johncat1

200,000 people charged with drinking and driving including pillion passengers ( bizarre !!!) yet only  3,460 vehicles seized  ? So does this mean once they were  charged they were allowed to drive away ?

Som Nam Nah  But was it political or just a group of stupid  ar*****es  playing with fire ?

On 3/26/2017 at 11:53 AM, true word said:

I'll tell you one thing I'm sure of, Thai people will never pay back your money.

This is very true Many years ago my brother in law borrowed money for a tractor  ( 50 %)  on the understanding he paid it back in 6 months  which was also when the shop wanted their final payment of 50% 

After 6 months not only couldn't he repay the loan but he had to borrow another 50% or lose the tractor ... Of course muggings here lent him the balance ,,,never to be repaid of course. You never lend money to a Thai you just give it to them with the knowledge  " Farang pays " ....Of course after 15 years I am pretty street wise now and tight as a ducks arse 

So of the 630 inured how many of those died on the way to the hospital or shortly after ?    The TRUE death figures will be much higher for sure 

A Thai teaching other Thais a lesson in driving ? ......The blind leading the blind !!

Well done to BIB ... BUT this is what community police-work is all about., and is part of their job same as in most other countries. But in the West nobody expects or even gets recognition  or thanks 

15 hours ago, sandrabbit said:

They need to adopt the yellow school bus system of the US with roadworthy vehicles and trained drivers.

This was a leisure trip not a school run so normal day to day school busses ( or Thai similar ) would not have been used  

As the article said it was a chartered bus

The only thing the Thai police are interested in is his overstay. So nothing will be done about his deliberate act of spreading HIV, which is actually attempted murder

Also how many of these known 16 partners have had sex with others and infected them   

Will the police charge him with having sex with a 15 year old child ? 

So the soldiers found 20 mobile phones, amulets, and I.D. cards and the police concluded the monk was involved in theft ?

WOW !! Thai police are so smart,  I wish I was clever like them

Of course they could all have been donated like Dhammakaya temple by his devoted followers ( or partners in crime )  

If he did that to my kid I would break both his legs.

Thais are so easily paid off.... love for money not family   

24 minutes ago, samsensam said:

 

the man clearly had issues. mental illness is an illness and should be treated as such.

 

 

If he had a mental illness,  he should not have been allowed to have a gun. But  you need  a competent police force to enforce those rules / laws 

Check his mobile phone log to see if he was using his phone at the time 

No sympathy for these fools who think they will get rich quick. As I have told many potential scam victims " Nobody gives you money " 

They deserve to lose their money but incredibly they actually went to the police to complain and show how stupid they were.

There have been many well publiced cases similar to this But greedy people never learn

All the beach vendors should clean up the rubbish, after all they supplied it in the first place. If they refuse stop them selling on the beach  

Next place on the PMs hit list ? 

Next place on the PMs hit list ? 

3 hours ago, sanemax said:

4 hours ago, TerrylSky said:

Good grief; 500 baht? Of course it's good to report thieves if not hang them too, but I would write it off as a lesson in poor judgement , naivety, carelessness, and a lack of common judgment while travelling in a foreign country. Needless to say, it's a bad thing that lazy idiots have to steal baht from good hearted, fun filled farang, but gee.  Me, I would have swiftly wrote it off as a lesson and have learned from it. Lot's of police hours, sacrificed vacation time drinking beer at Thapae Gate, added stress, loss of face... ... ... ...

 

 500 Euros, NOT Baht

Actually it said 550 Euros, Which is just over 21,000 Baht at today's rates.... You can buy a lot of beers and lady drinks for that

If all the suspect are thought to be American how did they come to the conclusion the body was of a European man ?

Are European men different from Americans, Australians etc ( none of these are in fact European ) ?  Or are Thais just poor at geography ?

All Farangs look the same to me 

Just a few sacrificial lambs to take the pressure of the other thousands of officials  

Suicide or unwitingly mixing these quack Thai health drinks into a deadly cocktail

True or not.  Don't they have libel or slander  laws in Thailand ?

Obviously the Thai onlookers could not understand why he put so much effort into finding a few old coins. But everything a Thai does is for money and they do not understand when there is no money in it. But I am sure it is not about money for this Farang. Good luck to him, it is better than sitting around in bars all day   

Thailand = poor education, poor healthcare, unstable relationships ( between Thais ) , Poor integration ( We are Thai you are a Farang and always will be ) No property ownership for a non Thai, Very few job opportunities , poor safety for children ( hundreds have disappeared without trace )  etc etc etc BUT I love it here despite all its restrictions . Low cost of living at the moment and relaxed lifestyle 

Looks like a real shanty town and doesn't do a thing to enhance the area. Just makes a few Thais and officials a lot of dirty money....Don't just dismantle them, demolish them and return the area to nature... Prosecute all the officials ( NOT MOVE TO IN-ACTIVE POSTS ) that allowed this to happen Including public utility services like water, electricity, and sewage. Without these utilities these businesses would not be able to be built or operated.

They steal land and built businesses on them and now they have the audacity to ask for sympathy ?

So their argument is they have been there for over 10 years. In that case the authorities should charge them rent backdated 10 years THEN demolish their businesses