sahibji

smiling alone will not help. you have to restore confidence by catching and severely punishing the rouges who beat up tourists, commit snatch thefts, mug people and other activities that make life unpleasant for the visitors.

never forget many countries have beaches as good as thai  and you have to be ahead of the competition to get the tourists dollars and smiling will certainly, on its own, not achieve it.

17 minutes ago, canuckamuck said:

It really is a national disgrace that Emergency vehicles don't appear to have right of way in traffic. I am quite happy that this issue is finally being floated by social media. All Ambulances should have dash cams and fines should be sent promptly. It is a simple thing to understand, get out of the way.

you possibly need clearer laws and prompt enforcement to have the ambulances doing their noble work.

20 minutes ago, PremiumLane said:

 

What a genius you are

if the ambulance drivers behave in  manner that you do not like how does it become the fault of the person inside the ambulance, possibly fighting  for his/her life. they deserve to be saved. personalities should be out of the equation.

14 minutes ago, cardinalblue said:

You guys are all wrong....he was checking on the well being of the patient and would have lead the ambulance to the hospital if requested...always give way to black pick up drivers...

got your point?????

4 minutes ago, robertthesculptor said:

As an old EMT, I would like to point out to some of the responders here, you are jerks

Ambulance should ALWAYS have right of way, in fact you should pull over even if it is coming from the opposite direction....

Remember, likely one day it Will be your sorry patute on the gurney....

Anyone who obstructs an ambulance should be jailed and car impounded for a good long stretch

 

imagine that t is your dear one inside the ambulance and someone does this to the ambulance.

this barbarian should be given the stiffest sentence possible and caned if possible. they make mockery of administration and life.

looks like the robbers have become very brave and desperate to  launch daylight attacks. apparently they have no fear of the law. this makes Pattaya a unsafe tourist destination. TAT should comment on this.

24 minutes ago, cardinalblue said:

Is not the pool closed at those hours? Did stupid behavior lead to his own death?

generally there is a closing time for the pool and even stranger is the fact that the three were noticed to be drunk and yet were not ordered out of the pool.

1 hour ago, stament said:

what a waste if it was due to drunken antics.

 

my condolences to all, life way too short

i am curious why his friends abandoned him.RIP poor fellow.

2 hours ago, Kerryd said:

I call BS on the whole story.

 

Allegedly drugged, raped and robbed of all their money (and phones) on New Years Eve. 

 

Spend 5 days trying to get their insurance provider to tell them which hospital to go to. (<deleted> !??!).

 

Finally go to a hospital that (allegedly) wouldn't accept their insurance paperwork, then their insurance company tells them to go to a "private" hospital.

"On the fifth day my family back in Belfast got in touch with the British Embassy in Bangkok and we finally got sent to a hospital, but the hospital wouldn't accept our insurance documents. We then got sent to a private hospital, which insurance companies don't usually do, but because of our case they got us into this facility. The insurance company also said they would cover all charges, because they knew we had no money after being robbed."

 

So their insurance company gets them into this "private" hospital and agrees to cover all their costs, but then tells them to skip out on the bill?

("Gerald also claimed OUL Direct told the couple to leave the hospital without paying, as long as they still had possession of their passports.")

 

The police in Phuket just laughed at their story and said it happens all the time ?!?!?

(Uh huh. Conveniently that means no police report and no local news report apparently.)

 

They returned to Ireland on the 11th and, 11 days after the alleged incident, their doctor was still able to confirm they'd been raped ?!??!?

 

Funny how they only seem to be pissed off about their insurance provider though. Not overly upset about being raped/robbed. Not overly upset about the Thai police allegedly laughing at them. Supposedly someone drugs 2 men in a bar, gets them out of the bar, (presumably) rapes/robs them and dumps them somewhere (details very vague) and their main beef is with their insurance provider.

 

I wonder what the CCTV images from their hotel would show. I wonder if they, like previous alleged rape victims, skipped out on their hotel bill. I wonder if maybe they just blew all their money (literally) and then sold some BS story to the newspaper to try and recoup some of it. 

(There are organizations in the UK that offer to pay people's vacation costs if they have a "good" story to tell that the organization can then spice up and resell to other media outlets).

 

Kerry in the absence of knowing all the facts is it fair to be judgemental.

it is sad to read people being judgemental about others, very likely

1 minute ago, lungnorm said:

Question, How do two men get raped ? Don't they mean they were buggered ?

yes.

2 hours ago, DGS1244 said:

Sounds strange, Did they report it to the police before they left Thailand, I wonder.

more strange is that they did not seek the help of their embassy or other representative.

2 hours ago, Aachen said:

"Gerald and Michael - both 33 - returned to Belfast on Wednesday before undergoing medical tests with their own GP which confirmed they had been raped. "

 

Ahem... Interesting...

please share which part you find amusing.

1 minute ago, JustNo said:

I remember going to a bar for some drinks as they said it was the youngest girls 18th birthday (yeah right) and I remember a few snippets walking to another place but after that I woke up in a guest house alone. Wallet empty, macbook gone and nobody helped. I went back to my place where I was saying with a friend after going to the police. My friend said I looked like a zombie with red eyes and pale skin, I pretty much stayed in bed for 2 days semi conscious 

and TAT talks of attracting  more tourists . get the house in order for heavens' sake.

2 hours ago, jimmyyy said:

Hope the Irish government lodges a protest only way they will catch the culprits


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they should have gone to their embassy in Thailand for assistance. 

2 hours ago, mcfish said:

They are lucky to be alive

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do you mean to imply that phuket is a dangerous place that it is unsafe to go there.

there is no point in talking about more tourists arrival until the house is in order.

the safety and security of all travellers should never be compromised. better to shut down the airports concerned rather than risk exposing lives to potential danger.

5 hours ago, samsensam said:

 

well we had the money for the scanners but somehow it seems to have gone missing...

 

 

ha ha

launch suitable sized vessels to tackle the weather situations.

the only humanitarian and correct decision to help those in need.

3 hours ago, BigBadGeordie said:

Two "U" turns in two weeks, and they are still not going forward!

two U turns should tantamount to a move forward/

9 minutes ago, BSJ said:

Not a very good photo is it!

this is not a photo competition for heavens' sake. it is to depict an act that should not be done in public. you do get the picture do you not?

8 minutes ago, alex8912 said:

I bet if the owner told the police the girl was completely naked they would have showed up in two minutes.  

would that have helped better in any way?

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

Eye sore for some, eye candy for others....

a sure disrespect for the laws of the country nevertheless.

until and unless there is a concerted effort to tackle the situation crime will go on openly or underground. hit the offenders hard and there will be some respite.