Then will there be a rather Realistic Penalty for criminals?
According to the Sharia laws, hands of the thieves will be chopped off.
Will the social enemies be treated in the way they really deserve, instead of today's do-gooder manner?
If so, that's a kind of improvement.
Positive change from without.
Iron Fist.
That is the only thing sexual offenders really deserve.
No points of protecting vermin in the shape of man.
Those predators should be forcedly desexed.
Or marked with GPS tag after jail term and close monitoring of the location including alert to the community(as practiced in USA and South Korea).
It is said to promotes the suicide of those after release; rather welcoming phenomenon to the society.
Quantity turns into quality.
But in case of tourists' influx, often looks like the opposite applies.
More comes in, the greater numbers of riff raffs as well.
A viral video on Thai social media led to the temporary removal of a traffic officer from the Rattanathibet Police Station...
Does that mean that cop was transferred to any other job other than the traffic?
Or moved to any other provinces on temporary basis?
for allegedly collecting traffic fines personally.
Normal fine payment at the station.
But concessional rate offered if paid on the spot in cash?
Long standing police practice under scrutiny.
He was so drunk that he forgot to don his underpants.
Quite a few people leave their jackets, umbrellas, bags, and mobile phones behind when they are absent-minded.
But very few leave home without it.
That mother should have taught own daughter No Drug during her childhood.
Failing to do so and now regretting.
All she can do now is, making own daughter a negative example...
While violent crime is relatively rare...
ASEAN NOW posters aren't born yesterday though.
If they log in here often enough, they are all too familiar with those headlines from Pattaya with: Brawl, altercation, fight, assault, injury, robbery etc...
Some foreigners work illegally in Thailand while they are here as Visitors.
It has been happening all the time since old time(not limited to tour guiding).
Do they call it a 'Loophole'?
Even though there is absolutely no Grey Area in that scheme: Clearly announced engaging trade without work permit is prohibited.
Headline should rather say Visa-Waiver System Abused.