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Not while the RTP is a state sponsored corrupted organisation I suspect. Too much money passed up the food chain to the highest level of Thai society for it to be stopped.

Thaksin is no doubt fully aware of that given the persecution he and his family received and continues to receive by the Thai judiciary at the behest of the current PM and his ultra corrupt cronies.

You re spot on there and also the first PM whose government ever paid back an IMF loan early. Great guy.

And couple that with the July inflation rate announced today of 10.1% it will unfortunately bring a lot of hardship to many more families.

So we are led to believe. Perhaps they were the instructions from "others" 'cos I'm sure there is a lot more to the ownership of this than what we are currently led to believe.

Well the triple lock calculation for UK pension rises for the following year are based on the inflation rate in September. Given that they have just published the July inflation rate as 10.1% ( higher than anticipated ) I wonder how much it will increase in the next 2 months. ? 12% in September perhaps ? If it were it would certainly bump up the state pension. Oh yes, before the usual trolls on here jump in I am talking about the increases in the UK state 2023 pension for those that qualify and are entitled to it.

It would be better for all if he never made it to the cell.

All religions are cancerous. It's just that some are more aggressive than others.

When the market is dominated by the CP group whose family have a rather special relationship with others, then they can do exactly as they wish.

Well I can't understand why they have not already targeted places in Bangkok. Now that really would demand some attention. Of course lucky for Bangkokians they have not but it would certainly wake up the government to the threat.

Perhaps Thailand could request from the IOC that synchronized pointing be part of the Olympic games. Clearly they would start of as world leaders in this fine art.

With the large tacky looking gold chains subsequently stolen by lady boys ????

From a much earlier police report; "The owner will face the negligence causing death charges and operating without a licence as well as illegally adapting the building."

This may help to clarify; https://library.siam-legal.com/thai-law/civil-and-commercial-code-statutory-heirs-section-1635-1638/

More to the point, what sort of guidance and support did the girl's parents give her ?

For us non Americans, when is the last mid-term election due to take place pls ?

100 % correct https://www.tourismthailand.org/Articles/plan-your-trip-vat-tax-refund

And the contractors responsible again were ?

Well yes that has been almost always the case with hotels worldwide. The "rack rate" displayed by hotels is often far higher than what you need to pay by going through a booking agency. The "rack rate" is a walk in rate really.

Who are these people ?

What's going on here ? This must be the third or fourth piece of old news, previously posted on here, that has been posted in the last few days.

Agoda are very reliable

100% agree with you which is why all agents arranging such services should be behind bars IMHO, however the money they hand over to immigration ensures that this corruption will continue.

That logic fails me. For retirement extension you need 800 k. If you have to, or willing to spend 240k on insurance that is possibly a hefty chunk out of your available cash assets. Or is it your mindset that somebody who has to pay, or needs to pay 240 k for insurance are entitled to stay in Thailand and those that can not afford that sum, or have no wish to, are not entitled to stay in Thailand ?

Perhaps they can't meet the financial requirements so by using an agent, the agent "resolves such issues" directly with the IO.