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Probably not. Understanding it may be an issue though

Brits are way out in front, out of sight. The rest are jostling for second place

lol. In other words China is doing its thing and Thailand is clinging to its coat tails. FFS, Thailand can’t even make use of its satellite allocation, let alone boldly go where plenty have boldly gone before

Quite right. Start off with that toss bag who was joy riding on Kamala beach in his car. Oh wait, turned out he was Thai. 1k baht fine will do.

Xenophobic hate of foreigners is a current bandwagon that is easy to hitch onto. It distracts from government failure to address major issues, such as air pollution in Chiang Mai, inflation and, in Anutins particular case, the issues raised by unlicensed cannabis use. Providing a common enemy that everyone can rail against, provides a useful distraction.

“Foreigner condemned for driving car on Kamala Beach in Phuket; PM blasted for saying cannabis policy yielded bad results” this headline from the AN of the day suggests differently, does it not?

Hard to revoke the visa of a thai person. could revoke his drivers licence, if in fact he committed a traffic offence

At the time the video went viral, I believe that farang were blamed as being the driver and their were howls for their deportation. oh the irony

I’m not sure you are correct. Only INCOME brought in is assessable to tax. Possibly capital gains also. I see no mention of assessing capital monies that are brought in to Thailand. there is also the issue of whether the person withdrawing cash from an atm is, in fact, resident in Thailand for tax purposes. No details were provided by the op on that.

They always have just barely tolerated us. Just before they needed the money more so hid it better

Similar incidents? Germanic man grabs the collar of a taxi driver. Two Thai guys cut off the arm of a shopkeeper. Other than cigarettes, there are some quite marked differences

Or if they are marrying me.

Stupider than stupid. check back again when you are broke

Blasted PM!

The reference to a Chinese national was in relation to a SIMILAR incident that occurred some time ago. Not this incident. it clearly says so in the article.

How do they know he was a tourist? Might be here on a long term visa extension.

If it is such a clear and present threat, why was it legalized in the first place?

But wasn’t that the masks for foreigners only story this morning? Or is there a steady stream of them coming out today?

I’m not sure you are painting “Thai” people in a very good light with your view of what they might say.

It’s quite hard to tell which story is the 1st Aril spoof. I feel like I read 3 of them on AN already today

How could that conceivably be enforced though? Once out the airport there’s nothing identifying a new arrival.

Locals don’t need masks because of their greater resistance to regional ailments? 1. Covid is a regional ailment now? 2. Locals can not only resist the effects of Covid, but also can’t catch it and pass it on? how about some scientific studies proving both these points.

Certainly the number of west European tourists is very low. Apart from what I see with my own eyes when around and about, I recently flew from London with Ettihad. The London - Abu Dhabi leg was ram packed. The Abu Dhabi - Phuket leg was 10% full, if that. So wherever those people on the Londo flight were going, it certainly wasn’t Phuket.

The usual punishment for those of Russian nationality appears to be a 500 baht fine, eg the period raged Russian lady who kicked a 7-11 employee. Contrasted with the Swiss idiot who was held up to national humiliation and deported (I believe) for kicking someone. Likely the two Russians referenced in the article will apologize and get a small fine. But I doubt we will ever hear about it

Sounds like the process used for those categories of people is moonlighting for mere plebs…..for a fee. Efficient use of resources I’d say. The authorities should officially take over the process and double the fee. Or, improve immigration waiting lines in general, but don’t hold your breath on that one.