10 minutes ago, Xobtsiwt said:

I don't see the M16s - maybe they stacked them outside in deference to the fairer sex.

They should have used flash-bang grenades prior to entry.

1 minute ago, jenifer d said:

it said no evidence they were GAMBLING- there was AMPLE evidence that they were drinking... 

The article was changed AFTER it was quoted twice.

5 minutes ago, maddermax said:

The Thai authorities should be aware that the world is aware that in Thailand the law is not always applied and then again not applied even-handedly.

Who cares? The whole world will soon use Thai as their language. The world revolves around Thailand don't you know?

13 minutes ago, renaissanc said:

I'd have got out my phone and recorded the scene. And then told him that I'll make big trouble for him by reporting him to Channel 3 along with the video.

Great idea.

I was in BKK. She was at the Jomtien police station.

All 1.5 meters & 45 kilos of her.

She was trying to turn towards the beach on Threppasit Rd off Soi 4.

Traffic had stopped/backed up at the Sukh. light, but it also stopped for her so she could turn right. As she pulled around/in front of a big truck/lorry into the correct lane, a moto idiot came screaming around, passing the truck on the right and hit her driver's door.

He was illegaly passing/overtaking, speeding, had no insurance and no license.

Wife had license and insurance...and a farang name.

At least the moto retard broke his leg.

1 minute ago, hansnl said:

Yes, and not being arrested for a naked bash, ehhh bath, is nice?

I have no idea what you mean.

11 minutes ago, mikebell said:

Incidentally a gang of the highwaymen was at work yesterday just before the Ambassador.  They even had a spotter on a walkie-talkie to give the other robbers advance warning of approaching farangs.

My wife spotted them in time and we switched so she was driving.

They've been hanging out around there for YEARS.

I always drive in the slow lane, about 50 kph thru that area after I almost ran over an idiot, err...cop near there once

He came walking out of the median as I glanced in my left mirror. When I looked up again my right mirror missed him by about 4 inches.

18 minutes ago, habanero said:

This is the retail price in the U.S....    I know they are getting a better deal from Sig. But, still how many Thai cops can afford this?

 

SIG Sauer® P320 Pistols

 

 

 

 

Regular Price: 

 

$649.99 - $849.99

 

Item: IK-292159

$650 USD = 21,680 THB = 108 traffic tickets at 200 baht each, or, shake down a couple farangs or their wives.

Filterless Krung Theps are good for all though.

Just now, Tchooptip said:

Personally I read : Three others who were drinking on an adjoining table were let go as there was no evidence they were gambling.

The article was changed after I quoted it.

9 hours ago, scorecard said:

 

Why does this get the headline:

 

 "The creature from the Black Lagoon - no, just a skinny dipping Chinese woman out for a midnight swim".

 

The headline needs to be nothing more than "A skinny dipping Chinese woman out for a midnight swim".

I love the headline!

Just now, Dobredin Ghusputin said:

So, how does one play the Thai game "Dummy"?

Wake up every day, try to tie your shoes,  & say, nah. I'll just wear flip-flops today.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Three others who were drinking on an adjoining table were let go as there was no evidence they were drinking.

Stellar reporting!

As somebody else already said, when did drinking at a friend's house become illegal?

13 minutes ago, z42 said:

Morons... Usually i'd expect Thais get a pass on stuff like this but as those in the frame here are wed to foreigners they'll be fair game for a proper shakedown that'll help justify the raid. Sigh ?

My wife (actually me), was shaken down for 10K baht once for a minor traffic accident, that wasn't her fault. I was miles & miles away.

The cop told her "You have farang name. All farang have big money. Must pay 10K baht or I make big problem for you".

5 minutes ago, sanemax said:

Read the story again, this time slowly and try to understand it

Will do. Sorry if I missed something.

1 minute ago, sanemax said:

If what he says is true, if the deceased was going for his gun to shoot and kill him , I wouldn't call that a "trivial" matter , also , the Police would have found him eventually and if it was self defence, they  he may not have needed to evade the Police

Got a link to where the old man had a gun? I seem to have missed that part. 

This happened at the FIL's place so the idiot was trespassing.....Though that does seem to be the root of the argument.

Old man had every right in the world to defend himself.

42 minutes ago, sklmeeera said:

Can you read ??? Or did the bullets come out of his finger ??? .

Yes, they did come out of his finger when he (THE CRIMINAL) pulled the trigger.

The gun did not fire itself.

Just now, transam said:

I reckon if there was no gun a big knife would be in the topic header...

Or a sword/machete/bat etc.

I thought they all used stiletto heels for boxing gloves?

I bet those real boxing gloves make it difficult to pick pockets.

28 minutes ago, sklmeeera said:

Nice job . Was he brought up in the USA ? Now instead of getting some land hes got to share a cell with 50 other nutters for the rest of his life . 

Why is the USA to blame?

I've been around guns all my life & I'm 50.

I'd guess I've lived all my life (that I spent in the USA) with a gun in the house.

Never, has it ever crossed my mind to kill anyone.

The gun did not DO IT!!!!!!!!

The crazy PERSON committed the murder! Not the gun!!!!

Maybe if the father-in-law had a .45 pistol or an AR-15 then the murderer would have backed down or never even considered the dastardly deed in the first place?

3 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

The lot should be put down, problem solved there but that still leaves about 4 million of the pests still at large on the streets

5 HUNDRED million.

Population of roughly 70,000,000 and figure 7 or so mutts per person.

That's being conservative.

Aren't there some starving kids somewhere in Africa that could use some protein?

20 minutes ago, NormanW said:

Explain and demonstrate why things have to change while still maintaining their cultural heritage and identity. 

Also delete "Mai Pen Rai" from their vocabulary.

I wish this were the only story in every Pattaya, BKK and every other news outlet concerned with Pattaya.

Would probably take a year or two, but they "might" start to address the issue.

Russians & Chinese don't seem to mind the pollution though.

3 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Well I wasn't confused until I read your post!

She was robbed of 17,700 THB equivalent.

14,700 THB in Yuan and 3,000 in local currency. https://www.oanda.com/currency/converter/

Must've been that 20K she had to show at the airport minus taxi fare to Pattaya & a room.

14 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

You live on 1000 baht a month and you take in 70 dogs and then ask for help?

What tremendous sense of judgement she has. 

The woman is good hearted but at the same time a menace to society. Euthanize the dogs and tell her she is not allowed to take any more in,

Dog responsibility will never happen in Thailand.

She probably thinks euthanasia refers to punk kids on motorbikes.

Reminds me of, err... a friend getting busted with his hand on some gals breast by his wife at a Pattaya bar once.

Bargirl? What bargirl?

Deny. Deny. Deny.

His wife drug him out by his ear.