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4 hours ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

Thaksin knew how to clean up the drug lords.

but it was a complete failure.

1 hour ago, tomazbodner said:

They probably see it, and send the information to customs of destination of the flight. That way they don't need to deal with it and get smugglers arrested at the other end.

Saw a lot of that on Airport Security series... "acting on a tip"

Correct, happens a lot. A couple of major busts were made in Thailand on info from the Aussie customs - pointless stopping them in Aus. as it only means a bit of a slap on the wrist, whereas in Thailand it means a long stay locked up - as it should be. 

12 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

 

How did they not catch this in Thailand? It was a large quantity too. They always x-ray all bags right?

Let the Brits catch him / her if they want to, why would the Thais be concerned - legal purchase in Thailand and besides the Thai's are too busy looking for people trying to "smuggle" tourist Buddha statues out of the country. 

The country is screwed when parents have to shoot their children to protect their own lives. 

19 hours ago, Tuco Ramirez said:

...is there such a thing?

 

Tuco.

probably more normal than you - and what wouldn't be difficult. 

4 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Hopefully he has gone to see his buddy Hun Sen, for a very long vacation before going to Dubai again.

Yingluk won't be coming back anytime soon which must have peed him off as he hoped to have her back for Songkran.

But the question is, would he leave his daughter behind to face the music.

Yes he would, she's just another pawn in his power struggle, luckily for her, she hasn't done anything of consequence (other than shopping) so will be ok - just booted out of power. 

On 5/24/2025 at 10:25 AM, motdaeng said:

before she made that statement, i saw her as nothing more than a foolish puppet.

 

what a hypocritical and worthless person ... she only demands equal treatment when it benefits her ...

 

btw. maybe she should ask the farmers who took their own lives because of her corrupt policies ..

Not her policies, the previous and current manipulater of female PM's is the one to blame and should be brought to task for his gangster self-indulgent flawed corrupt interference with the the running of the country. 

21 hours ago, Red Forever said:

I knew that the extra judicial killings in Thaksin’s first government would prompt the haters to point at Mr T.

Pity they don’t acknowledge that Mr T was spoken to by one who cannot be named and told that “something must be done “.

Rock and a hard place.

There is a big difference between "something must be done" and the slaughter perpetrated on many innocent people including children far removed from any involvement with the drug trade - and did it stop the drug trade - no, it didn't. 

7 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

 

The problem with that strategy is that the some in the military and the police allegedly used the suppression activity to eliminate political "rivals" and advocates of social reform. In other cases, innocent people were killed.

 

 

Nonsense. There is no evidence to support your claim.  He did not gun down anyone. The   drug cartels had taken control of parts of the country and had corrupted local officials including the police. It was a bonafide  insurrection funded by the  drug syndicates. It was similar to what was seen in Columbia and Mexico. The  military  was heavy handed, but this was a  do or die  situation. The failure was on the part of the military to  oversee and manage the  operation  effectively. Thaksin had to work with  what he had, and unfortunately, the  Thai military of that era was not well trained in fighting narco terrorists.

 

All fully sanctioned by Thaksin. 

23 hours ago, hotchilli said:

So why do TAT call it the worlds Family friendly destination.

Because they know no better. 

50 minutes ago, TantrikLvr said:

yea, coming from the evil bloody hands of the director murderer of over 3000 'suspected' drug users, charged, convicted and  sentenced ex jailed crook and fugitive, with the meth head son and right hand minister advisor, convicted and jailed for trafficking Heroin to Australia and the sister/puppet who ripped off countless poor rice farmers.. an outstanding individual pot calling the kettle black.. If greedy

Drump can get away with it all, why not try and pull the wool over more nieve peoples eyes and try to grab more ignorant peoples money??   

Pleased to see you don't really dislike the guy and what he stands for 😊

33 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Pattaya isnt Thailand

Thankfully you are correct. 

"Undermine Thailand's democractic foundations", is that what the current debacle is called. 

1 hour ago, garygooner said:

Worst neighbours:

a)  slamming doors

b)  loud music

c)  pet dog

d)  smoking on balcony

e)  crying baby 

The list goes on.  

And tenants who bitch all day over trivial matters. 

Just ongoing Thai politics in play, the most corrupt will come out squeaky clean.