lordgrinz

Correction: The most dangerous thing in Thailand is a Thai driver. If only Thailand had a real police force that enforced vehicle laws and road rules.

I am sure they will create another "committee", spend billions on 5 star hotels and catering for its members, then when the money runs out.....rinse....repeat.

Well add another crazy person to the list, a Russian women kicked a pregnant (8th month) woman in the groin on Koh Pha Nagan after being asked to remove her shoes before entering an establishment. When asked to leave, she got angry, swore, then decided to kick the woman in the groin, what the heck is going on with foreigners lately?!

I would suggest this is the most logical scenario, most people would act like the less dominant brother did here. The brother who attacked the officer is not going free, he has almost no defense here, the other brother would be best served with begging for forgiveness and apologizing profusely, at least he has a chance of getting off on some of the charges.

If he was worried about getting shot, why would his brother just stand in the background watching him?!

These guys are toast, with the video and witnesses, and their lack of remorse for their actions, they aren't going anywhere for a long while. The one brother might be able to escape some of the charges, based on the fact he isn't the aggressor, but the other brother is on video attacking a uniformed officer. This isn't just going to go away, they are going to make an example of these two knuckleheads.

You seem to conveniently miss the fact that they stole his phone to delete the video he was taking of them, and the fact that he was indeed injured. They can play the victim card all they want, but they're in for a rude awakening. There is no reason to attack the police officer and disarm him in front of witnesses that so far are anything but helpful to their defense.

So they had no licenses to drive in Thailand, rented motorcycles anyways, went speeding past a police officer, refused to stop for the police, were chased by the police officer, then somehow thought that wrestling the officer to the ground and taking his weapon was a good idea? Then they are also charged with trying to bribe the officer to look the other way, which didn't go as they thought it would, which is probably what escalated the situation. "The police officer was attacking them" defense is not going to fly, but nice try. Good luck getting out of jail, maybe Daddy Warbucks can find a higher up RTP officer that he can bribe to let his sons get out of the country, then everyone can declare it all a misunderstanding.

Neither one of these guys has any moral high ground, they are all dirty.

I can think of a lot of stupid things people can do in Thailand, but attacking a police officer and taking his firearm away would be at the very top of that list. The IQ of these two Kiwis combined can't be above 80, there is just no way.

Hopefully to come spit in the face of a pariah.

When a whole country is based on corruption and buying your position in life, not based on merit, well this is the outcome.

They also revoked his license to own firearms?! They actually hand these out to foreigners? Or do some officials have a lot of explaining to do?

Best to stay away from pariah, but sure, go kneel and kiss his ring.

As to obtaining a TIN, not sure if my wife did so, but not to my knowledge at least. However, she has filed our Thai Taxes as a married couple with my Pink ID in the Tax ID field for years now. I am on a Non-O (Family) Visa, not PR.

Hopefully France takes note of this, though it seems obvious this issue would happen.

If all of that is true, then that makes me feel better! Do we need to file a Thai tax return if we remit money to Thailand from any of these "never assessable amounts of money"? My wife already files a Thai return that includes me (using my Pink ID number as my Thai Tax ID), but not sure if she will need to add anything I remit here that's "never assessable". As of Dec 31st 2023 I had a pretty good amount of savings in two banks, and an IRA at my brokerage, also an interest bearing cash account at the brokerage (all of these in the USA). I am still planning to ride out 2024 without remitting anything, just to see how others handle the tax issues first, but good to hear that this may not effect me all that badly, if at all.

He will be brought in to find out where he should send his next batch of brown envelopes, then all will be right in the world again.

The first guy has assaulting and kicking a woman on public property, a road range incident with an Ambulance, and now possessing two firearms without a license and carrying them concealed in public. He went for the trifecta of reasons to deport his arse, unless there are more criminal acts he has been involved in here in Thailand? Who the heck is this guy?!?!

Yikes! This guy is a menace! Carrying a concealed firearm in Thailand, and he's a Farang?!?! I somehow think there is way more to this guys story, and who has been protected or supporting his Shenanigans, the boys in brown?

Who in their right mind would think smuggling 30kg of cannabis in their suitcase would go unnoticed?!

I can see the new Army leaders salivating at this news from the Democrats, que the riots, then in come the armored personnel carriers (Thank you USA!). Then....Deja Vu!

You would think he would pay a fine and leave, or maybe he'll use a Case Visa (Defendants Visa) to gain time to pack up and leave at a later point.

Yup, he has now officially had his Visa revoked! Nitwit had it coming, though he still has a court case to deal with before they deport him.

Meanwhile over a million soi dogs are suffering on every street corner, only because they can't make money on exploiting them.