lordgrinz

9 hours ago, mokwit said:

Common Reporting Standard.

 

The Common Reporting Standard (CRS), developed in response to the G20 request and approved by the OECD Council on 15 July 2014, calls on jurisdictions to obtain information from their financial institutions and automatically exchange that information with other jurisdictions on an annual basis.

 

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=Common+Reporting+standard

The worry would be letting Thai's access any sensitive foreign information, that could allow scammers to steal our foreign assets. Not sure about you, but I wouldn't trust any Thai, especially a Thai government employee to have my sensitive financial information. It's one thing to do the mundane extension paperwork every year, but giving any type of sensitive and private financial information to a foreign government entity, and one with close ties to China?! I'd rather not!

It's not just police corruption, its a police force in name only, they need to actually start working for a living. When is the RTP going to actually make Thai society safer? You know like enforcing road rules/laws, and making it safer for pedestrians to travel (i.e. Sidewalks and Zebra Crossings). I have been here for 8 years, and I have never seen a single police officer doing any work, let alone meaningful work, they seem to do nothing all day. They have the same number of police officers for 100,000 of the population that the USA has, but none of them are actually doing anything all day. I assume they spend their entire day working on building long-lasting corruption connections, and stuffing their pockets with the ill-gotten gains. Disband the RTP, start over, and don't hire any previous officers from the ranks of the RTP. After that investigate all previous officers in high-ranking positions for unusual wealth, then prosecute and jail them for life.

On 3/27/2024 at 3:40 AM, Mike Lister said:

We see them daily on the road to Pai, young white skinned and riding like they were back in the UK, following the "rules of the road" and the Highway Code and completely oblivious to the threats around them. 

 

I stopped to talk with two young Dutch guys a couple of years ago when they pulled into a PTT. I said, if you keep driving so aggressively, you'll never reach Pai. They said they believed that by driving aggressively the other road users would give them space and they'd be safe. I said, do you really think these pick up truck drivers even see you or care about you one little bit, you're just road kill in the making! Their driving was more sedate when they left.

I found that cars and trucks weren't the real issue on the road when riding my big bike, they are way easier to manage. The real issue is the other idiots on motorcycles and scooters flying by way to close for comfort, and changing lanes without signaling or even looking, I am convinced they are on a suicide mission.

Nothing scares me more than knowing Thai's might try running a Nuclear Power plant.

Hey, if a convicted heroin dealer can become a revered MP, then Thaksin can surely continue his ascent to royalty.

21 minutes ago, Antiparovian said:

100% agree. Go for the Agents first. I wish there was am Agent reporting hotline.

When I went in February to do my extension, my wife talked with the immigration officer in Thai, he let it slip that those "Agent's" have access to at least some of the computer systems at immigration, the same one he was in when he was going through my paperwork. Sounds like the whole thing is rigged to perpetuate their schemes. 

3 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

I have been here since 2008... I've done my visa renewal every year to stay here, and told them 66 times that I live in the same house.

But still treated like a short stay tourist.

 

Like I have said in the past, we can't rely on staying here permanently, we are only guest.....we will never be Thai, so don't burn your bridges in your home country, you may have no choice but to return. I will own nothing here, other than my bank account, and even then I worry about that. I and my wife's assets/accounts are totally separate, and that's the way it will stay.

They let a convicted heroin smuggler run the show, what could go wrong? I still can't believe anyone would want to be associated with, or seen with this man, just a disgusting individual who should be shunned by all. He is the perfect example of what is so wrong about Thai society.

9 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

I have a senior police friend(head of 7 provinces) who talked about the increase in crime with foreigners. He stressed it was the long-term ones that were the problem, along with rogue Immigration police.. 

The true criminals in Thailand, I wouldn't trust anything coming out of the mouth of one these pariahs.

That's because Thailand is easy pickings for the Chinese, they'll exploit any area left open for criminal activity, having a well known corrupt police force just makes things even more attractive to them.

3 minutes ago, jonclark said:

 

That is a matter of opinion ...not fact. I do not think that a bit of swearing and a kick should result in a person's life being torn apart. I feel the punishment should fit the crime. 

30 days in jail for kicking a pregnant woman, then deportation and blacklisted.