British Man Assaults Municipal Officers in Chiang Mai

15 minutes ago, baansgr said:

They walk among us, acting the holier than thou... you'd be surprised, they may even be your neighbour

or even closer than that... 😊

The guy either has mental issues and/or lack of socialisation. Happens in every country. That is not the fault of the Thai Authorities.

As an expat my question to official Thailand is "Why do you expose me to lunatics like this guy?"

• Why does he still hold a drivers license valid in Thailand? The guy clearly has demonstrated that he is not fit to drive a big bike in public.

• Why does he still hold a visa? If he has a tourst visa they just revoke it and send him home where the medical or juridical system can sort him out. Same for cooking visa and the sorts.

Their real fault of Thailand officials is that don't take adequate measures to protect the public (including their own officers and other tourists/residents) from lunatics like this guy.

Living in Pattaya I see at least one of these fruit cases every day. And the next day that guy will still be on the street.

Funny, I see he got the humiliation ride in the back of a police pickup truck to the station.

4 hours ago, Rockyroad said:

Good news not Patts, bad news another Brit. Time Thailand ceased visa exemption for Brits.

How many Brits travel to Thailand?

How many of those Brits are arrested?

Mental health or drugs?

5 minutes ago, Front Row said:

I'll make the assumption that he has mental health issues. If that's the case has he been prescribed medication and has he been taking it? That's the first place to start investigating. If he doesn't have medication or it has never been prescribed he needs to be set up with proper medical care.

Again, assuming that he is a tourist, Thai authorities may want to deport him but in his current state he shouldn't be deemed fit to fly. Imagine someone going off like that inside an aircraft cabin while only half way to the destination. I wouldn't want to be on that flight!

Its unclear whether he is a tourist or staying here longer term, the OP states that this was not the first confrontational incident he had been involved in but the worst so far, if he is a short timer he's certainly keeping himself busy.

He is clearly some sort of "nutter", If he has previously been diagnosed as such back in the UK. and is on medication, he should never have been allowed to travel in the first place , he should have had his passport cancelled automatically, been tagged, and confined to his house or some secure accommodation back in the UK . He would need supervision too as these types cannot be trusted to take their medication,

If on the other hand he is just a wrong'un ? Well all of the above should still apply possibly without the medication.

Tourist or Expat nobody would object to his deportation, and for the benefit of others he should be put on a non-stop flight and heavily sedated and all at his own expense No need for Thailand to blacklist him a full travel ban is needed

Why is it that these psychos are always allowed to misbehave many times before they are dealt with?

4 hours ago, Rockyroad said:

Good news not Patts, bad news another Brit. Time Thailand ceased visa exemption for Brits.

Clearly the guy was completely out of order so no defending him. Deserves whatever is coming his way.

However, I do not feel it unreasonable to assume that the guy has spent some time here as there is mention of him being involved in similar confrontations on several occasions in the past, this being the most serious incident. I can therefore not unreasonably assume that he is here on some type of visa. If he entered visa exempt I would not unreasonably assume that some action to remove him would have been taken by now.

How would your call for cessation of visa exempt entry for Brits have made any difference in this instance if indeed my assumptions are correct?

Are you sure you wasn't just trying to 'poke the bear'?

2 hours ago, Rams86 said:

Thailand the lunatic asylum of South East Asia. When money is the be all to end all in a country it attracts all sorts of weirdos.

You're probably right.

Thailand isn't alone in that regard.

Name one country in the world where money isn't "...the be all to end all..." bet you can't.

Seems another colonial mentality attitude on display.

28 minutes ago, SamSpade said:

You've been here a long time now so do you really think that you've not "Burnt Your Bridges" back in the UK by simply not having lived there for so long? - How many times a year do you go back & how long for?

I've been out of the UK for 19 years, Covid years aside I go back 2-3 times per year & stay at my parents house where I grew up but no way could I go back to live there or in the house 3 miles away that I still own, the UK is "Foreign" to me nowadays.

My Plan B is another of the Asian countries, spent a lot of time in Davao & Love Penang so probably one of those 2 as they feel more like "Home" to me than the UK.

I’ve lived and worked here in Thailand for many years as an employed professional, I’ve also lived and worked in a number of other countries as an employed professional.

I came here to make money.

I’ve not got rid of my assets, property or connections to my home country.

My Plan B is not moving somewhere cheaper.

28 minutes ago, Brettoj said:

Mental health or drugs?

Yes.

Could well be from the Liverpool area.

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

The day a Thai politician stands for election on a policy of ‘all immigrants out’, draws closer.

I remember Sondhi Limthonkuls remark that Thailand should close itself off from the world for three to five years :

Media mogul and veteran political activist Sondhi Limthongkul made controversial remarks calling for Thailand to shut itself off from the world for three to five years. He argued that this extreme measure was necessary to temporarily suspend democratic processes and allow an appointed government to "cleanse out dirty things"

Didn't even make the starting gate with that idea.

Clearly , in Thailand , money talks etc. Considering the millions of tourists Thailand attracts it is inevitable that a number of miscreant nutjobs will be included in those millions. Thailand has to take the rough with the smooth. Can't always have your cake and eat it too.

3 hours ago, Rockyroad said:

Correct but some on here defend them.

I don't think anyone defends 'bad' foreigners, like this moron, but Thailand needs foreigners/tourism, but only good ones?

Tourism is the oxygen of the Thai economy.

When international travel completely evaporated during the pandemic, it showed just how vulnerable the country is to a tourism drought.

The entire economic engine almost seized up, proving that the Kingdom cannot maintain a healthy economy without a steady influx of global travelers/tourists.

18 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

Its unclear whether he is a tourist or staying here longer term, the OP states that this was not the first confrontational incident he had been involved in but the worst so far, if he is a short timer he's certainly keeping himself busy.

He is clearly some sort of "nutter", If he has previously been diagnosed as such back in the UK. and is on medication, he should never have been allowed to travel in the first place , he should have had his passport cancelled automatically, been tagged, and confined to his house or some secure accommodation back in the UK . He would need supervision too as these types cannot be trusted to take their medication,

If on the other hand he is just a wrong'un ? Well all of the above should still apply possibly without the medication.

Tourist or Expat nobody would object to his deportation, and for the benefit of others he should be put on a non-stop flight and heavily sedated and all at his own expense No need for Thailand to blacklist him a full travel ban is needed

Why is it that these psychos are always allowed to misbehave many times before they are dealt with?

Let's not argue, that is not my intent. I have a family member who has mental health issues, thankfully under control. So pardon my sensitivity on this subject. So here's commentary / food for thought.

"Nutter" is a bit unkind.

Cancelling a passport, house confinement, supervision. Perhaps, but it sounds a bit over the top. I wouldn't know and not being a health care professional I couldn't make a judgement.

I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that mental health care services in the UK are about as solid as they are in the USA, meaning they are terrible to non-existent.

There's a lot of reasons people go off their medication. Availability, cost, how the drugs leave them feeling, effectiveness, etc., etc., etc. I hope this fellow can find some help quickly and get into a more stable mental state.

4 hours ago, Rockyroad said:

Good news not Patts, bad news another Brit. Time Thailand ceased visa exemption for Brits.

Even for the slightly loony ones?

There’d only be a couple of us left.

1 hour ago, cdemundo said:

Being British, I bet his grammar when abusing the officials was impeccable.

It's surprising anyone understood?

4 minutes ago, Front Row said:

Let's not argue, that is not my intent. I have a family member who has mental health issues, thankfully under control. So pardon my sensitivity on this subject. So here's commentary / food for thought.

"Nutter" is a bit unkind.

Cancelling a passport, house confinement, supervision. Perhaps, but it sounds a bit over the top. I wouldn't know and not being a health care professional I couldn't make a judgement.

I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that mental health care services in the UK are about as solid as they are in the USA, meaning they are terrible to non-existent.

There's a lot of reasons people go off their medication. Availability, cost, how the drugs leave them feeling, effectiveness, etc., etc., etc. I hope this fellow can find some help quickly and get into a more stable mental state.

The main problem with doctors giving medication is the lack of responsible follow up with their patients. The wrong medication can kill, and does when over prescribed. it can make their situation worse of better, if the right medication is given and monitored. People who aren't experiencing a mental illness have no idea what goes through the minds of those that are. The US does have good facilities but it's still on the individual doctors, who could be lazy. This man definitely needs help. If he understands he does is what matters.

The "Ride of Shame" on a back of a Police Pick Up.

Give Thai police Compton LA cops, rules. Shoot that MF. Figure it out later.

3 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Poor Thailand 🙁

Every day we read about foreigners attacking Thai's.

Nasty foreigners 😡

Some Thai friends of ours, yesterday the man killed his wife then hung himself. They don't need foreigners attacking them when they can do it themselves.

22 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I’ve lived and worked here in Thailand for many years as an employed professional, I’ve also lived and worked in a number of other countries as an employed professional.

I came here to make money.

I’ve not got rid of my assets, property or connections to my home country.

My Plan B is not moving somewhere cheaper.

I didn't mention anything about moving somewhere cheaper, I'm just curious as to whether you believe you could go back to live in the UK or have you "Burnt Your Bridges" by simply being away so long that it no longer feels like home.

I also moved Overseas for work (Singapore), still have my UK house & have passive income that would put me in top 5-7% of earners in the UK so it's not about can I afford to live there, it's about whether I feel like I've "Burnt my Bridges" by not having lived there for so long & I honestly do, no matter how many times I go back to visit.

4 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Poor Thailand 🙁

Every day we read about foreigners attacking Thai's.

Nasty foreigners 😡

Get a grip.

1. We do not read about foreigners attacking Thais in this manner every day.

2. The incidents are infrequent.

The UK national most likely behaves the same way as he does with such people in his homeland. He will now receive a lesson in the importance of being civil.

1 hour ago, Sir Dude said:

Funny, I see he got the humiliation ride in the back of a police pickup truck to the station.

Good job he didn't fall off the back or we'd never hear the end of it.

3 minutes ago, Patong2021 said:

Get a grip.

1. We do not read about foreigners attacking Thais in this manner every day.

2. The incidents are infrequent.

The UK national most likely behaves the same way as he does with such people in his homeland. He will now receive a lesson in the importance of being civil.

We actually hear more about locals attacking foreigners, or in a much larger tone, locals attacking locals, with the usual 5 against 1 used for foreigners and locals.

4 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Poor Thailand 🙁

Every day we read about foreigners attacking Thai's.

Nasty foreigners 😡

Some Thai people we know, yesterday the husband killed his wife and then hung himself. Thais don't need any help on the violence scale.

12 minutes ago, SamSpade said:

I didn't mention anything about moving somewhere cheaper, I'm just curious as to whether you believe you could go back to live in the UK or have you "Burnt Your Bridges" by simply being away so long that it no longer feels like home.

I also moved Overseas for work (Singapore), still have my UK house & have passive income that would put me in top 5-7% of earners in the UK so it's not about can I afford to live there, it's about whether I feel like I've "Burnt my Bridges" by not having lived there for so long & I honestly do, no matter how many times I go back to visit.

I frequently visit my home country, I’m always glad to be home, never feel any negativity about the place or the people.

I’m grateful I have options to choose what ever suits me for the time being.

How we, I’m also not blind to the fact scapegoating foreigners is a very effective give political gambit and one which I expect will eventually show up in Thailand.

The behavior of the guy in the OP and the very many other reports of foreigners breaking the law in Thailand are ripe for use by the same kind of scurrilous politicians we see elsewhere in the world.

A mental case, possibly also ya-ice.

I personally know many Brits, who have excellent manners, polite, and good friends.

However, Brit (working class?) frequently make the headlines. While brits excuse themselves by saying the high number of arrivals from U.K is the reason, link below from wikipedia show they are #7 only, so that excuse doesn't work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Thailand

7 minutes ago, OldHand2541 said:

A mental case, possibly also ya-ice.

I personally know many Brits, who have excellent manners, polite, and good friends.

However, Brit (working class?) frequently make the headlines. While brits excuse themselves by saying the high number of arrivals from U.K is the reason, link below from wikipedia show they are #7 only, so that excuse doesn't work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Thailand

So are you saying the top 6 never cause any problems in Thailand?

2 hours ago, milesinnz said:

"involved in similar confrontations on several previous occasions'... just a week in a Thai prison should reset his anger management problems..

Does make you wonder how he is in Thailand. Too young for a retirement non O. Maybe married or elite? DTV?.

Surely not a simple tourist. If so he a certainly made his mark in such a short time.

2 minutes ago, Jim Mac said:

So are you saying the top 6 never cause any problems in Thailand?

Should be easy to comprehend.

Where did I say that?

Read again.

Of the top 7 arrivals to Thailand, Brits make the most headlines, closely followed by Chinese, and S. Korea, of the top 7 arrivals.