Did the new PM ever sit down with members of his party and government and tell them "no information is given to the press without my authorization"? It sounds like he is either a complete idiot, or he has no ability to control his people, not exactly leadership material. If I were PM I would be asking for Governor Thapanee Kiatphaibool to resign after something this stupid.
This will turn out to be one of the biggest boondoggles in Thai history, nobody will be happy with it, except for the Politicians who will obviously be neck deep in the money they skim off of it.
Makes you wonder what would happen if, you as a foreigner, say something against the CCP, and the CPP issues an arrest warrant for you, do the Chinese police find you, arrest you, then drag you back to their country on a military/private plane?
I haven't drunk tap water in over 35 years, not about to start anytime soon. Closest I have gotten would be a natural spring in the mountains in the US, and even then I filtered it using one of the best filter systems I could find before putting it in my 3 liter bladder backpack.
Well, to be fair, they already have a well respected Heroin dealer in their ranks, and a soon to be new PM who is currently in prison suffering for the people.
So new taxes targeting Westerners world finances , Chinese manipulation (censorship) of Thai media, and now Chinese police patrolling Thai streets........Umm, I think Western society needs to write-off Thailand for the future, no more investments, and exodus of capital.
Ummm....NO! I do not feel safer knowing Chinese police are patrolling Thailand, you got to be out of your mind to even make this statement. I think that someone needs to check Thapanee and Srettha and make sure they are not communists sympathizers, the last thing Thailand needs is to turn into another Southeast Asian communist nation.
I took drivers education during High School, and also took private educational services before getting my motor vehicle drivers license. I also took the MSF course for motorcycles before receiving my motorcycle license.
The most important thing is to make travel and walking in Thailand safe first, guns are not even on the radar compared to road deaths that never needed to happen. Start with a proper police force, and enforce road and pedestrian safety, that would do more good for tourism than anything.