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6 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

Oh god  Nooooooooooooooooo anyhting but namplate removal...........anything, doesnt get more serious than that!!

It means he has been fired 

You get what you pay for - to a degree, but lately the combination of generally rising Thai prices and the high baht make getting suits/clothes made here a less appealing affair in general. The best suit I have ever had made was in HK, by Raja and fit much better than an Italian custom tailored suit that was 3x the price, though the Italian fabric was nicer. I used to pay a tailor 600-800 baht for cotton shirts here and now they are 1200-1500. Take the dollar which is down 25% or so against the baht and to be honest I can buy better clothing elsewhere, cheaper

Any chance of back to back 6 month MEV ? Or is it 1 max then you have to be out of Thailand for a certain number of months?

to ensure fairness to consumers

My lordy lord, how magnanimous of them.

They mention nothing about all the other commodity prices that have collapsed, not just oil related product, Copper hit a multi year low last week, all industrial metals down at lows now. Plastics are petro products too, funny how prices ratchet up 100% but when the raw goods drop 50% prices go down by only a few %, 'in fairness to consumers"

Why does everything they do come off as some ridiculous 40's propaganda campaign?

They need to fix the root issues and get on with it already

"but the prosecutor overruled the objection, claiming that officials need to interrogate more suspects"

Doesn't the Judge overrule? The prosecutor is the lawyer for the state

There is a regime change in the air, might take a few more years but it is well underway. NK is going to open up shortly to the world and it's going to be shocking, mostly to themselves

Dr. Pornthip was very clear that no Forensic physician was present during the initial investigation so under what circumstances were the original DNA samples taken from the victims, and under what circumstances were they taken from the suspects?

Has a Forensic physician ever been involved in the case at all? The procedures of this case at bare minimum raise strong questions about any evidence procured so far. Not to mention the manner in which the police have ignored key issues and decided on others.

So someone there sent to help them and protect their rights is prejudicing the case by revealing to the media that they have confessed to him that they are guilty? good lord

You guys are like 8-10 yrs late on this. These were the 1st flat roofed modern style buildings on the island, and after these were approved and built, they decided that there should be no more. There are a few more of course, courtesy under the table handshakes, but these were the first, and approved.

They will have to clean up the motorbike rental shop mentality of keeping your passport as security for renting the bike. No way can you go without your passport now.

It's very easy to overstay, by a day. Longer than that is suspect. I booked my ticket with a flight arrival time late at night, went though immigration at 11:45pm or so, that counts as 1 day. My return ticket was 30 days later, but they counted it as 31 since I was there for the extra 15 minutes. 500 baht please. 

When I left, I had to pay the fine, in a lineup with a dozen or so others. Out of the massive problem of 70,000 overstayers per year, the vast majority are of this type. Very few of the old scraggler types left in Thailand now, they have moved on to 'greener' pastures. 

Husband and car missing 8 days and she doesn't report to the police at all. hmmm...

I just had this argument with a Thai lady who owns a property in Toronto, she feels of course that Thailand is for Thais, and only Thais should have any property rights there. I said, fine, then the Canadian government should not only take away your house, but keep the money from it's sale and throw you in jail as well, which is what thailand is proposing - that would be only fair of course. She said, that's different, your country is already full of foreigners. LOL

Iam 99% certain that they don't do a 4x4 with the 2.2 engine.

Hi, They list a 2.2L 4x4 model in the eBrochure in their website, and it is available in other export markets, but I wouldn't put it past them to not have it here. No info or specs of any use anywhere...

Realize this is a bit of an older topic, but looking at buying one of these and Mazda's website leaves a lot to be desired in terms of real info, pricing, model variants etc.

Is there a model available with the 2.2L engine, 6 speed MT, 4x4, ABS, some added interior goodies? I can't seem to find if they have this spec, and if so then how much it costs.

Cheers

It occurs to me that to be a simple gas explosion, there would need to be some considerable time for some gas leak to build up to a concentration that was combustible. I'm not an expert and not sure what type of gas would be used at the Lee Garden Plaza, but I think the concentration would have to get to at least between 2 and 5 % of the atmosphere for the chance of an explosion. It seems likely that someone would notice a gas smell before that amount could have built up. Does anyone have any expertise on this matter? Is it possible that a terrorist could intentionally set an explosive close to a gas pipe in the basement area? Are there immediate signs that would have indicated a gas versus other type of explosion that would have led to an expert guess that this was a gas explosion?

When I lived in the USA a house on our block had a gas explosion. It literally leveled the house to the foundation and threw debris all around the neighborhood, breaking windows and damaging many nearby homes.

A gas explosion is VERY powerful. Would not be surprised if that was the cause here. Usually the Thai terrorists don't make such large bombs.

In the US there is natural gas piped underground to homes. In Thailand, all gas is bottled. For a big explosion you would need a number of bottles or a pretty big storage tank. This is suspicious, given the timing correlation with the other bombings. To have a gas accident within such close timing to other bombs going off in another city, the odds are remote - to say the least

Fixing the myriad land title, access and encroachment issues can be done very easily in Thailand. Literally in a few months. There is no need for a dozen different types of title - either it belongs to the Gov't, it is agricultural land which can be owned but not developed or it is developable land, subject to zoning rules. Every plot of developable land comes with an inherent right of access, period. Every plot of developable land has the right of utilities access. Surveys can be carried out to compare the old aerial Nor Sor 3 titles with current development, and encroachments can be dealt with or leased back to the current occupant for a period, after which they must vacate and the land returns to the Gov't. However, there is no real will to fix them as we all know. The solution to gray area is to make it black and white, but there is no money in clarity. Most Thais in postion want to continue sucking on the teet of advantage as long as they can. This isn't a country where brains and hard work prevail, or are even well regarded.

Charged him in absentia? Did they just let him go yesterday? So may conflicting reports here from the gov't - most of which are along the lines of - no problem here, no threat at all - keep moving along...

Som 40 years or so ago Singapore had the same problem with crimes against tourists. As the tourist were not around when the case went to court to give evidence the case was always dismissed.

Singapore solved this by paying airfares and accomodation in singapore at good hotels for the victgim in selected cases to return to give evidence. People then knew they could not get away with crime against tourists so easily.

Video record a statement that is witnessed by the police and sign an afadavit. If you can't convict petty thieves caught red handed then something bigger is wrong, and having people fly back halfway round the world is not the issue.

Things don't get fixed when the police really don't want to fix it.

Most countries give the right to defendants to cross examine their accusers and witnesses against them. This is what is missing when someone leaves. An affadavit does not cover this.

This is usually the way it is done in the west where everyone pleads innocent even if caught red handed but not the way it is done in Thailand generally, where the police make the purp reenact the crime and/or file a confession. The video and affadavit would serve as backup to the confession and reenactment if necessary. The officer in question alludes to having the purp, the goods, the victim caught red handed, all at the same time at the time of arrest, then it's the foreigner's fault that the police fail to convict. "The foreigner always flees" issue is a red herring. Who is going to fly back to a country where they are robbed on their own dollar and time? Who can wait around for months until a trial comes up? People have jobs and lives of their own. If there is a will to do better, they will fix it, but there is no will, only talk. It has been this way long before I came here in the mid 90's and will be for many years to come.

Som 40 years or so ago Singapore had the same problem with crimes against tourists. As the tourist were not around when the case went to court to give evidence the case was always dismissed.

Singapore solved this by paying airfares and accomodation in singapore at good hotels for the victgim in selected cases to return to give evidence. People then knew they could not get away with crime against tourists so easily.

Video record a statement that is witnessed by the police and sign an afadavit. If you can't convict petty thieves caught red handed then something bigger is wrong, and having people fly back halfway round the world is not the issue.

Things don't get fixed when the police really don't want to fix it.