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Shameful behaviour by the police and as a previous poster mentioned; undoubtedly complicit.

So all the paperwork for numerous police investigations on-going and past destroyed presumably. Very convenient. A blaze like this has to be looked upon with the upmost suspicion particularly in a country like Thailand.

Thanks for the responses everyone. Well you won't believe this but I decided to email them again this afternoon using my existing email provider (yahoo.com) and received an automated response back within an hour.

I had originally contacted them twice using a new email account I had set up with GMX Mail and had heard nothing. So the problem must have been with GMX Mail even though the emails I "sent" to them were in the "sent folder". I had even successfully exchanged emails between these two accounts (to myself) but for some reason there must be an issue either sending emails to VFS or receiving emails from them using GMX Mail.  I guess I made a mistake trusting this dodgy free email.

Ten days ago I sent an email to <[email protected]> to book an appointment to renew my passport. I included in the email everything they asked for: name - date of birth - contact number - three preferred dates and times - but to date I have heard nothing back from them. Has anyone had recent experience in booking an appointment with them (Bangkok  office)? Thanks.

Haven't received any post from around the 22nd. of December in my area of Bangkok which is on the outskirts of the city. No sign either of the postman (on motorcycle) who I normally notice at least two or three times a week in that time. My wife mentioned that some of the postal workers tested positive at Prapadeaeng PO a week or two ago. That has probably something to do with it.  Anyone else in Bangkok experiencing similar lately? 

8 minutes ago, mahtin said:

After the assistant manager of a famous bank in Pattaya was notified by the agency bank until he was taken to prison at the beginning of the month last Feb. After the bank documents were burned and the evidence was damaged.

 

https://mgronline.com/onlinesection/detail/9640000127314

google translate

"After the bank documents were burned and the evidence was damaged." I presume this was the handy work of the accused in an attempt to hide his tracks.

Anyone have any idea of how many schools (roughly) have re-opened in Bangkok? (or Thailand for that matter) I'm finding it hard to find information about this. Thank you.

On 11/5/2021 at 11:10 AM, FridgeMagnet1 said:

Yes and I don’t expect it to go away anytime soon. I haven’t seen anyone not wearing their masks when walking around Bangkok. A few have it under their chin, but not many 

"....under their chin, but not many" I call that position "the low-ready". Ready to lift your mask whenever entering somewhere that requires a mask or if you see a policeman approaching. 

18 minutes ago, itsari said:

None of the above , a simple case of a human informer .

That's my thinking too.

2 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

A lot of the charging accounts seem IT related.

 

I wonder if this is somehow related to the collection of VAT for "Digital Services" as of 1 Sep? And some API allowed for a hack?

 

https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG210901151223224

 

 

 

Makes you wonder.

MedPark hospital in Klong Toei (Bangkok) as of yesterday (Wednesday 06 October) is now accepting registrations for Covid-19 free government sponsored vaccination for expats only. 18+ and no previous vaccination are the requirements. Strictly no Thais. I successfully registered today. if anyone's interested I'd be quick as the first three days of the vaccination program are already full with what looks like seven or so remaining days after that. Registrants can chose between Astra Zeneca or Pfizer. 

https://medparkhospital.com/en/page/covid19-vaccine-expats

There's a six and a half minute report on the accident with video on 

THAI TODAY NEWS YouTube channel if anyone's interested.  Concludes with dashcam footage of another motorist pulling up on the scene of the accident on the other side of the road.

9 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Are you sure you didn't follow a fake message and downloaded and installed a virus?

 

LINEs official website is line.me including a download link for Windows.

I downloaded and installed Line on my other desktop (Dell) and it was exactly the same with the pop-up. Ran Spy-bot Search and Destroy and Avira anti-virus on Compaq. Problem still persisted. So uninstalled and then re-installed Line again and the problem was fixed.

No idea what happened. The problem could be to do with a couple of Power Point files (.pptx) - a jpg file - and Google Drive pdf file that I downloaded and opened immediately before the problem occurred. All sent from a school through Line.

But I think you're right. It was a virus and fake message picked up from somewhere. Anyway much thanks for the advice.

"Line app. no longer supports windows 7 and 8. Please click below to download the latest compatible version."

I was using Line on my desktop earlier today and no problems. Then suddenly when I went to re-open the app earlier this evening a pop-up appeared with the above message.  The app can no longer be accessed although Line is working okay on my mobile. (same a/c)

I guess I will lose all chat history that preceded my downloading of the Line app on my mobile. Annoying.  (mobile: chat history backed-up daily)

Has anyone else experienced this??

I got hit with a ransomware attack last September. (05 September 2020 at around 18.00 PM Thai time). DJVU/STOP variant. All files on one of my computers were encrypted without me knowing at the time (.boop extension). Mainly media files (avi and mp4) and audio (mp3) and jpg and txt files. I don't know how they got in as I was running Windows firewall - real time windows protection was enabled - and I'm very careful about what programs I download and open etc. Anyway the good news is that it is only the first 250 KB of each file that is encrypted (I think that's the correct figure) and there is some free software out there that can recover your media files (mp4 - avi - mp3  etc) if you have good reference files (unencrypted) at your disposal.  (check Disktuna on YouTube - he has some great free stuff)

Water has resumed at long last. Only took five days to do so. But no mention of the problem on Thai television (according to my wife) but thousands of households affected. Deliberate news blackout I wonder??

QUOTE: "Ornuma "Khru Jum" Plodprong, the first teacher who was accused of abusing students, recently filed a police complaint against a student’s parents for allegedly assaulting her." Is there any foundation to this accusation I wonder?? You can be sure that Sarasas will be giving Ornuma Plodprong assistance - financial or legal or both - in any legal action against the parents such is their contempt for the complaining parents.

Just up a quick up-date if anyone's interested. There's still no water (Monday evening) and according to my wife they probably won't be able to fix the problem until the end of the week. This is Bangkok and many thousands of houses are affected in a big area including Klong San and Wat Khru Sang (Samut Prakarn). They're saying it's a major problem. I would have thought in this day and age any water supply problem could be sorted out in a few hours at most particularly in Bangkok. But apparently not!

Still no water. Have heard that a large area is affected including several villages.

Woke yesterday morning to no water in the area where I live. And right now the water supply still hasn't been restored. A kind neighbor let my wife fill several large water bottles from her water tank to help us out last night. Everyone commenting on the situation. Saw workmen working on the problem about 800 metres from the house yesterday morning. Must be a major problem. Anyone else living here been affected likewise??

4 hours ago, jaiyen said:

Why do they need so many cops ? Government has "promised" there will be no violence, but if there are 9000 cops I am sure a few of them will start something.

Massive police presence. A good way of deterring people from wanting to attend. 

17 hours ago, ChipButty said:

I was told years ago by a friend of mine that women are afraid to go to the police to report rape, like the police dont believe them and dont have trained officers to deal with rape victims, so a lot went un reported

I would imagine that something like ninety per cent of rapes and sexual assaults by taxi drivers go unreported. But could be wrong. Who knows! 99.99% of drivers being completely safe for female passengers I reckon.