasions, during conversations with Thai people, I've been told that the police actually pay to get their jobs.  It would appear then that far from being the people who uphold the law, they actually start their careers by breaking it and that the whole thing is about how much money they can make rather than enforcing the law.

 

Fast forward to a week or so before Songkran next year.......statements will start coming out of the governmemt about measures being put in place to stop the carnage that always happens on Thai roads at that time. The week after the carnage has happened, new rules will be announced aimed at stopping it happening again. Very few new rules will actually become law and those that are will be ignored by both Thai drivers and the police - just as the existing ones are.

 

And on it goes, day after day, year after year, we will still be here reading these news stories.

 

Wouldn't it be nice to see the Thai police out doing what they need to do to prevent so many accidents, rather than only seeing them attending the scene of an accident?

 

You are dead right and correct in each and every point you described above...

10 hours ago, chickenslegs said:

I'm wondering how it is possible that a 5 year old can be taken from school by an unauthorised person.

 

Slack security by the school, maybe. Good work by the police (a phrase not often heard).

 

This pos deserves a beating before he is executed. A case like this makes me happy that Thailand has ended it's moratorium on capital punishment. 

Death by a thousand cuts is the right punishment...

3 hours ago, worgeordie said:

One reason I never use ice ,even at fast food places ,no ice ,

plus you get more of the drink ,instead of the cup ben full of

ice ,

 

You'll have seen the way they transport ice to restaurants ,on

the back of a truck in dirty sacks ,tipped into containers that i bet 

are never cleaned.....ever.

 

regards worgeordie

 

 

And unloaded from trucks with shovels whilst the guy stands on the ice "barefoot"...

Seen over and over again...

4 hours ago, Skallywag said:

Pay as you go is the rule at every bar in other countries.  Thailand bars should learn this simple rule.  You buy food from street vendor, you pay before you get the food.  You buy fruit shake at a street vendor you pay before you get the drink.  How hard is it to collect the money when it is actually spent?  So strange to me.  

You're right but, if they did, how could they run their scams and overcharge you?

9 hours ago, HuskerDo2 said:

They have to set up a "committee" to investigate? The bruises and wounds weren't enough proof? The punishment should be 13 whacks from the same cane for each child he struck. 13 to the head, 13 to the back and 13 to the groin. Scum!!

Add the school director too, since they obviously accept/condone this teacher's methods...

Let's give them a taste of their own medicine for EACH and EVERY time they do something wrong.

Guess they wouldn't't be teaching for long though...

6 hours ago, BostonRob2 said:

Cheers; as I get the hang of this I hope to make it something really worth watching that is both informative and entertaining. 

 

Regards,

 

Rooster

I agree with each single word you said...
Thanks a ton, Rooster...

47 minutes ago, 2baht said:

The citizen is just as bad as the performers!

A "concerned" citizen would have shown it to the competent authorities...

Totally agree with your comment...

12 hours ago, phetpeter said:

Reminds me when a cement lorry hit me and made me turn over in the ditch in the middle of the road near Saraburi, the lorry drove off, and the locals came to my aid, when the police were phoned they asked if anybody was dead or seriosly injured. When told that noone was, they stated that they wouldnt be coming. and to contact my insurance company. Thankfully the insurance man turned up, took me to hospital, and took control of everything including statements from the locals who witnessed the situration.  He was a better policeman than the real police.

I had a similar experience. Police didn't come to take any witnesses statements and only the insurance guy showed up...
As stated in previous posts. if there's nothing in it for them, they don't show up...

34 minutes ago, Davedub said:

Fourteen years here and I can say it's definitely getting worse. I've been extorted twice for bogus traffic offences in BKK recently.

But the real point is that everyone, Thai or Farang is potential prey to corrupt police - we don't need to commit a crime to get shaken down.

 

I hear that police wages are not very high and that they have to buy their own uniforms, vehicles etc.

If this is true then real, effective reform will require paying them a fair wage, monitoring far more closely for 'unusual wealth' and sending any police convicted of corruption straight to prison for a very long time.

..."I hear that police wages are not very high and that they have to buy their own uniforms, vehicles etc."...

It is true!!!

2 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

This extortion news have gone regional and hurt Thailand tourism image. Still a chance for the authority to turn this around and use this news to their betterment. The corrupt cops must be severely dealt with the full extent of the law. No sacking or transfer but indict them and jail them. Imprisonment for extortion is between 5 to 10 years and fine. Make an example of these crooked cops as a deterrent to other cops and some closure to this bad image. Well at least until the next corruption very soon. 

You’re dead right but, unfortunately, it’s never gonna happen…

5 hours ago, Laughing Gravy said:

Yes i agree with you. I have to say when it comes to money blood is definitely thicker than water. I have never known such an obsessed nation so obsessed with money. From the taxi driver asking how much your salary is to the middle classes never satisfied with what they have. 

 

I won a million baht, why wasn't it 10 million.  For a Buddhist country which is not supposedly meant to be obsessed with money, the reality is very different . My faith in Buddhism was shattered when I saw a monk with 3 iPhone's. I have seen countless other incidents which shows that it is quite a farce.

 

No doubt the apologists will be here to defend this but from my opinion of 20 years within Thailand, when it comes to money many people have little morals. This story just highlights this and confirms what I have seen and know.

Dead right and spot on...

On 12/5/2022 at 4:05 PM, mikeymike100 said:

Correct if you go to the airport and have a boarding pass to somewhere out of Thailand, the 19 days overstay would not be a problem, just a fine?

Good to know it’s still like this

On 12/5/2022 at 4:05 PM, mikeymike100 said:

Correct if you go to the airport and have a boarding pass to somewhere out of Thailand, the 19 days overstay would not be a problem, just a fine?

Did something change in the "overstay" rules?
Usually they gave you a fine once you were leaving the country...