MRDave

I'm going to file this under who gives a flying <deleted>!

A stupid move to try and get out of paying for drinks. If I tried to steal from Thais in this way I would expect the same treatment.

I really like the Thai style of getting a bill rather than having to pay for every single drink every single time you buy one like in pubs in other countries, where you have to wait at the bar to be served, then wait for the waiter to pour your drinks and then pay for your drinks and then have to wait again for your change.

If idiot farangs keep behaving like this it will ruin it for everyone. A couple of Canadian girls tried it in a go go a couple of weeks ago and I have personally seen it many times. Come on a holiday to Thailand and steal from the locals. Scummy.

Sometimes its a good idea to check bin after every drink, that way I don't lose count and there's less opportunity for Thais to take advantage of a drunk farang. I also always have plenty of change so they can't short change me.

Your all missing the point! The reason she asked for 50.000 is because she knows a guy who earns 200baht a day can't pay it so will have to go to jail.

And don't forget that hes a thief no matter what his reasons for stealing. I'm sure she gets a lot of theft from her plantation, hence the CCTV so I think she is making an example to all the other people and I'm sure there' are many who steal from her plantation, and that she has had enough and anyone caught wont get a slap on the wrist but will go straight to jail. If he wanted coconuts he should buy them like everyone else or else get a better paying job.

Myself and the majority are not missing the point at all. The point I see is you have the same attitude as the old bag in question.

Some of you need to have some empathy for your fellow humans.

I doubt any if you have ever or could live on $120 US a month. And he has a family no less!

Maybe he should have waited until he could afford to look after his kids before having them!

Your all missing the point! The reason she asked for 50.000 is because she knows a guy who earns 200baht a day can't pay it so will have to go to jail.

And don't forget that hes a thief no matter what his reasons for stealing. I'm sure she gets a lot of theft from her plantation, hence the CCTV so I think she is making an example to all the other people and I'm sure there' are many who steal from her plantation, and that she has had enough and anyone caught wont get a slap on the wrist but will go straight to jail. If he wanted coconuts he should buy them like everyone else or else get a better paying job.

yes, the guy was wrong, he was drunk blah blah blah. so? his punishment is this? handcuffed while injured?

policemen have no right to handcuff an injured person and throw him to the bed of a truck even if he is guilty.

legally, they need to call an ambulance and he needs to be hospitalized.

what is he was dead on the back of the truck? Motorbike accidents are sly. you never know if it is serious or not as most die from internal trauma and hemorrhage. and this guy got a hit from his head!

i see riders woke up and walked home after an accident and die at home! due to high levels of adrenaline rush after an accident, you font feel the urgency or danger.

hope they punish the policemen doing this kind of treatment and yes, drunk farang endangering others' lives needs to be punished hard. no deportation but a good jail sentence in Thailand which is a lot worse!

Their country their rules, no kid gloves for western trouble makers and criminals here. If they don't like it they know where the airport is! No doubt his brother will now be selling drugs in Pattaya.

He shouted stop in the name of my Thai baht! The officer said that he liked his Thai baht very much and would not hesitate to fire if he thought his baht could be in any danger of getting away.

Ive thrown a few people out of my Taxi when I was in the trade but never an old age person. It was mainly wannabee gangsters and smack heads, though I once told a young woman to get out with her son who I later found out was blind. The reason he was blind was the woman was given a good kicking when she was pregnant which resulted in her son being born blind, and after spending 5 minutes in the car with this woman it was easy to see why this had happened as she was a total bitch! And if I could go back in time with hindsight I would do the same thing again.

I'm going to buy a harness when I move here, just in case. I will also fit hidden web cams that will upload to the internet at set times. I think these incidents are due to the size of Thai balconies and the amount of people murdered by Thais wanting their monies. If this wasn't the case then how come this sort of thing doesn't happen in Spain with the same frequency?

He should have shot himself in the head it would have been less painful than what his future holds. life is over as he knew it. I hope hes read David McMillans book. One of my ex friends used to call this natural selection. At 53 hes going to die in jail unless he can get a pardon or move back to Canada in the future. I still can't believe how stupid some people are. Hes not the first and he wont be the last that's for sure.

So Sad.

Sad? if every poisonous snake, spider and scorpion was wiped from the face of the Earth I would be a happy man.

Thai police arrest an aged group playing social game of cards ......And meanwhile a murder suspect gets away!!

Makes Perfect sense???

Did he get away? or is he dead as well? Could the Thais have planned it this way?

What is the attraction between Thailand and clumsy people, as there seems to be a high number of them.

The connection is murder! and being in a country where the local populace looks on you as an ATM and that includes the Police force. As people keep telling me, always make sure you are worth more alive than dead.

I for one don't believe the sheer amount of people dying by falling from a great height as anything other then some Thas or maybe some of the dodgy Pattaya Farangs bumping them off for their cash.

There should be some sort of declaration that could be made that would say if I die and it looks like suicide then someones topped me. Personally I will be looking for a Bungalow or something 2 floors up max.

I am somewhat surprised that the Egyptian didn't just hit the guy with his shoes...no joke. What happened to his culture here? OK to attack me now (with your shoes) but that is the way things were done in that culture when I was there. (I won't mention drinking alcohol which is 'haram'-forbidden).

Obviously an Egyptian in a bar isn't adhering to his culture, hence the booze and knife instead of tea and shoe.

You do realise not all Egyptian people are muslim? Obviously you don't but can prattle on about their culture.

No he doesn't and yes, he can (and does).

Just like at least half the posters on this Forum, who never tire of making ignorant, uninformed, racist, islamophobic and violent comments, pushing the world towards global war just as surely as ISIS does, and not realizing in the least how similar they are, in essence, to those barbarians.

Except we don't burn people alive or run over people who are tied up with tanks. You and other people like you are the problem not the solution. It is you and your ilk that has flooded western Europe with people who do not share our values or beliefs.

Ive come to have a view that people who have tattoos are risk takers, the type of people who would try heroin or do bungee jumps and other stupid things most of us would not do. Most sensible people do not have tattoos. As someone said we don't know the full story, but whatever it was, the Egyptian used a knife to perform a cowardly attack from behind. Its not just the Thais who we have to watch out for in Thailand plenty of non Thai cowards, cowmen, and other assorted <deleted> about. So choose your friends carefully, very carefully.

I bet it would be different if the wallet belonged to a farang.

I don't know any other way of saying this but he can go and <deleted> off!

Does this mean Capt Jack will get the sack?

Yes, the stupid European socialists would take from the rich and give to the poor. Within 15 minutes the poor would be poor again.

In the meantime there would be no incentive for people to work, invent, start companies, create jobs... They'd know that if they succeeded it would be taken from them.

How many rich or even prosperous people are there in communist Russia as a percentage of the population? Just the elite, that's who. The rest of the people are dirt poor. That's what happens when everyone is "equal".

Neither communism nor socialism has ever worked long term. The Western nations got wealthy via capitalism and that means you have to be able to amass your capital. Or, as they say, "You never got a job from a poor man".

Same tired old rhetoric. its funny how the bosses need more money to make then work harder, while the poor are threatened with having their money cut to make them work harder. what is needed is the workers should share in the companies profits just like the bosses. Instead of it all going to shareholders.

Have you even been to Russia? I despair at comments like yours. Trickle down economics does not work. it goes abroad to tax havens.

We don't want all the rich peoples money, we just want Amazon, and Starbucks to pay their fair share instead of having there headquarters in Tax havens.

I like what Major General Ampon is saying though I think that there should be consequences for yobs causing trouble in bars.

Once the Martians spent their money, Thainess requires them to leave immediately!

Personally I hope they destroy each other.

This does not surprise me. Personally I think all members of Iisis should be exterminated with extreme prejudice. Including the ones doing easy jail time in the UK.

I would like their deaths to be both slow and painful. I hope this video is not against the forum rules but it shows the mentality we are up against.

http://heavy.com/news/2015/10/new-isis-islamic-state-execution-video-tank-runs-over-man-syrian-army-soldier-and-if-you-punish-punish-with-an-equivalent-of-that-with-which-you-were-harmed-wilayat-homs-full-uncensored-youtube/

I'm sure most of us would be spoon fed if we turned up for meals without the full amount to pay! Being in a wheelchair is one thing not having enough money to pay for your food is another. I have Crohns disease but would never try to get a meal at half price because of it! I would go to 7/11 instead, plenty of cheap snacks their.

If the Thais spent more time looking after of the tourists that are already here, instead of worrying about the ones they do not have, there wouldn't be a problem.