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Why don't they name these arrested people?

Is this the usual route to smuggle Heroin into Thailand? I would thought it more likely to come straight into Thailand from that whole 'golden triangle' area / Myanmar. How and why was this guy there with this pakage?

Oh, they're never going to allow anyone to watch the CCTV.

I wonder how many days over the reporting date they were, no mention of that in the article. Back when they changed overstaying a visa from something that you were fined for and nothing more I also wondered if /when they would turn the 90 day reporting into a crime. So if they're going down this route why don't they fine the people who are actually responsible for doing the 90 day report - the home owner / landlord.

Mine went from about 10k to just over 11k Baht It's hot and I use a lot of AC, fully expected. I did replace a couple of AC units so they are more up to date and less inefficient - this shows right now as my bills are about the same as the last couple of years. Without buying those 2 AC units I suspect it would be a lot higher.

Welcome to Thailand, stop drinking now, piss into this cup and wait here for 2 hours while we do our very best to imprison you and complete the paperwork, also - papers please.....

Wishful and magical thinking that the numbers would be so low. Nobody who gets what can be best described as 'a cold' will report it, only the more serious cases will be counted.

I guess they're worth what people will pay, which is this case seems to be nothing.

They did a much better job than the other available systems. Fast and efficient - nobody could compete with this level of competency so they did what they do best - made up some nonsense charges and shut them down.

Yeah, it's the normal untracked stuff that can go missing. I once went about 2 years without receiving any mail even though I was signed up to various services which billed me monthly and definitely mailed out invoices / statements. I believe whoever was 'doing the deliveries' must have retired because it's service as normal now. Once something tracked did not get delivered and I went down there and told them I know it's in this building, then I said "go and get it' which was duly translated. They managed to find it pretty quickly at that point. Kept me waiting weeks before I bothered to go down there.

But did they do anything wrong?

It's not an act.

Nobody is going to panic at this news, it's simply not going to happen. 10k cases a day is nothing in a country this size.

Thailand is on the list of 'Nine forbidden countries' for the Chinese. Google it - "china nine forbidden countries" - it's a rabbit hole. Certain news stories are now making a little more sense with hindsight - like that fake diplomat driving around in a police car. I wonder if he was somehow related to these illegal police stations in some way.

Interesting, very interesting. Apparently there's a list of 9 forbidden countries where the Chinese government has issued a notice back in 2021 and Thailand is on the list. Source for this and so much more : https://safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/230000-policing-expands Where are all the Chinese tourists again? I have to wonder if these kidnappers are rogue Chinese police - they wouldn't be corrupt and working with a honeytrap would they? I'm so sure you will delete this post that I would bet money on it but that's illegal.....

Are there really enough flight seats to 'welcome' 25 million visitors? I have to wonder about that, because it definitely doesn't add up which means there's a bit of a lie hidden in there somewhere, I'm just not entirely sure where it is - and I don't care that much to dig it up - but rest assured - it's there.

Your opinion is wrong but noted.

Why is this XBB 1.16 suspected? They have no idea what caused his death until they do an autopsy, locate the virus and then sequence its genome. If they think he died of this sub variant then that suggests it must be present in massive numbers for it to kill someone of his age as it would be a rare day when a 34 year old dies from this.

With proper authorisation (power of attorney) you would be surprised what someone else can do for you = anything and everything.

It's an indication of what happens when you hand over all the nations highest level secrets to a kid. Or it's a lie. The professional liars would never lie to us would they?

You need a completely new system, everything has changed and got far better over the last decade. I suggest you just buy a new one and then copy over what data you want to keep.

No more fence jumping for you!

Glad you got the rabies shots sorted as it can come back and surprise you many weeks or even months later. Out of interest - how did you find out that you're allergic to the vaccine derived from horses? Is this something you were already aware of from previous vaccines or did they do some kind of test before administering it? How would I know if I'm allergic to vaccines that are made this way?

Yes, if you don't leave the country you need to go to immigration and do a 1 year extension. If you don't do this then the overstay days begin accumulation from the day your current yearly stamp expires. So once a year you go and do an extension and get another year, every 5 years you go to Bangkok and get a new visa inserted as the old one expires. All of the visas last for only 5 years no matter the membership duration.

I do have a Thailand Elite visa, got the last one in 2019 so it's still active but the application form I have saved on my computer may be a little out of date considering it's 3.5 years old. On the version of the application form I have it asks how many times you've overstayed in the last 3 years. Then from here : https://www.thailandelite.com/faq/ There's this : So they may approve it but you need to leave and then return to get the visa inserted at the airport by the sound of it. If you're banned from returning then you're not going to be able to do that. I would suggest leaving immediately if on overstay and applying abroad just in case. I also suspect immigration turned up at the house to make an arrest. A little note aside, immigration were sniffing around my street last week (2 of them arrived in a pickup) they were looking for some Swedish dude who as far as I'm aware has never lived in this area, they had a photo and showed it to the woman I live with, they seemed to think this guy lived in the house next door which is odd as there's been nobody his age from Sweden living there in like 10 years - so this guy might be on a major overstay and they're out hunting them. I personally want as little to do with them as possible so I didn't go outside and had nothing to do with them at all.