johncat1

Connected !! Red Bull Brat, numerous monks and abbots to name a few. If you have money and are not a political threat to anyone you will be immune from the law so long as you pay the piper.

Thaksin will never get a royal pardon so long as Prayut has a certain person's ear.

I don't think Thaksin's supporters will stand quietly by if he goes to prison. Maybe protests and riots, then of course the military would have a perfect excuse to stage yet another coup and return Prayut to power, to restore law and order ....NOT!!

Lovely story but I am sure I read this story a few years ago.

So presumably the police officer did not fasten his helmet and just let the strap hang loose as they do. Not that that would have protected him from being shot in the face.

I doubt it. They didn't bother to arrest the Red Bull killer when he killed a police officer.

In the UK anyone over the age of 16 can get a motorcycle licence ( provisional ) and never take a test or even have ridden a motorcycle previously. It depends on if Thailand accepts provisional licences ( no test or experience required ) as a qualification to ride a motorcycle in Thailand.

Haven't been for years but when I did I walked from the harbour then nipped into the 711 next to the entrance, bought a drink and some snacks then just strolled past the ticket booth. If challenged I just said I am staying at the resort and just came to shop at 711. Never paid for an entrance fee in all that time. The park officials go for the tourists riding on the songtows, so it is easy to slip past them as they are too busy going for the groups.

If the " art show " was entitled " Chaos : Calm " I would have thought the broken buffalo showed the Chaos and the Calm quite perfectly.

I doubt it was intentional vandalism, it sounds like it was just high spirits that went too far. In other words an unfortunate accident, but the offenders should be made to pay for the damages. Thais are definately over re-acting as this statement shows Surprised they haven't got monks there to do the funeral chanting.

I doubt it was intentional vandalism, it sounds like it was just high spirits that went too far. In other words an unfortunate accident, but the offenders should be made to pay for the damages. Thais are definately over re-acting as this statement shows Surprised they haven't got monks there to do the funeral chanting.

The British police will get no cooperation from the Thai police. The Koh Tao murders proved us that. The Thai authorities would not allow the British Police to reveal their findings from their investigation which were strictly controlled by the Thai police.

Suspicious backpack? Bullsh** !!! It was probably because the police were tipped off he was flashing a gun around trying to look big. Most crimes are only solved because of police tip offs, not because of efficient policework

Pipes are colour coded for a reason, Blue for water pipes and drainage is normal for Thailand. It is dangerous because some unsuspecting person could cut into a blue pvc water pipe to make a water connection thinking it did in fact carry water.

" He said that he has had enough of looking after the dogs and would get them another home. " Get them another home where they can kill again? In the UK this dog would have been put down straight away, with or without the owners consent. But this is Thailand where life is cheap and safety is non existent.

The blue PVC water pipe was used as an electrcal conduit with the cable inside. A common but very dangerous practice in Thailand.

Caught cheating ! They can write ? I thought the police always needed pictures and theatrical photo ops and charades. The moving finger writes but not with the police, the moving finger points.

So does that mean you will be offering to take it home to play with your family ?

In the UK the dog would have been put down immediatly. with or without the owners consent.

I had an accident years ago, where a motorcyclist decided to overtake me on the inside as I was indicating and turning left. Although he hit me and fell off his bike he only had minor injuries. Although it was not my fault I had to pay for his emergency treatment at the local hospital ( only a few hundred baht for cream and a bandaid ) But the police told me I had to pay 500 Baht fine even though it was not my fault. I protested and asked them why. They agreed it was not my fault but said most motorcyclists are poor so they always fine the car / truck driver

He was told to surrender after the police caught up with him at his house. " Methanus apologized to Palmer, saying he was unaware that the victim was a foreign tourist until police officers showed up at his house to tell him to surrender. " ( The Pattaya News ) What has the fact that he was unaware he was a foreign tourist got to do with anything?

He should be made to pay compensation and all hospital bills, that is the law here. Whether he ran away or not, he still broke the law and went through a red light. Has he played the get out of jail free card and offered to become a monk for 24 hours which is the norm here?

This is news ? I thought it was an every day occurrence in Pattaya. The family friendly city.

" He'd arrived in Nong Khai on January 5th 2014 " Unusual to arrive in Nong Khai, unless he had been to Vientiane to get a new visa. ( possibly a marriage visa ). No mention of a wife or ex wife plus he was possibly living in rented accomodation. Which could mean he lost everything due to a bad marriage, as many farangs do.

Even the country areas are noisy. Tannoy speakers blasting out Molam music ( ???? ) at 5.30 a.m. before the village head gives his morning gossip chat. And when they have village activities they hire a speaker bus, a brightly painted bus that has been converted into a giant loud speaker. The heavy bass beat shakes every door and window in the houses. But all these people are getting their just desserts because it is making them deaf, as they have to shout at each other now.