gariang40

My heart goes out to those affected by this tragic event: the victims, and their families too, the security personnel, the people in the store at the time. My questions are: why didn't the boy's friends, parents, teachers and psychiatrist realise what he had in mind? If the report is correct that he was telling his friends online about the weapon he had, and they knew he suffering from paranoid delusions, they could have reacted too. More decisive preventive measures could have been taken, on several fronts. The challenge Siam Paragon and similar stores face now is how to screen incoming customers more effectively. Not an easy task to pick out a young teenager as an imminent assassin, unless he looks or acts as if he's crazy right from the start. If this boy was also adept at deception, at hiding his intentions, perhaps nothing could have stopped him doing what he did. As to whether this means tourists & customers should stay away from the stores, they can hold in mind, that statistically speaking, crossing a road or riding a motorbike are far more dangerous activities than shopping.

RIP Joe. Condolences to your family. You set such a fine example of how to offer sound advice in a humane, matter-of-fact and caring fashion. You seemed to know more about immigration matters than anyone else in the Kingdom. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you schooled others, told them how to acquire the same same level of knowledge that you possessed, and pass it on without fear or favour. I'd noted your absence and have been hoping it didn't mean that you'd passed away. Having just read that it did, I can only say Vale and 'thank you!' as others have done.

Treetops: Many thanks. Sounds simple!

I've reported online for more than a year. Never had any problem, but I've been wondering how best to report my recent absence abroad from Sep 7 to Oct 11 so as to re-calibrate the system. I'm due to file an online report on Nov 5th. If I understand you correctly, Ubonjoe, all I need do is report online as usual (by Nov 5th), and revise my arrival date on my TM47, after which the system will automatically ask me to file my next report 90 days after Oct 11th. Correct? What should I do if (in future) I happen to be abroad when the 90 day report falls due?