snoop1130 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Now Big Joke joins the hunt for female tourist who sat on a ledge at Wat Phra Kaew The Thai police are taking the case of the female tourist pictured lying down on a ledge at the Temple of the Emerald Buddha last Sunday very seriously. Top crime buster Surachet Hakpal was featured on Channel 7 news taking a keen interest in the case alongside Phraratchawang police. The tourist and her male friend taking snapshots could face a month in jail or and/or a fine of 10,000 baht. Maj-General Surachet - the deputy commissioner of the tourist police bureau - stressed it was not just the tourists' fault. He spoke on camera saying that their tour guide or trip organizer must take a share of the blame if they did not warn the tourists about what is acceptable and appropriate behavior at sites like Wat Phra Kaew in Thailand. Another police spokesman Achayon Kraithong reiterated that such behavior was a serious offense in Thailand punishable by a jail term not exceeding one month and/or a 10,000 baht fine. Surachet - know by the moniker Big Joke (rice gruel) in the Thai media - has been seen all over this week busting Thai call center scammers in Dubai, illegal overstaying foreigners in Bangkok, trans-national criminals nationwide and now this latest incident. Channel 7 showed the cops examining CCTV and said that the tourists were believed to still be in Thailand. Source: http://news.ch7.com/detail/277658 -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-3-23 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bluespunk Posted March 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2018 Wherever there is a heinous crime, involving those pesky foreigners and guaranteed to generate publicity...there you shall find the nation’s saviour, the one, the only, the mighty big joke. Sleep easy citizens... 31 2 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kannot Posted March 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2018 "very seriously" land of no priorities 36 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tomacht8 Posted March 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2018 Lucky they not vaping there. 13 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post YetAnother Posted March 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2018 32 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: The tourist and her male friend taking snapshots could face a month in jail or and/or a fine of 10,000 baht. forget not the tour guide; thai tourism attitude from Other than TAT; just jail all the tourists 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HLover Posted March 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2018 No need to hunt for the Yabaa dealer that sold drugs to the bus operator, this is much more important. 40 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HLover Posted March 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2018 Can anyone confirm the Rice Gruel is translated as 'Jok' and not 'Joke' as I may have been writing it incorrectly for months. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NCC1701A Posted March 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2018 book em' Big Joke. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Oh, grow up already! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 12 hours ago, NCC1701A said: book em' Big Joke. Wearing that shirt Im not surprised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post grumbleweed Posted March 24, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 24, 2018 13 hours ago, snoop1130 said: such behavior was a serious offense in Thailand punishable by a jail term not exceeding one month and/or a 10,000 baht fine. ...while any uncouth lout thinking about drinking red instead of white wine with somtam, should remember that Thailand still has the death penalty 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cornishcarlos Posted March 24, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 24, 2018 13 hours ago, snoop1130 said: The Thai police are taking the case of the female tourist pictured lying down on a ledge at the Temple of the Emerald Buddha last Sunday very seriously. We never got to see the photo of her lying down !!! Or did they just make that bit up ?? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 13 hours ago, HLover said: Can anyone confirm the Rice Gruel is translated as 'Jok' and not 'Joke' as I may have been writing it incorrectly for months. You are right of course, but I like the moniker 'big joke' too much to worry over the error. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.d Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Why is she classed as a tourist, could easy be a local Bangkokian IMHO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Odysseus123 Posted March 24, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 24, 2018 5 minutes ago, grumbleweed said: ...while any uncouth lout thinking about drinking red instead of white wine with somtam, should remember that Thailand still has the death penalty I am shaken-but not stirred-by your post. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailand49 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Big Joe, You continue to live up to your name! The real Joke is on the Thai people how you got to the top? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post grumbleweed Posted March 24, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) I bet the hi-so perv caught taking pictures of women's knickers in the UK is thinking life's not fair Edited March 24, 2018 by grumbleweed 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Formaleins Posted March 24, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 24, 2018 The idiot probably thinks being called "Big Joke" is a compliment, oh the irony! 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Deli Posted March 24, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 24, 2018 I think she'e now red flagged on Interpol's list with 100.000 $ reward - dead or alive. Such a serious crime ! 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lupatria Posted March 24, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 24, 2018 Now I wait for coverage of the reenactment with photos of a dozen overweight brass brothers with a neat haircut pointing at a woman who committed the crime of the century. That would be an even bigger joke. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JAG Posted March 24, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 24, 2018 Told to get down, told to leave the temple, lectured about how it was inappropriate behaviour which would upset many (the look on the face of the woman passing by says it all), possibly even forced to learn by heart the relevant chapter of "Lonely Planet" and recite it publicly - all suitable sanctions for what was quite stupid and ignorant behaviour. Perhaps not really that high a priority for one of the countries most senior policemen? 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peperobi Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 1 hour ago, bubba45 said: How much jail time will the Red Bull kid get?? :- D No one day, with his money can come and go whenever he likes and none do something against that murder! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrblue Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 I wonder what they will do to the thai tourist who yesterday sit on a “don’t sit here” buddha altar at wat arun... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post IamNoone88 Posted March 24, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) Bottom line - Its disrespectful. A Typical Millennial self righteous behavior. Edited March 24, 2018 by IamNoone88 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLover Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 7 minutes ago, mrblue said: I wonder what they will do to the thai tourist who yesterday sit on a “don’t sit here” buddha altar at wat arun... Public flogging, unless they are Chinese. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post soalbundy Posted March 24, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 24, 2018 She hasn't been embezzling funds meant for the poor as well has she? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Gotta wonder if there'd be this much furore had she been older, overweight and unattractive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingstonkid Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 the thing I like about people here is that they do not seem to think that the Thai police cannot walk and chew bubble gum. I imagine a tourist having a leak on Buckingham Palace champ d;elise. statue of liberty or the front of the Sydney opera house. These things are not allowed and would not be accepted. People would be charged and punished. The same thing goes here. To be honest the fact that the BIG JOIKE" is taking crime in all it's forms seriously and I AM SURE HIS STAFF is IS A GREAT RELIEF TO this tourist. I just hope that more officers will take his lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JAG Posted March 24, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 24, 2018 As a side point, how did she get in? I thought that they checked for dress standards at the entry, and a split skirt and bare shoulders/arms were two of the no-nos? 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 She looks Chinese to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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