Hellfire

Upon arrival, officers instructed the two foreigners to wait in the room and then deployed an undercover officer to pose as a customer. The undercover officer paid 14,000 baht in cash to each of the foreign women. At this point, the hidden officers revealed themselves and proceeded to arrest the women. —- I have a little bit different information. There was at least 30 minutes interval between money changing hands and the Thai officers revealing themselves.

There is a hidden Thai-Swiss war raging at the moment. Not a day passes without some new victims from both sides.

No, it is more of a worldwide epidemic. The app hit a staggering 1.92 billion users in 2023, a 16% increase from the previous year. The app is expected to reach 2 billion by the end of 2024

Tik Tok popularity = more brain damaged people (with an attention span of a fly). Nothing to be happy about.

I like how these brave Swiss warriors always choose women as their fighting opponents. Some go even further in their bravery and choose the old women.

Who are AN members?

The most important and the only one needed: stop giving her any money.

1000 baht short time

No, just a debit card

That was my first thought ). Later, after I remembered that one of the recent transfers was en exact amount that is missing from the available balance, I changed my opinion. Anyway, will visit the bank later today and ask for the details.

No, there were several transactions. Yesterday, the whole balance was "available". Now, I remember, that one of the transfers was exactly 31000 THB (the sum missing in my "available" money). It was done on 28.02. Until today it was in my available balance, though.

Last week I transferred 512 000 THB to my Kasikorn Bank account. This morning, through the mobile application, I saw that my balance is shown as 481 000 and the Outstanding balance is 512 000. Can somebody explain what that could mean? See the screenshot attached.

It is an integral part of the MAGA settings.

There is no such a book

I wait for the day when that Tucker clown will finally move living to this beautiful and free country.

Pattaya

Yes, but should I try to get it on a tourist visa? Want to buy a car badly, but, probably, I have to wait until I get my retirement visa first. Or have I ?

I can obtain one on a tourist visa? And where exactly can I get one?

Keep on posting. The posts like this one make my mood better for a couple of days, at least. Btw, what about the benefits that numerous Thai citizens involved in the “scheme” get? Why do you count them out?

What a disaster!

Just keep sending your hard earned, already taxed savings to the Thai bank accounts. Everything together will be double taxed as a lump sum somewhere in the January 2025.

The advice was appreciated. Thank you. And I have never really made what you called a “statement”. Hence the word “probably” that I used. My personal observations show that people can look at things differently. Very often, in a bizarre way. https://www.bikesrepublic.com/english/archive/10-countries-with-the-highest-proportion-motorcycle-related-deaths/

Not only drunk driving, but drunk driving to death (especially on the bike) is actually quite a cultural thing here. At least, that is the conclusion I came to after witnessing dozens of those kind of deaths. Rare , very rare will you listen from a Thai person a speech condemning those stupid idiots (most of them quite young) for not taking care about their safety on the road. Sounds weird? Yes, for me and you. Possibly, the Thais treat the death itself differently than you and me, both, let me guess, hopeless atheists. But for millions of Thais it is probably one of the many ways to get a new identity and to be reborn again. Who knows? Not me. And I think not you too.

My guess, many laws and regulations in Thailand are already made with the bribery potential consideration attached to them. Denying those things is actually more “illegal”, in some ways, than just conforming to them. We are guests here and should respect the local traditions (notwithstanding what we think about them from the depth of our own experience).

This makes “the agency way” even more attractive in my eyes. Given everything else is equal - I myself will always prefer to go “via bribery and corruption”.