Charlie Halliday

Can't see him risking it.. UK and US would have special Forces infiltrated with the Thais and take this monster out. He won't risk it. He's so paranoid that nobody knows where he is in Russia, so he's hardly going to change that and visit Thailand where any of his enemies can fly in and take him out.

Just deport the fool. Don't need these types here giving us a bad name. Drinking is fun but not getting paralytic and then making a total fool of yourself. Deport.

Ground hog day as macho Thai morons kill eachother with their blind stupidity. Absolute morons.

Forget it. Won't happen in the next 20 years

You can be absolutely certain his demand is purely self interest. As with all Thai politicians he buys vast amounts of USD for the day he's sent into exile. Remember July 1997 when Chavalit shorted the THB the Friday before the following Monday when the Tha baht crashed. Sources in HSBC say he made USD400m personally off the trade. He was never investigated! Amazing Thailand!!

It's a pity it's during the kids half term as mine will have to miss the tournament since we'll be away on holiday as I suspect a number of the kids will be. I wonder if the event planners thought about that.

Whoring is much safer

Corrupt politicians in Thailand??? Nah, don't believe it.

A weak baht is good for exports and tourism, Thailands 2 biggest contributors to GDP. With the world on the verge of recession an exchange rate of USD 40Baht would help enormously with both these sectors.

Nobody has a right to touch a girl regardless of her profession without permission. I must have knocked out a dozen animals in the early years of my marriage who felt they had the right to grope my wife. 30 years later and its now my daughters these animals are gaping at.. God forbid them if they touch my girls

Quite sad really as their problems were no doubt caused by poverty. It sucks being poor as most of us have been at one stage in our early adulthood. There are way too many messed up relationships in Thailand which stem from poverty. We should all be more compassionate and help where we can.

Why the hell are tourists still riding elephants. Surely by now they realise how cruel it is and they are simply funding future torture of these magnificent giants. Riding elephants destroy their backs as its the weakest part of the elephant. Sickening that this practice still exists. The sooner it stops the sooner these illegal wildlife traders will give up their elephants and they can be relocated to some of these wonderful wildlife parks in chiang Mai or even WFFT in Petchburi. They cannot be released into the wild but these parks at least mean no more riding, no more chains, no more shows but just live out their lives peacefully with other elephants. Please don't ride elephants or support elephant shows. Watch a video of an elephant calf being "broken". It will bring the very toughest man to tears.

Thats a place to avoid for sure. Who the hell goes to the police about something so trivial.

These sort of losers are what give the rest of us a bad name. Lock him up and throw the keys away.

Why the hell does anyone need a gun in thailand! Safest place in South East Asia to live outside Singapore and Hong Kong.

Total waste of time and money. The 1 year renewable visa takes about 30 mins once a year at Immigration if you've prepared the documents. Costs peanuts. This govt are such scamsters. Quite a few wealthy friends currently overseas have looked into it and decided its worthless.

Why bother. Samui was trashed years ago with over development and the presence of the Thai mafia. Phuket and Samui are finished. Samui was paradise back in the late 80s and even the early years of the airport but from the late 90s onwards it changed for the worse. Won't ever go back. There are much nicer places in Thailand.

There have not been any stray elephants in Hua Hin to my knowledge at least in the past 10 years. There was the big Bull called Jojo at the camp off the Pala U road next to the temple who regularly escaped but he's since been sold and relocated elsewhere.

Must have been Borat enjoying one of his favorite hobbies.

Talk of June 1st being the date for dropping Thailand Pass, test and Go etc. Really needs to happen. Thailand losing out to Vietnam Cambodia Malaysia and Laos. Just get on with it Thailand.

When will people seek references before engaging with builders. There are very few honest reliable builiders anywhere in the world and least of all here in Thailand. There are some good ones so ask around and go to see houses or in this case, pools, built by recommended builder. It's not rocket science. We've had nothing but really great experiences with our builder and have become family friends.. He's now built more than 8 luxury villas for friends, all of whom are thrilled with the outcome. Background checks whether building or buying in Thailand is a must. Its very easy to do.

Tourist arrivals will drop even more with this bizarre new plan. So get on a plane with 300 untested passengers, catch covid on the flight, get thrown in hospital for 2 weeks and a 200k baht bill. Nobody is coming here until they drop all restrictions. I want to take my family to UK this summer but not leaving Thailand until its safe to come back. No testing whatsoever otherwise Thailand will lose another year of income form the industry.

Perhaps you hadn't noticed the changes in Hong Kong these past few years. Direct flights in and out of Hua Hin from Hong Kong, Singapore and other parts of the region will be successful. The world has also changed since covid. More travellers from the region rather than Europe.

Then I suggest the researchers behind this should go and visit some world class city destinations because Hua Hin is currently a run down little seaside town. It has the potential but it will involve huge investment and international architects, planners and hospitality professionals.

That's all they need to do and tourist numbers will go thru the roof next high season. But they need to scrap the restrictions soon. Not after the summer as it'll be too late for people in Europe who need to plan well ahead.