Liverpool Lou

...and, so far, nothing untoward has been reported as a result of the investigations by the Phuket authorities or the DSI.

Why? What justification do you have for assuming priority over other passengers? You know that if you did that, the other passengers would just as entitled to remove your case, yes, and you would have no rational reason to stop them?

Arrogant ignorance on their part.

Men hitting on women happens everywhere, all the time and is usually considered normal.

You have anything rational to suggest otherwise?

Since when?

What? Are you sure about that?

A good poke with a stick.

"...really stupid and pointless replies". And you think that starting a thread moaning about a shortage of Grab riders every time it it raining, isn't? Don't you see a connection between the weather and the availability of riders every time?

How was he "conning money out of others"?

A front for donations i.e. a charity https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/boredom-in-switzerland-leads-to-an-elephant-refuge-in-thailand/47207918 Yes, that article has been linked, ad nauseum, but nowhere in it is there a request for donations, or that is is a charity. It actually refers to it's profit-making success through visitors paying for tours.

Yes a typo. British National Crime Agency BNCA. https://interpollawfirm.com/faq/international-eu-arrest-warrant/ Edited 8 minutes ago by Moonlover "British National Crime Agency BNCA". It's the NCA, the National Crime Agency. Your link refers to an EAW, a European Arrest Warrant that is used only within the EU countries and that law firm (not Interpol) refers to it as an International Arrest Warrant; there is no such thing as an international arrest warrant, arrest warrants are issued by individual countries. That website is not Interpol's.

It would not be legal.

Unfortunately, legally, you do not have the authority for that "instruction" to be acted upon, administration (probate), determined by the court here, does that, just as in the UK. Neither can your wife, legally, clear the account after your death, regardless of what a bank manager tells you or, wrongly, allows your widow to do. Some people do get away with it though.

I'm guessing that you mean the NCA, not the "BNRA" and that you don't know that there is no such thing as an "International Arrest Warrant"?

i would sincerely hope not..but stranger things have happened. I must say i have no knowledge of Burrows' charges or Peter Smith..have you? Obviously, I do not have personal knowledge of the charges against Burrows but I have read what the police have reported (two buggery and eleven indecent assault charges)...haven't you? There are no charges against Peter Smith.

Lou, it's a charity not a business. The Green Elephant Sanctuary is not a charity, where does it claim to be such an entity ? Show me otherwise, if you have that information.

It's not an elephant "sanctuary" (for mistreated animals) when you have to rent them. It's just another money-making tourist attraction. That wasn't my point, at all, whatever the business is, it is his business so it is up to him how he spends the proceeds. I'll rephrase my previous comment for you... "As he runs/ran an apparently successful elephant park also, why shouldn't he use his own money to travel as he sees fit?"

No, they don't, they normally retain the driving licence which is returned when the fine is paid, they cannot confiscate the keys and, effectively, the bike. When they take the keys it is usually just to stop the bike being ridden away until they have issued the ticket or accepted the fine/payment.

The fine does not have to be paid there and then, it is still outstanding, he can leave and return when he has cash...if he chooses.

Still operating and taking bookings.

No, it was announced that his visa would not be renewed but he has the right of appeal which is, apparently, what he is happening.

As he runs/ran an apparently successful elephant sanctuary also, why shouldn't he use his own money to travel as he sees fit?

The article suggests that the park started seven years ago so perhaps seven years of successful operation provides his income? Perhaps the money for the villa and his cars was allocated before his savings were exhausted, perhaps the cars are financed?

Such as...?