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I don’t think he was working illegally online. He was working illegally. He solicited business online for his illegal activities. A slight difference.

Anyone who wants to do so?

I don’t believe that to be an accurate statement. Assuming he didn’t commit any crimes in Singapore, he would not be punished there. He would be extradited, just as is happening in Thailand. So no caning.

If he was bleeding in a ditch, he probably would have been found and his family informed. He was on holiday so probably is in a tourist area. Check his hotel room as it’s much more likely to be where he is if he has encountered some problem. A heart attack or stroke or some other illness is more likely than the bleeding in a ditch scenario. Or, he could just be ok and not have been in touch.

He didn’t. The child was from her previous marriage

Gotta give Adrian credit. Wasn’t even his kid but he did the right thing instead of walking away

I doubt he hid it in his passport. Probably FORGOT it was in his passport more like.

Phuket has its issues, traffic congestion being one of the main ones. but in what universe is being punished for breaking the law an issue? I spend quite a bit of time in Phuket and Udon Thani. Quite different places in many respects. I don’t feel the need to change my behavior between the two places, one iota. Then again, I am (reasonably) law abiding. I also haven’t noticed any changes in Phuket from two months ago. It’s a little quieter now that high season is over and we approach the low season, but that’s about it. It’s seems you don’t live here yourself, so ether you have friends who live here and are dumber than dumb, feeding you (false) information, or you’re just making stuff up in order to jump on a currently popular bandwagon. anyway, enjoy your current place of abode and if it’s ok for you to break the law there with impunity, so much the better……..I guess.

It wasn’t. He’s just a troll making stuff up.

Well, jail and fines are pretty standard punishment all around the world and, indeed, in Thailand also. So it would be surprising if either or both of those were not utilized as an immediate consequence in this case, although the routine usually consists of a court hearing first. Deportation and blacklist are more Thai specific for foreigners, whether either or both will be utilized in this case remains to be seen. A court case is not necessary, but even with these punishments, before the immediate consequence is meted out, there is usually some kind of hearing.

Well there are a lot more thai people here than any other nationality, or indeed all other nationalities put together. Statistically it would be an amazing fact if Thais DIDNT make the top of the list for just about anything and everything, good and bad.

Yeah, it’s the sort of thing that makes it onto the BBC website and then is a worldwide story.

Doesn’t most the stuff come via private companies? Lazada, Kerry etc. maybe the post office does some but I don’t think that they do most of them

True. Thailand is so good at setting up integrated IT solutions.

Pretty sure that the threshold for VAT was increased from 1k baht to 1.5k baht, because below that amount the cost of collection was more than the revenue gained. Now the exemption limit is going from 1.5k baht to nothing. sounds like it’s going to be a lot of work for not a lot of reward. I guess it might create some jobs in the Revenue dept as they hire workers to process all the tax collections

Yup. Good for the day. Letting riders ride off without a helmet after paying a fine is a sure sign that road blocks are for money and nothing to do with enforcing the law or road safety

Well that’s this week. But next week……

In Phuket town, often it’s the shop that you park in front of, that dobs you in to the police. The cynical part of me says that there is a kick back to the shop for tipping off police, who of course collect on the fine.

Although the cutter cost more than the parking fine, superficially it’s a cost effective alternative because the cutter can be used again in the future, so he need never pay a parking fine again. of course there is the damage to government property thing to consider 🙄 actually, his problem may have been that he didn’t know where to go to pay the fine. I was clamped in Phuket town many years ago and it took ages to find out what I was supposed to do to get unclamped. The ticket is all in Thai, as you would reasonably expect.

For two nights!!

7,000 quid for two nights. Not credible. The whole thing makes no sense.

Stationary and straddling both lanes of the road. Came to a halt no doubt because he belatedly looked up and saw a bike coming in the opposite direction. Should have looked before turning and only turned if there was time to do so, yes? but in any case, would YOU check out your car damage before attending to an injured person?

I believe that the thai netizen outrage isn’t over who’s fault it is, but that the farang checked out the damage to their car before checking out injuries to the moterbike rider. i’m with the outraged netizens on this one. Who ever is at fault, human life ranks above a freaking car.

What? That is just down the road from my place. What you don’t see in the video is the bend in the road. A guy turns in front of a bike without signaling and you blame the bike? What happened to only turning across traffic when the road is clear? SMH

It’s not a new policy, so one that should have been factored into their decision making in terms of where they should retire. Also, if they lived in the UK, even though they might get an increased pension, their cost of living would be far far higher. Overall They would be far worse off than they are now. anyway, I can’t see much point bleating about it to foreign press. Make whatever decisions you need to make to continue retirement and get on.