proton

Corruption charm? no it's one of the countries biggest problems. The money in the bank longer was introduced because of people using agents, so is directly linked to agent fraud on bank accounts, not charming at all.

Same abroad they dont usually want un hallmarked Thai gold

Anti corruption not anti agent. People doing things legitimately are victims of bribes paid via agents. Not only do we have to keep money in the bank longer now in a futile effort to stop the fraudsters, we have to wait longer in the office when an agent pushes in front of the line with a handful of pass ports. Of course it makes sense to keep 400/800k in the bank if you do not have 65k a month income- that's how you legally stay here on extensions. Immigration corruption is certainly not victimless.

At least a few dogs met the grim reaper ????

what happened to sustainable tourism then? these targets are insane.

Probably gets them from somebody on the inside

But paying people for votes might affect the election, they hope.

Not impartial or in any way reasonable, just hysterical. In the 1930's people were leaving Nazi Germany, today the UK is being invaded by illegal immigrants. Hardly a sensible comparison. All we are trying to do is stop them.

Justice and an end to corruption needs to follow on from these arrests, nothing to do with bad luck. I think it's wishful thinking to to hope nothing will ever be done about people getting extensions through bribery when they are not entitled to one. Around 20 years ago they raided agents who were routinely doing visa runs for people without them leaving home, they were just getting the passports stamped at the border. People were confident then that would carry on and there was nothing wrong with it

Why not be honest and say how much they will pay you to vote for them ????

You know perfectly well Albanians and many others have no right to claim asylum at all. Many others lie about their country of origin, hence the lack of documentation. This farce has to stop, Thailand can do it why can't the UK, stuff the human right law what about the rights of UK citizens.

Just when you thought the pantomime season was over, up pops widow Twanky again looking like she fell in the fancy dress costume basket, still moaning about an apology. ????

whats the difference between a house and a villa?

Stoped appearing in concerts some time ago, Mrs says she wants to start her troupe up again. Saw her at Wat Klong Suan 4-5 years ago, disappointing sound, almost a whisper. Her shows were great entertainment. She told me she was 26 when she recorded this one

Chalermpol can still belt them out, waiting for my wife as well,

Unfortunately Jins voice is one that has not aged well, seen her 140 times. Got almost all her albums except the first 2, number 7 is a corker ????

The rot set in under Tony Blairs term in office. Learn from Thailand, stick all illegals into nasty detention centres and leave them there until they pay their fare home, after all they paid about 1500 quid to get on a boat. The incentive to enter illegally has to end, the costs and damage to society are just not sustainable. No Hotels, hand outs or money. The Tories have been just as useless as Labour, they all say they want to reduce immigration but it keeps on going up, the illegals are only a part of the problem.

Knew about her sex problems, bit odd to make it public, did not know she had split up with him, she has 2 sons from previous marriage. Hers was one of the first Thai tapes I bought in '94. Years ago at a big M150 concert I gave her a mali and she heard some comment in the crowd, she told them off and said I knew more about Thai music than most of them. Used to see her a lot at one time. She still has a voice, a few others of her generation sound pretty awful now. Her book is quite interesting.

So it's fake and fake then, not legal

You cannot be a resident in a province you do not reside in, you are not entitled to an extension that is not from your registered address

What if they are not corrupt and wont?

You are not technically any such thing, apart from getting an extension via corruption. Have you got an extension from an agent bribing an IO?

Will he being apologising for French national Marc the pimp who gunned down his ex Thai girlfriend and then attempted to murder his business partner in Bangkok last April? As well as all the other French ner do wells and criminals here?

There are, I got an email offering to get me an extension from either of 2 provinces listed that I have never even visited.

Absolutely, because of the extension fraudsters those on the legal road now have to keep the funds in the bank longer as introduced as a (misguided) way of discouraging fraud. I am sure they will get round to more of the corrupt extension business eventually.