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And we're still sending our navies to the Med so they can pick up this migrants a stone throw away from the shores of Libya and escort them to Europe....... A year ago it was talk about destroying the boats and infrastruktures to the smugglers..... Mindboggling !!

It does make one think there might be something to the theory that the elites are actually out to destroy western society and bring in one world government!

A conspiracy theory like that would make me laugh before............................I ain`t laughing no more .

A 17 year asylum seeker from Afghanistan it's now being reported as being the culprit.

And we're still sending our navies to the Med so they can pick up this migrants a stone throw away from the shores of Libya and escort them to Europe....... A year ago it was talk about destroying the boats and infrastruktures to the smugglers..... Mindboggling !!

Did they raid the ice factory after his arrest >_> ?

It's being reported as a 'failed coup' in some places.

What a pity if correct

Her version seems to fishy to me, only eat the body not the meaty crab legs?

Not much "meaty crab legs" on a lobster ......................

Poor guy who was lured into this tourist trap in the first place .

Thailand is money number one. However, the Chinese will never become sex tourists in Thailand. Thailand can make more money on the normal tourist business from the Chinese and Indians and domestic tourism of Thais coming for the weekends and long holidays. The money is in numbers and between the Chinese and Indians there are about 3 billion virtually untapped visitors who will spend much more as regular tourists Thailand no longer needs the sex entertainment business. Too many problems- drugs; HIV; underage Prostitutes; ladyboys-bad foreign press. It won't happen overnight but in 10 years time there will be a huge transformation very evident for all to see.

Let's hope the domestic entertainment market is included in this "transformation".

Dont forget that most of these so called normal businesses, hotels, restaurants, condo, golf courses and of course all nightlife related came into Pattaya riding piggy back

on sex tourism Not so sure you can just remove that understated base and still have sustainable tourism.

Take a look at the Pattaya bad news clippings. Do you think those problems are just going to disappear if sex entertainment is removed ?

I know that in most tourist destinations the world over you'll get undesirables being drawn into the action when ever the place get big enough, regardless if there is a big prostitution scene there or not. I for one hopes that the P4P industry is here to stay forever.

Thailand is money number one. However, the Chinese will never become sex tourists in Thailand. Thailand can make more money on the normal tourist business from the Chinese and Indians and domestic tourism of Thais coming for the weekends and long holidays. The money is in numbers and between the Chinese and Indians there are about 3 billion virtually untapped visitors who will spend much more as regular tourists Thailand no longer needs the sex entertainment business. Too many problems- drugs; HIV; underage Prostitutes; ladyboys-bad foreign press. It won't happen overnight but in 10 years time there will be a huge transformation very evident for all to see.

Let's hope the domestic entertainment market is included in this "transformation".

What does TQ mean? Please don't be lazy with your typing.

I believe it's a bar called Tahitian Queen (TQ) on Beach Road in Pattaya

Thanks, I just wish some posters will stop using initials unless for the obvious.

It's their way of showing us how cool they are and in the know.

TQ, Patts, LOS.

I really like the sunglasses sellers..

They are nice guys and provide a needed service...

Never had a problem with them..

They have always been helpful with a great attitude..

i have been very happy with my purchases...

How's the quality of their rose tinted glasses nowadays ?

Setting aside the actions of the cowardly attackers there is a loud message in this story for a lot of people.

Don't stagger home drunk alone at 3.45 am, particularly in Patong or Pattaya.

He is lucky to be alive given the penchant these days to bring out the slash and stab weaponry.

I`ve been staggering home sometimes before and sometimes after 3.45 am in both Patong and Pattaya for years now and never had any problems.Be aware of your surroundings and keep your yap shut and you`ll be just fine.

How about finding and jailing who ever was involved,

RIP Steve.

This should be a lesson to ALL the foreigners who think that they are welcome to Thailand.

But my guess is that tomorrow the following foreigner is digging his grave in Thailand.

So you guys know already what really happened, and that there was foul play involved?

Thaivisa never stops to amaze

U think he was hugged to death. Or he laughed himself to death. Or he was unlucky and hit by lightning? Or he just peacefully died in his sleep in the red light district... Tvf is full with BS but this story is Imo exactly what you can get in the shithole, open brothel, margiland known as pattaya... Filthy people of all kind there, Thai and foreigner alike!

Good to see him off the streets...let justice take it course in the Netherlands

The Dutch probably would have little interest in prosecuting him since he is wanted by Swiss authorities.

The application form in UK says only 3 visa exempts allowed, it doesn't state over what period but what ive been reading on here and another forum is people are regularly now getting warned they will not be allowed entrance without a visa.

Could you post a link to that application form.

I have seen the wrong info on the Thai embassy website that mentions the old 90 days in 6 months rule that ended in 2008.

Immigration can warn all they want but there is to no rule to support that warning.

See 2 below. I havent got a link as their website hasnt been updated.

That's interesting. I have been 5 times in the last 5 years in the last 5 years, 4 of which were via the visa waiver. Perhaps I should apply for a tourist visa this time around.

The likelyhood that you would be denied entry is 0. Can't imagine that millions of tourists who has previous visits to Thailand would now will be required to obtain a visa for further visits.

I got flagged last week when I entered Chiangmai but it was visa exempt tourist stamp no 14 for this year

I have an overseas job, travel in / out . Got sent to the senior officer in the office and she asked me to apply for METV next time and I told her okay will do that but I have no job in Thailand and I showed her the money I had on me about 100k baht and told her I just enjoy being in Thailand when I am not working

She asked me have gf in Thailand ? I said yes ...strange question she asked me is it Chinese ...I said no she is from Chiangmai ...she laughed stamped me in and asked me to look for her next time I come back in if I have problems in the airport

I assume that means I am fine so far to continue ...I have a registered marriage in Thailand but have been lazy so far in getting the OA marriage visa as I travel so much for work it didn't deem worth the hassle

I have to be out again next week and back after one week lets see if they will deny me entry

A friend of mine living in Singapore has been flying in and out to Bkk almost every weekend for the last 2 years now and was asked almost the same once ,when the IO heard about his GF he stamped him in.

was she blind or on medication? Handsome?????

The scammer didn`t put his own,ugly black face on the FB profile.He puts a picture of a white man as his profile picture and the background picture will almost always contain some christian symbols,super religious as these scammers are.

And for those finding pleasure in the misfortune of this unfortunate Thai woman,Western women are being scammed equally easy by this scumbags on a daily basis !!

30 years ago I worked airport security in Norway:In those days the requirements was almost the same as the security clearance in the military . You could prove that members in the family didn`t have a criminal record or wasn`t pro nazis during WW2.Nowadays looking at the "airport security" in many European airports I kinda doubt that many of the security detail would even pass stage 1 !!

<deleted> did happen to the good old USA.Youre in your right to bear arms,but as soon as your shoot an "upstanding pillar in the society" youre of to jail ?? Almost make me glad to be a norwegian with very lax gun laws -

25 years ago I visited Venezuela who was then a nice and relatively safe country.Neighbours Columbia was deemed unsafe at that time............................25 years later the roles are reversed.

This is the same for operation Libya , but without the bombing warplanes. You know who killed off Hugo Chavez and collapsed the oil price.

No,but do tell who killed Chavez .......................

This is now an classic example why extreme socialism and communism are guaranteed to fail.In the process of making the poor minority more well of,you are making everyone poor and your country collapses.Let`s hope that this is the final nail in the coffin called communism and that the goon Maduro and his croonies steps down before they ruin Venezuela beyond repair !!

" I dream of a church in Europe without silly PC priests" !!

Good Australia.Their military do in fact STOP the migrants before arriving...............In Europe we`re deploying our military to escort them in !!

Those sure are the tusks of quite a lot of elephants. That raises some questions.

Is the president as good in burning the Boko Haram?

I think he would be happy to the fact that Boko Haram is Nigeria's and Cameroon's problem.