Mr Meeseeks

Normal for anything that the Thais do in my experience.

Who he is in conflict with has far more power than his backers have. See @bamnutsak post earlier in the thread.

“To die hating them, that was freedom.” ― George Orwell, 1984

It is a clever way to ensure the money is spent where they want it to be spent. As with every scheme in Thailand, where the money will end up and who it benefits is always the most important consideration. Cannot have too much of the handouts going on utility bills or essentials.

I would be surprised if it is that high tbh.

It's glorious, isn't it? Once a basket case, always a basket case.

Most Thais will do a runner. Fleeing the scene of a road traffic accident is a national pastime.

All he has to do is make it to a country that recognises human rights and claim asylum. Jumping over the border to other third World countries will not save him.

👆 Somebody gets it!

54 and still a child.

He was given permission from a higher authority for that debacle.

He'll have to be under constant protection and surveillance in a British jail. Someone will get to him eventually. Totally different scenario in a Thai prison, where he won't face the same aggression and hostility for his offences, and where he can more easily buy privileges from the officers and inmates.

A basket of chicken essence for each of the victims, wai and 500thb fine.

Decent whataboutery there. 7/10

He will be worse off in a UK jail as a nonce.

He is above you in the hierarchy because he is a Thai with low status. You are a foreigner.

That's not the way it works in Thai culture. You obey authority, do not speak out, and you do as you are told.

By what metric? Certainly not on the roads.

Some points: 1. Thailand has no democracy, fragile or otherwise. It's a feudal system in which the peasant class pays taxes to different gangster clans that control separate regions. The electorate has no actual power. 2. Move Forward did not get enough votes to form a government on their own and so needed a coalition. Pheu Thai stabbed them in the back and sold them down the river. 3. None of them have any respect for democracy or the democratic process. They are all in it for themselves for self-enrichment and ego. 4. Thaksin will never go to jail.

I hate to break it to you, but he's never going to jail, and he's never going to stop trying to run things.

Likely someone that knows of him and how much money he had passed information to the 'scammer'. Thailand is a country built on jealous informants. Nearly everything that happens is due to a tip-off or similar.

I don't think you understand how it works. Nobody is going to move any money if they have nothing to hide or have done nothing wrong. They target people they know have something to hide, otherwise there is no point.

Good luck with that. The whole country is built on corruption and the authorities do work in that way, i.e. demanding bribes to make charges go away, hence gullible people will continue to send money. Also, how many of these alleged 'victims' are completely innocent? Maybe they have skeletons in the closet or are actually guilty of something, which possibly goes to explain why they send the money in the first place instead of going straight to the authorities. 🤔

I’ve lived in Thailand 34 years and have had more issues with ladyboys in Bangkok than I ever have in Pattaya. I rarely go to Walking Street though. Ladyboy pickpockets used to actively target farangs on lower Sukhumvit and Asok. Mind you, if you are old enough to remember, the whole area down from Soi 33 to Soi Zero used to be beer bars, and not the offices and malls we see these days.

The long-awaited crash in the Thai economy looks to be here. Buckle up folk, we are in for a bumpy ride.