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"Tourist was drunk & senseless". No heart and no soul from this copper. Venting his fury at more Thailand spotlight & him being the designated spokesperson.

I do believe the govt now recognises the need for actual strategy not just talk but action. Trouble is that the masses will ignore all advice to conserve water. How many mom & pops do you see washing the street on their soi u charoens with a hose pipe everyday?... So wasteful, habitual and ultimately pointless

I foresee ranting and raving and fining and caving. Gen. Omnipotent is watching ya

Granted LOS is not cycle friendly & the politicians talking about should/would/could for cycle lanes is a distant dream - even if came to fruition it would just be terrorised by motorcyclists without police consequence. As for this video, agreed the cyclists shouldn't be on expressway & seem to trust in motorists making allowances for their swerving & slowing down. Time & again I see pedestrians crossing road without looking, bikes & cars pulling out blind or overtaking on hills and corners. It's insanity but seems to be the norm here to put absolute trust in everyone else anticipating your next move regardless of indicating / going through red light/ wrong way down one-way street....I digress.

Ahh the incessant compulsive updates based on pure speculation and the need to spin and reassure. Wish they'd stop confirming stuff,

contradicting, retracting, blaming. International world stage sees a joke-shop I fear

Bangkok post reporting that police/navy involved to be transferred to inactive posts...International community must by now be numb to how Thailand metes out "Justice" when dealing with police, navy, govt officials. Piss take.

This is an expected sequel to the article a few weeks ago: "Educated Middle Class Thai Women Dating More Farangs".... Bitterness. Tactical :-)

It's a start! I always say to 711 staff " mai dong sai tung" (no need for a bag!) and "lok rohn" (earth is getting warmer) & they smile sheepishly. Especially if it's a pack of mints they've attempted to put in a bag for me...

Terrible and shocking. Despite him having the knife, I feel that people watch these incidents passively and totally non-reactive most of the time. Hope the tide starts to change with minor acts of domestic violence too - people acting to do the right thing as opposed to the traditional thing (avoid loss of face or causing loss of face to others). What an awful tragedy that should* have national

Reform ramifications

Meteor eh? Somchai ain't fooling me:http://youtu.be/eNr0WXQ3Ho4

Or the motorsai is 100% sure that he'd like 3million baht

Clause one says it all. A 5 year tenure. Alas, our opportunistic fearless leader soldiers on. Roll on recession

Cheers doc. Lifesaver ledge. I wouldn't have thought to shout for help or get to a hospital asap. PHD-doctorate-in-common-sense-lad

Textbook schoolboy error. What an absolute <deleted> NOOB! Haha

What is happening in Thailand? Words are being turned into actions.

As much as I feel this is the wrong approach and that education to change attitudes towards drinking is the way to go this is certainly impressive.

Police officers transferred to inactive posts and bars actually being closed down.

Give it 6 months and we will see if the drive towards this policy continues.

Token action for a nonsense policy, done in order to mask and draw attention away from all the failed policies.

Meanwhile, illegal fishing continues using trafficked labour...

All. About. Tea Money. Grace period would allow time to comply resulting in no opportunistic bribery by those who "protect & serve" / extort & victimise.

Looks like we're set for more farangs snuffing it, falling from balconies with post mortems identifying severe respiratory problems. Verdict: suicide, obviously.

Logical course of action. Plus another technical demonstration of agricultural expertise for the international community : - )

How not to market the flagging lottery here. Maybe they're just pissed about that lottery vendor allegedly scooping the top prize last week..

Oh my days another way to fill the government coffers. Permits and licenses to be a pedestrian next...

Grand proclamations as per usual. The big dogs @ the top thought "sh*t we've done f*** all for this AEC malarkey so far, such a massive ball ache. We'd best just tell the masses what they want to hear. Everything will be absolutely fine anyway, we can always cite misunderstandings when it all goes tits up and fire (transfer/reshuffle) a scapegoat"...

Watch. This. Space. 31/12/2015 - panic, excuses, extension.

Fired? Shouldn't he be arrested and charged with theft at the very least?

Thought there might be have been a reshuffle and a transfer to an inactive post (no pun intended). Oh well, that lazy arse was the author of his own misfortune...

This is actually very sad. Good for him getting home. Hopefully will raise more awareness of the horrendous trafficking industry and get the other 4,000 back to LOS in due course

Spin-doctors pulling out all the stops. I think I'll leave it

People that drink and drive are not the brightest people.. farangs included. Fact is a large portion of the foreigners here thinks its ok to drink and drive and make up excuses like high taxi costs to justify drinking and driving and purposely endangering others.

I applaud when they catch people who drink and drive. I am all for free drug use alcohol included.. but don't when operating a vehicle.

Agreed, I detest the lax attitude towards drink driving here. Both farangs & thais I know seem to almost boast with the monthly anecdote of "had to pay the police off last night...it was only a short drive."

All morons.

Cringey stuff. Manipulating a population to revere and adore a leader is ambitious. Perhaps under A44 they can be forced....