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Or wait, what about Da Loc beach in Vietnam then?

Thailand of course! Hua Hin and it's pristine beaches:

Yet another blatant obvious scam! Thailand, the Land of Scams.

ACAB.

As I said countless times on these forums; Welcome to Chailand! Thailand Police State 2.0 (sponsored by the CCP).

Indeed it is. /thread

This is Thailand, trust is a non-existent word in this country. Yet the current self-elected junta government insists on pointing fingers at foreigners, while in fact Thailand is world beknown for it's rampant prostitution (including child trafficking by own family members), scams, romance scams, jetski scams, real estate scams, refurbished cars scams, RTP shakedowns, brown envelopes required at local land office scams... and now we have hospitals scams too. Yeap. You nailed it on the head, I personally have sold everything, recouped my losses as much as I could and hit the road for good, I encourage anyone to do just about the same.

Three seems more realistic.

They didn't report the story because this is a "non story". These sort of crimes happen everyday. The only reason why the Daily Mail reported it is because if fits their racist agenda narrative, sensationalism towards an "asian criminal being banged in Asia", they are a fear mongering tabloid. Looking at the article in itself, let's have a quick peek, shall we? Emphasis in bold and underline below are mine: A notorious gangster been found dead after being repeatedly shot outside a luxury villa in Thailand. Singh, who was allegedly part of a Canadian gang, was six years ago deported for 'serious criminality' from Vancouver, British Colombia, before fleeing to the popular holiday island of Phuket. Mandeep Singh, 30, was six years ago deported for 'serious criminality' from Vancouver, British Colombia, before fleeing to the popular holiday island of Phuket. Pictured, police at the scene They hid behind another vehicle parked in the driveway before pouncing on the gangster and opening fire, unloading at least 18 rounds into his body while he was on the ground. Nineteen torn 9mm and .830 bullets, some cash and marijuana were found when the vehicle and crime scene were investigated Police said that Singh arrived in Thailand on January 27 on a tourist visa and that the gangster also allegedly had a home in Dubai, around six hours away by plane. The police chief added: 'Officers examined CCTV footage at the scene of the crime and found that on February 4, at around 10.30pm, the deceased arrived in a red MG vehicle. 'In front of the villa at the scene while getting out of the car to enter the villa, there were two or three male assailants running in from a dark corner using firearms to fire until Mr Singh fell to his death, with the assailant taking only 10 seconds to commit the crime. They then ran back in the original direction. Nineteen torn 9mm and .830 bullets, some cash and marijuana were found when the vehicle and crime scene were investigated. The gangster was known as Slice, due to a big scar on his right cheek, the Vancouver Sun reported. So what do we have here? A right wing biased article that mentions 4 times the word gangster, gangster, gangster, gangster followed suit by the words crime/criminal/criminality being used no less than 6 times, criminality, criminality, crime, crime, crime, crime. Meanwhile the word victim was used only once. If after that you still can't read between the lines, I'm sorry I can't be of further assistance to you. Edit: Oh and before I forget, "congratulations" to the Daily Mail for fully publishing and disclosing in the article his full Passport details page, his full Canadian driving license page along with a full copy of one of his debit/credit cards (all we're missing is the CCV at the back). Very smart "journalism" right there. This is NOT proper journalism. Muppets.

Nobody reads the Daily Mail, unless they are right-wing voters, flat out racists, Tories or muppets. The Guardian, The Mirror and The Independent, that's proper journalism for ya.

Police State Thailand 4.0. /thread.

Welcome to Scamland! /thread.

Smokers are a plague worse than COVID-19, a swarm, a locust...

This is Thailand. Anything goes as long as they can make a quick profit out of it. Common sense. Any $$$ spent on Test&Go, Thailand Pass, etc is actually doing a disservice to the greater cause. Factual. Correct. Accurate statement. In Thailand everything is subject to greed for money, not only the medical oath. Even neighboring countries in the ASEAN region are easier to go to on a holiday. The goons at the head of Thailand have shot themselves in the foot. I see this as the side results of rampant xenophobia and nationalism relents instilled as early as kindergartens: "Thailand is a heaven on Earth, everyone that isn't Thai is less holier and less worthy than we are, Thailand is the promised land, Thailand is only for the Thais, etc, etc", mass disinformation, deception and lies can only lead to a such mindset. I am sure that in their heads the Thais really see their Kingdom as "heavenly" while in fact it's quite a backward nation on many different levels. There are easier and friendlier places to travel to. Do your own research and vote with your wallet. Common sense, really. Quoted the whole post, for truth. Wouldn't surprise me, the boys in brown calling the shots. More shakedowns, more money to get. I couldn't agree more. Game over for the time being. GAME OVER

Precisely, this is yet another clear money grab from the Land of Scams. If it looks like a scam, smells like a scam, quacks like a scam, then it probably is a scam.

This. Always keep in the back of your head that any dime, any cent, any pound, any dollars sent here to support this scam operation is also supporting the junta who illegally seized power and took control of the Kingdom. Do not come to Thailand, do not support these goons, do not send them any money. Avoid supporting this coup junta regime. Yes, yes, yes and yes. Greedy, incompetent and threatening cowards, rather. This. Plain and simple. I'm sorry for your wife but let it be known she isn't alone feeling that way. They are making it harder than ever for anyone and everyone who has no connections to the 0.5% top brass of the Kingdom, these 0.5% are the ones financially benefiting from this whole scam and gouging operation. Again, do not come to Thailand for leisure, this is not the right time, not under this crooked administration.

This also, it is an organized scam authorised and supported by their incompetent leaders Prayut and Anutin.

This, 500%. As long as they are able to profit from this scaremongering operation, rest assured they will, Thai style. Vote with your wallet. Let them rot.

Indeed. Vote with your wallet. Go elsewhere until they are forced to drop this entire scamming and skimming operation.

One can only hope. Jet ski scam 2.0, Sick water buffalo scam 2.0, Mama is sick need money for hospital scam 2.0, "I love you too much" scam 2.0. Of course not, this new "confinement" is the new golden goose scam, they are banking so much money on this. Don't delude yourself, it has nothing to do with health concerns, disease prevention issues, etc. It's all about getting a quick extra buck out of you, insurance scam, forced quarantine (at your expense) scam, etc, etc, etc. Thailand money number #1.

I couldn't agree more with your statement. Name them, shame them, name them, shame them, name them, shame them until they finally get to their senses. When it comes to the tourism sector, I wish nothing but success to the other neighboring ASEAN nations so Thailand finally comes to their senses and realize they need to drop this whole SHA+, ASQ, Thailand Pass scam operation they have had ongoing for over a year now. If you truly love Thailand, the best thing you can do is NOT to travel there at the moment, not send a single dime through fintech services such as Transferwise, empty your Thai bank accounts and withdraw your local assets as much as you can, leave as little as possible there. Because until then, the goons in charge will keep milking people and making a quick buck on the back of this worldwide scaremongering operation, why you may ask? Because they can. Hit them where it hurts; the wallet.

This, 300%.

Totally this. Fighting the system is a guaranteed lose, don't fight the system, play along with it instead.

I quoted your entire post but I stopped reading at the bolded and underlined part. You need to adjust your attitude. This is Thailand. There is no such thing as "I demand". There is no demanding on your part, no matter how right you think you are or how entitled you think you are, you have to see it through the eyes of a Thai, to them (specially the immigration officers), they are doing you a FAVOR by letting you live/work/abode/study on Thai soil. You have absolutely zero rights to them (until/unless you possess the Thai citizenship). Going the legal conflicting route, refusing to heed their repeated advices, refusing to listen to other posters on this forum and generally speaking trying to "defeat" the system rather than playing along is going to accomplish nothing but anger them off in the end, which is presumably not what you want to achieve. Let me be the one breaking it down to you; I understand your frustration, hell, being a father of 2 Thai children myself I could argue that we are on the same boat, however unlike you after my first child was born I quickly understood and caught up early on that again this is Thailand; Being a foreign father of a Thai child does not grant you any special rights or treatments. TL;DR: You need to do what the others have suggested in this thread; Leave Thailand, return ASAP with the right visa and at least 400k THB stashed in a Thai bank account. And in case this isn't perfectly clear to you, you shouldn't be the one to complain as a retirement visa would require one to have 800k THB stashed in a Thai bank. Instead, consider yourself lucky and grateful you most likely can get away with it with "only" 400k THB as a financial requirement as you could have had it way worse. Change your attitude, this is Thailand, there is no such thing as "I demand", again you need to always at all times keep in mind that by letting you stay in the Kingdom, they are doing you a FAVOR. Good luck.

You're not looking at the bigger picture.