kaffeburk

Hi

Anyone knows what the punishment is for testing positive for methamphetamine in Thailand? No possession just that. (asking for a friend, yes really).

Regards,

He lost 16 kg, was denied medicine for his condition. The Swedish state department says this is just one of many similar cases. 

17 minutes ago, jenny2017 said:

Being on an overstay, the police would be the last address to show up. Why did your friend not inform the Immigration when he's in the hospital? Or let the hospital manage that? Even when a relative or gf would show up at Immigration with proof, there wouldn't have been a problem. 

He was not my friend, and i guess he was to sick to think about such matters and as a tourist not informed. I'm sure he wold let the hospital manage that, had they asked him. 

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Whatever you do, don't ask the police for help. A heartsick swede did that after being hospitalized for heart failure so long that his visa expired. He was perhaps confused when released from the hospital, and went to the police. They trowed him in monkeyhouse without medicine and he almost died. 

Landlord Software?

Sorry if of topic, but i'm looking for an easy system to collect the water and electric readings and then create the monthly invoices. Ant tip?

 

We are some friends that want to rent big bikes, all from 250 offroad to sports-bikes for a weekend or so. Need some reliable person to do this with, that can get the bikes we need and is not known for no monkey business. A correct and easy address and telephone number would be appreciated.

I guess the answer about if im "long time" by TallGuyJohninBKK is closest. Yes, next time i will ware a suit and tell them i have just applied for a position at the local university. Last time i wanted one account i was told i needed both visa and my Swedish drivers licence...

Is getting a bank box that easy for farang?

It depends how difficult you deem walking into a bank and asking for one is,last time I checked there was no dark magic involved?

Last time i walked in there was 2-5 year queue.

Wanted a new bank account. I have student visa. Was told there is a new law, a Thai citizen must guarantee in order for me to have a bank account. I told the manager i was single and not any Thai-persons property or in need of a handler. Another way to "help" getting us dependent so someone can get leverage to extract our money? Any workarounds, just go to the next bank?

If they lie, they wont stop - just wont happen. That you caught her once wont work any magic, she just expect you to forget the incident and if she not confess it have never happen. If you don't have that 100% feeling that this is very good, then its not. Play the game, make a plan - stick to the plan and end it in such a way neither you emotions or finance get into trouble. Be one step ahed.

Bank-boxes are usually very hard to get. Go to the Turist police ASAP. They will talk to her and they are very good at this. Thai don't lie to the police so easy. They will make notes and keep thieese notes. If You have problem later you can back up that your passport have been stolen and by who.

Need a teacher in Ubon for 1 student. 3-4 days a week 2*40 min.

Thanx for the advice. I'm leaving because we dont want to stay in Pattaya, we are moving to Isan. There is no real contract, just a receipt where 3 month is stated and the deposit of 8000 baht is also stated. I will probably pay all three month. I will come here once or twice during this period anyway. I pay 16 000 baht and will get 8000 baht back, so i get 2 month for 8000 baht now.

My list:

(1) Falling in love with the wrong girl. Even when purchasing an old car i would do a lot more research.

(2) Staying with the wrong girlfriend after the early warning-signs hit quite high on the Richter scale.

(3) Failing to understand why Lawyers recommend me to give a sum like 20 000 or more in case of separation. The reason now is quite clear. If You don't settle she will probably take everything in your house and claim its hers. The police will not help You. Better to move everything first, or change the locks. But move everything first, without her knowledge is probably the best.

We rented a room for 3 month, and put 8000 baht (1 month rent) in deposit. Now we decided to move out after only 1 month. There is a electric bill of 1000 baht and water of 400 baht. Do i have to loose both the deposit and pay 1400 baht or should the 1400 baht first be deducted from the 8000 baht?

Strange, i do have a true-account with an aircard to my laptop and that i can Skype very well on. When i got another account for my SonyEricsson and skype there was so much lag that it did not work. When i connect the phone to WiFi it does work well so i don't think its the telephone. My guess what that true lagged the call in order to get me pay them for the overseas call.

You have 2 choices that are guaranteed to work. Now, first accept the fact that you will NEVER get all your assets back at their true value. The strategy is to mitigate your damages at a minimum.

1. Next time go to the police station with a lawyer. Yes, you have to pay him, but he will get the response from the police you expect. You are not important enough on your own.

2. Kiss and make up with your girl. Do it "Thai" style. Make her want you back. Love her, baby her. Tell her you are sorry. Move in with her... then take all your things and disappear...along with many of her things?

The anger and attack approach doesn't work in Thailand. Just sayin'.

Yes, You are right but its to late for number two and for number one also. Her daughter and the "girlfriend" is staying with my GF¨s family and she is aware of that. I wont fight her mom while its like that, it would only hurt the girl.

I have not seen a Lawyer yet but its looks like the law is provoking situations like this. If its not illegal for either part to move things out of the house, and one of the parts do have a big and poor family and the other nowhere to move the stuff - what will happen when troubles set in?

Looks like Sweden's divorce-laws. If there is enough conflict one parent (read the mother) can get single custody othervice not. Guess if some mothers go full in for conflict?

I have found out that Skype don't work, or work bad because of blocking by many ISP. Anyone know if there is any monthly based 3G subscription of any ISP in Thailand that does NOT block Skype?

Does anyone know if there is aby trustworthy Lawyer in Pattaya, perhaps Farang that also know international law? The topic is business. I have seen some postings that suggest that such a list is available in "Thaivisa", but i cant find it.

OP's handle KaffeBurk......sounds like Kathy Burke....anyone know her, a comediene she has appeared on TV in the UK regularly, programmes like Ab Fab and Harry Enfield.

I am suspicious by nature, this thread is so weird I have to think it could be a troll post

couldn't agree more, there is evidence of this from the get go in details

If you point those details out perhaps i can clarify. If You get into trouble with a Thai in Thailand you are at an disadvantage if you get into trouble with a psychopath you are always in deep trouble. When you combine the two it gets really bad.

In cases of domestic dispute, the police officers will do their best to help settle the matter amicably between the two people before it goes down the criminal prosecution route.

That is obviously what they are trying to do.

Stealing my property after we have separated cant really be a domestic matter as it occurred after the relationship ended, and does the Police really have the right to deny me to file charges? I strongly told him that any meting was out of the question as long as no charges was filed.I could accept to withdraw my charges at a later point but to have a meeting with her when the Police so obvious was on her side did not thrill me.

To get it done efficiently you need to bring a thai friend with you to do the talking ,ive generally found for all matters serious a thai is needed to speed up the process or you get palmed off to the tourist police who refer you back to the real police who tell you to report it to the tourist police ........

farang grievances are not taken seriously at many police stations ,maybe in part because they have difficulty understanding what a distressed farang is trying to report exactly or maybe theyre just lazy and think if they ignore it you will go away and they can get back to their television watching ......

I had my Ex Thai Girlfriend and our baby daughter with me, in order to accomplish just that. She is far from naive and we did discuss this with her family before we took the trip to this city. Neither her, me or her family thought this was "not enough" for getting the police to help me. What I have been told later is that she had, either by her self or trough her "tuk-tuk" lover connections within the police. It was late in the day and not enough time to get a Lawyer for a second round that day. I had 9 cracked ribbs, was eating a lot of painkillers and lost my nerve and choose to not wait one more day for the Lawyer. I got a strong feeling that something was very wrong and decided to pull out and regroup. This was just one week after my initial run and I was neither physically or mentally in a good shape.

I'am really surprised how much wrote here to forget it and learn something about it. Stupid!!!!

If this are my things I report it to the police. If they don't do something, I go to the next higher policeman and report it to the local newspapers. Maybe you can go with a reporter to the police!!! ;-)

If they don't do something you can go to townmajor/citymajor office. They want help you too.

The next way is than:http://www.ombudsman.go.th/10/eng/index1.asp

For myself I want try it with a lawyer and the citymajor office.

I think your lady know that you don't have balls!!! Otherwise she never do it.

Look for a good lawyer and the police do everything for solve this problem. But it need maybe 1-2 years.

I was thinking in the same direction. I have been trying to find a good Lawyer that speaks English but could not find anyone in the town in Isan where I have spent the last 2 weeks. I guess that the plan for me included something that would put me out of options regardless of the condition of my balls. The plan was to wait until i bought a car - that would have been in my name. To get that car from me, that would be to make me sign some paper against my will was probably not by using methods you learn in Sunday-school.

However I deviated from the script. I guess what I got into is not so uncommon as some in this forum seems to believe. What might be unusual is that I still am in shape to talk about it. There is not much intelligence needed to come up with such a plan. The thing that make such an "unbelievable" plot so potentially successful is just that. A normal brain will reject the idea that such betrayal is possible from someone so close to us regardless of the logic and the facts. That is what can make stuff like this possible.

The situation have changed. The daughter that I was told she had adopted was in fact her own. She and her Girlfriend now stays with the family of my new GF. She had lost 4 kilo after her mother abandoned her for not doing a proper "guarding the farang" job. I have been told that my ex and some mafia like tuk-tuk driver planned all this together. My priority is the children so i cant both help them and go to war against the mother of one of them. I also have information that my Ex now is hospitalized and have lost a large amount of the money she stole from me.

Its only speculation but my guess is the "Gick/partner" was no better than her and liberated her from what he decided was hes part of the loot and that a strong hand was needed in order to accomplish that. But it might also be smokescreen to get her daughter back. I don't know, so I just wait and see what will happen. The girls have missed out more than a few years of school but are showing a serious interest in getting a decent life, and there is more to do than just give them a place to stay and money.

Never buy or rent anything in a Thai nationals name.

It may seem like a good idea at the time, but it isn't.

Why? It have worked fine for me. The only problem have been for one or two Thais who thought it gave them an advantage over me but it turned out to be the opposite.

You will waste a lot of time, energy and money trying to get your stuff back. You will fail.

Your mentality is still too Western and unrealistic for Thailand, especially rural Thailand.

TheBlether suggestion is the obvious one, and I'm sure a Lawyer will be happy to relieve you of some more money without being up-front that your chance of getting your stuff back, especially in a reasonable timeframe, is almost nil.

She sounds like she has the attitude and vindictiveness to fight to the death. You on the other hand, do not. She has the language, the family, the laws and the police on her side. You just need to accept that you cannot win and it's really not worth the fight.

I wish you luck.

"Some people" pretend they have a lot more willingness to fight than what they really have. The family? Not for long. Police? Lets see. Worth the fight? Not in money, but its not about money for me anymore. Please just wish me good luck because i'm not doing this just for myself. Every stupid Farang that loses on walkover makes it harder for all of us.