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NanLaew

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  1. A good long, if a little bit dry read but it seems that this chap had previously been arrested by Thai police and deported but was back here full-time only 8 years later. "Bouhouche was arrested, and Beijer spent the next two years fleeing government officials in various countries. He was spotted in Spain, Portgual, Brazil, Vietnam, and later Thailand - where he was then arrested for using a fake passport in 1991, and then extradited to Belgian authorities. ...Beijer was released in December of 1999, and shortly thereafter moved to Thailand. He has been there ever since,..."
  2. As long as your friend's local bank codes the transaction as a wire-in from overseas or overseas remittance, it shouldn't* matter who's account it comes from. Not all banks do this as they may not be direct correspondent banks with the foregn bank. Thus the money arrives via another Thai bank and is transferred domestically. These transaction would be coded as a local deposit and immigration typically won't accept that. However, some immigration offices also want to know the exact source of these remittances, ie. pension, etc.. I trust your friend isn't dealing with that sort of assholery at his local immigration office. Good luck. * Original wording was it doesn't matter but once again, there may be a pedantic local immigration officer exercising their legal right to request more information make it up as they go along .
  3. Child Protection Act 2003 Sec. 4 "Child” means a person below 18 years of age, but does not include those who have attained majority through marriage. https://www.icmec.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ICMEC-Thailand-National-Legislation-updated.pdf
  4. Nobody's being charged or accused of rape here. The legal definition is until one is fifteen, one cannot consent to sex. That's why the OP clearly stated molestation. Age of Consent: 15 years old Criminal Code of Thailand Sec. 277 Whoever, has sexual intercourse with a girl not yet over fifteen years of age and not being his own wife, whether such girl shall consent or not, shall be punished with imprisonment of four to twenty years and fined of eight thousand to forty thousand Baht. If the commission of the offence according to the first paragraph is committed against a girl not yet over thirteen years of age, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of seven to twenty years and fined of fourteen thousand to forty thousand Baht, or imprisonment for life. https://www.icmec.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ICMEC-Thailand-National-Legislation-updated.pdf
  5. Very possible. That's why they need to find the kids on bikes and any other witnesses. Until then, it's all reasonable conjecture here. Apart from the trolls with their mindless comments on his widow. The guy was a husband and a father so I hope when they fall off their bar stools and break their necks, it's picked up on The Pattaya News and posted here so we can have a right good laugh at their sad souls.
  6. Maybe, like myself, @Mickeymaus finds trekking around the shops for the ubiquitous 'no hab' or sales staff that don't know what they're selling as all a bit painful and pointless? You can top-up SIMS from your smartphone. No need to walk to a 7-eleven. BTW, for exercise, I ride a push bike.
  7. Many thanks. Another good suggestion. I bought one of these on lazada last month for 3317 baht. I also got the DTAC 1-year data sim for around 1690 baht. Both have been working flawlessly in my man cave. As mentioned earlier, all carriers offer special SIM packages either directly in their stores, online or through resellers on lazada. The price you see/pay today may not be the same tomorrow. It's a very dynamic market. Over the years, I rate TP Link's equipment over Netgear. I wouldn't bother with D-Link. Edit: I see you've gone with D-Link and it seems to fit the bill so far. My experience was based on setting up a friend's Wi-Fi on the D-Link hardware that he insisted on buying and was quite frankly a major faff about to configure and had rubbish stability.
  8. Hard to find one that can speak it properly let alone teach it! That's what Nigerians are for, no?
  9. No need to buy 'the day after'. At Suvarnabhumi, you can buy at any of the kiosks that AIS and DTAC have in the aisles coming from the jetways before immigration. However, they tend to be very busy so best bet is to buy at AIS or DTAC booths inside baggage claim area after immigration. My mate followed this advice and AIS had his UK phone on a 30-day data package before his bags arrived on the carousel. The AIS, DTAC and True shops after you exit Customs is the last option to get connected before you leave the airport. PS: You can't go far wrong with either AIS or DTAC. True?...mehhh.
  10. Lazada really is your friend.
  11. Is that their nationwide policy or just the few branches you inquired at? You won't get counter service at most UK bank branches unless you've already got an account with them and some insist on you making an appointment to ask a simple question. In Thailand, a lot of busy bank branches in shopping malls will decline to do them and refer customers to the ATM in the lobby or outside. This despite being the branch where the account is held or having Foreign Exchange signage. YMMV TiT
  12. Lazada is your friend. https://www.lazada.co.th/products/a319-i4280873452-s16993313002.html Made in China too!
  13. Ah, ok. I never read the whole thread after first looking yesterday so you are all sorted WRT the bank letter stuff. Good luck with the immigration pedant at CW!
  14. Current turnaround time has been reported as much as twelve weeks. Three months may be cutting it fine so I would go for four months or sixteen weeks.
  15. Not at Bangkok Bank, Central branch in Udon Thani they're not. PS: Account held at Bangkok Bank, Pattaya Sai 2 branch.
  16. "The wild card is that the bank may not recognise my new passport" Have you tried? Isn't it a simple case of the OP taking both passports, bank book, bank card, Thai DL, yellow book, blue book, rental agreement or whatever else proves he is still who he was when he opened the account to the bank and get them to update the details on file?
  17. No, no. Germany isn't going to give any Leopard tanks to Ukraine.
  18. We had our matching pair (dog and bitch) neutered and spayed when they were both about a year old. Plenty vets will do that but TBH, I've never heard of a morning after pill for Fido anywhere. Sounds like your GF wants you to both pay for it and do it for her too? Not a good omen.
  19. No.
  20. Yep. Such a dimwit he's made millions selling his ideas to TV stations. ..that are slavishly watched by fellow low-brows.
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