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54 minutes ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

LOL - 20 year old out alone at 4.30am.  Maybe you dont but I know what that means - clearly you live in Utopia. She posts on social media to warn other girls out at the same time - LOL.  You believe anything - I am a sceptic when it comes to social media posts.  Do you recall that Chinese girl who walked that 'walking street' type place in a short dress and posted social media stuff about being afriad and that there were 'bad people' everywhere?  

So people are not allowed to go out alone? It doesn't say if she was going home or going out - could have been coming home from work, could have been going out to work, you don't know, I don't know. She could have been coming home from a party, is that not allowed? 20 year old girls can't go out with friends?

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That was all about her getting social media exposure. Me thinks this one too.  I just love this 'me too' generation - not.   

Yeah, she faked it, asked the motorbike driver to get drunk and expose himself. You are a sad, grumpy old man and I detect more than a hint of misogyny.

3 hours ago, mania said:

Don't know whats going on with Swiss guys but here is another & this one seems much worse

 

A Swiss Man Seriously Hurts Thai Woman in Trang Supermarket

Wow, what is wrong with people??

4 hours ago, rexpotter said:

Yes....much more. Same thing happened to me in Penang. But it was a major conflict before that. And after the Chinese kid who chased me and ran me down didn't kill me, I beat the living <deleted> out of him on the street. The locals were impressed. And he had to pay me off. Much more to your little story. Plus whats with the girly profile photo?

Ooooh, we have a hero on the thread! Always love when an anonymous hard man joins in on the internet.

5 hours ago, digger70 said:

Thai woman exposes half-naked motorbike rider.

 

5555 Must have been too small for her otherwise she wouldn't have complained.

Absolutely hilarious! I assume you don't have a daughter, loser.

2 hours ago, traveller101 said:

Seems to me it is perfectly acceptable for some members of this board having the guy charged and found guilty by majority public opinion. With suggestions of being put in jail and/or deported.

I think one element is missing, the actual trial by a judge based on available evidence followed by the verdict of guilt/innocence/and the exact severity of the crime specified.

What is being played out here, reminds me of the dark ages - and more specifically the Spanish Inquisition.

Did the Spanish inquisition let you off if you agreed to mutually apologise and walk away or mutually not apologise and walk away?

What a ridiculous escalation, even for AN that is special, well done. It is like the Spanish inquisition!  Ha ha ha ha.

2 minutes ago, xtrnuno41 said:

You are right, didnt see it before. First couldnt find but now I did find and saw.

Indeed I assumed and wrong, sorry.

Caught in the trap of responding before knowing all, which I normally do not, damn.

The doc wasnt making the movie, the Swiss did. He was proving his own situation.

Amazing he is doing that and even more amazing, it got on internet.

Why the Swiss would put it on internet? Probably had a sunstroke in the evening.

How can you be so dumb ? Well, also his reaction was over the top, bad attitude.

 

 

No worries, big of you to come back and admit that, thanks. And I agree, what on earth was he thinking? Obviously so arrogant and confident in his "connections" he thought it would be an easy win. 

11 minutes ago, TylerBKK said:

Sorry, I don't know all the answers to all your questions. But what I can tell you is that when I was on a B visa with work permit that I was told I couldn't converted to an O visa when I retired. So I left the country, flew to KL and flew back to Thailand the same day. I came back in on the visa exempt 30 day, then I applied for the O visa at immigration within two weeks of entering in on the visa exempt. Then immigration gave me either a 60 or 90 extension (can't remember exactly what it was) and they processed my O visa application. No problem at all that I was on a B visa before, exited and recentered on a visa exempt 30 day and then applied for the O. Hope that helps. 

Thanks Tyler for the reply. That does offer some reassurance on some levels that I should be able to go straight out and come back on a 30 day exempt. I will need to extend that exemption for another 30 days by which time my money will be "seasoned" enough to apply for an O.

How long were you on B's before that?

36 minutes ago, Gecko123 said:

Case is touching a lot of hot buttons: expats who don't respect Thais, public access to beaches, respect for women, resentments over foreign ownership of land squeezing out locals.

 

During the hearing his exchanges with his wife are in English and at one point he says "I cannot speak Thai."  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a11iQgvYrVI 

 

My point is if you can't speak the local language, you need to watch your P's & Q's more than he did in the video clip he made of the incident.

 

It's not easy to make yourself persona non grata in Thailand, but it appears he's managed to do just that.

Turning up for his hearing in shorts and a T shirt - class to the very end.

5 hours ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

The guy immediately apologised for being drunk, did not in any way molest or accost her, and made an offer as compensation - me thinks she is just after social media likes. 

Here we go.

It was 4.30am, she's a young woman, and she was obviously very scared so she asked him to stop where there were other people around. What might have happened if she hadn't? We'll never know but it could have been very bad.

And a taxi rider admitting he was drunk?

Glad you think there's no problem, what a lovely man you are.

Hi,

I have been in Thailand for 28 years, always employed, married for 15 years. My situation: I am leaving my job on 9th April and will have my visa and WP canceled but will have 21 days extension to leave (as a BOI company), meaning April 30th I have to be gone.

I know how to transfer a non B to a non O, however as I have school fees and mortgage I haven't maintained a solid 400k for two months. I will have a lump sum coming in to Thailand on 16th April which will cover me for a long time but it needs to seed for two months before I can apply for non O (so let's say 16th June is when it will be properly seeded).

So what is the best thing to do between April 30th and June 16th? Can I go out and come back on 30 day exempt and do a 30 day extension? Will this be questionable as I have lived here for so long? And can a visa exempt be converted to non O in country?

Or do I leave and come back on a 60 day tourist visa? Same questions apply as to whether it looks suspect and if it can be converted in country.

Finally, I read Atomphuket's really helpful thread about Savannakhet. It seems they will dish out a one year multiple entry non O without seeding the money for two months. Can anyone confirm this is absolutely correct? I will have the money in the bank, no problem, just not two months' seeded. I would hate to go all that way for the seeding to be an issue.

Any advice gratefully accepted. I have never had to worry about this stuff for 28 years....

30 minutes ago, Olmate said:

Dare say it happened similar to this. Better look on the bright side! 

 

I suspect you may be right. We'll never know as it seems BM2 doesn't want to say.

1 hour ago, jerrymahoney said:

Maybe BM2 just doesn't want to spend the next year or so dealing with police, lawyers, insurance people, and maybe the courts for possibly no further effect than current.
 

That's understandable, in which case he should stop whinging that nothing is happening. 

(And after 8 pages he still hasn't explained how it started)

9 hours ago, steven100 said:

 

oh dear '   that's even worse ...   who's going to take the group around tomorrow. 

Is that supposed to be funny?

8 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

not as "silly" as advocating the use of unqualified doctors in hospitals

I'm done, you are being ridiculous and childish. 

1. Where did I advocate the use of unqualified doctors in hospitals?
2. What are her qualifications and where are they lacking?
3. What kind of work is she doing in the hospital?

Actually, don't bother. With every post you bring up a new deflection based on something you have imagined. Why are we even talking about her qualifications? I know nothing about her qualifications or training (and neither do you) and I don't care because it is NOT RELEVANT. 

Just forget it, I'll continue debating with the adults (not that there seem to be many around), no need to reply anymore as I won't be responding back.

Pretty sure this sequence of exchanges will be gone by tomorrow as off topic which they clearly are.

4 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

 

anybody who was a patient at the hospital would probably disagree  with that statement,  Unqualified students posing as doctors?  hardly inspires confidence and not  what one would expect to find in any hospital especially in a country with aspirations to become a medical tourism hub. Regardless of the legal ramifications or indeed how famous her father is.

 

And you expect to be taken seriously 

What the Hell has that got to do with her being kicked in the back? Absolutely nothing, her profession shouldn't even come in to it.

If you feel so strongly about her qualifications (no doubt you know all about them) then take it up with the hospital - it is not relevant to this thread at all. It is just more pointless deflection.

11 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

 

If he were a Thai person acting in this manner, what would the outcome be do you think? 

If the Swiss man apologised after the incident (a mutual apology was offered by the victim to end the situation) then none of this would have happened. If he'd agreed for both to walk away without apologising (as offered by the victom) then none of this would have happened. None of us would have known about it. But he decided to double down, escalate, and bully, and now it has backfired horribly.

If a 100kg Thai man kicked and abused a 45kg foreign tourist who was minding her own business, refused to apologise, refused to peacefully end the situation without an apology when offered, then threatened to shoot her and have her thrown in jail, and she decided to press charges and go to the media I think it would become a big thing.

If a 100kg Thai man kicked and abused a 45kg foreign tourist who was minding her own business, then agreed to accept a mutual apology and went back in his house then we would never have heard about it. Just as we wouldn't have heard about it if that's what the Swiss man had done.

Stop with the anti-foreign paranoia, it is silly.
 

12 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

And what would be the reaction of the righteous on here if the 500 strong mob had got their hands on him and literally torn him to shreds, it would only take one somchai to throw the first punch 

We'd all go "never mind". Of course. What a moronic comparison. No one is saying he should be ripped apart or murdered. I don't even think he should be deported, but he should suffer some consequences. Let's not forget (although you always do) this is not about a small kick on the back. This is the fact that he thought he could bully her in to submission afterwards. She offered to mutually apologise (her for sitting on the stairs, him for kicking her and abusing her), he refused. She offered for neither of them to apologise and they both go their separate ways, he refused. He would only accept an apology from her (only her) and him calling the police to "put her in jail".  Oh, and then the wife offered to have them shot.  Oh, and he has refused to properly apoloise since.

He really thought he could bully her and this is the action of an arrogant man who needs to be taken down a notch or two. For the record in case you need it spelling out: he should not be murdered or ripped apart. OK?

Oh, and look at the photos. The "mob" were in good spirits, laughing, posing for selfies on the stairs. Hardly baying to rip someone to shreds. Keep it real if you want to be taken seriously.

18 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

 

The woman he kicked is a student not a qualified doctor.

 

And? What is the relevance of that? I don't care if she was a doctor, a student, a sweet sweeper, a foreign tourist, a bricklayer. It makes absolutely no difference to anything.

She is 26 and is working as a doctor in a hospital. But even if she hasn't passed all her exams yet, so what?? No idea why you even think that's worth a discussion, it is irrelevant. Anyway why would she be listed as a GP on the hospital website? Weirdest deflection I have come across in a while.

 

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There is absolutely no evidence of him waving guns around. More made up nonsense for the simple-minded to believe without question and regurgitate. 

I will give you that. It was mentioned in one of the (many) threads that Thai TV(?) he has been seen with a gun or brandishing one, but I don't remember the details. I can't independently verify that.

1 minute ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

 

You seem to be revelling in his downfall and you don't even know him. 

I always revel when a bully gets taken down, don't you?  Or is it only when a Thai bully gets taken down that your juices flow?

3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

But, I'd also like to 'truthfully know' if this is what happened...    There is an example in the past of some rich boy ramming a bus shelter full of people because something angered him (can't find the exact story)...

 

That was "Mu Ham" who rammed his Merc into a crowded bus stop after an argument with the driver. Google him and you'll find many stories of it in the BP.