????This gets more attention than rapes or murders because a security guard upset a China man ????

"The number of Chinese tourists dropped sharply after a boat accident in Phuket, which claimed nearly 50 lives in July. The assault incident could impact the country’s image, the spokesman added". Government authorities should note that other things that impact the country;s image are lack of police control of kamikaze drivers and motor cyclists, unsafe sidewalks cluttered with street vendors, parked motorbikes, advertising signs, and trees, as well as dangling electrical and communications cables, and no rubbish bins provided even in major tourist areas. 

so is the PM saying deadbeat foreigners with no money or hotel bookings are welcome again? 

 

1 minute ago, Time Traveller said:

so is the PM saying deadbeat foreigners with no money or hotel bookings are welcome again?

Only if your name's Charlie Chan.

 

2 hours ago, z42 said:

What damages the country's image more is the 100s if not 1000s of legitimate migrants (some of whom are holding UN documents supporting their need to wait temporarily in the Kingdom) being forcibly arrested and kept under lock and key while this idiot who just because he holds a Chinese passport acts up and rightly gets a bit of (certainly OTT) rough treatment causes the government to go into meltdown.

Pathetic really, this is only about money, this is only about keeping the Chinese sweet as for a whole raft of reasons many other nationality's tourists numbers are declining year on year.

I watched the video cannot see were he is in the wrong. He was in the waiting area, that security guy was well out of order. He should be made an example of. If the Chines guy was given a good CLEAR reason for being denied entry in a friendly way and calmed down it would have been different.

That security guard was young and too cocky. Thought he was the big guy. Have meet them and seen a few cocky ones in Suvanabum. 

28 minutes ago, Darkside Gray said:

It is time the High quality tourist from China, where taught how to behave in other countries, would they be allowed to behave like this in there own. I do not think so!

 

He shouldn't even had the chance to escape back into the airport, 1st fault of the 

Thai security.

 

When he swings at the tourist he made an even bigger mistake, why not just arrest him or maybe he's never learned that properly?

 

It shows how unprofessional the Thai still are....i also never see security on the airports walking around with big guns (like on all other big airports).

 

So now the chinese will get compensation money, i would like to know how much...that's also very unprofessional. Money would be appropriate if his really hit the tourist but he missed (and that for a security guard in a country full of Thai-boxers).

 

 

It just shows the banana republic policing that goes on in every area of Thailand. The security guard lost his temper and took a swing at a tourist. Because him get mad...like a small child. If you are not going to let the guy into the country, then he should gave been detained. He was, at least at first, but was able to walk out of the room to (probably shout and point fingers) like the Chinese do, and make an ass of himself.

In a civilized country, he would not have been allowed to leave the room where he was being detained. Proper police procedure would have been to have told him in Chinese or given him a pre-written letter that explained to him why he was being denied entry into the country, and what was going to happen to him. But probably, he got pulled into a back room while Thai immigration officers laughed and smiled and watched tv, and the poor guy had no idea what was going on, so he left the room.

At this point, he should have been surrounded by security guards, and taken back into the room. The Chinese would have dictated the level of force takeb against him based on his actions. But they let him just walk away, and Somchai the security guard with the typical sneaky punch Thai attack strategy gets angry and punches him....not in the course of taking him back to the room, but 100% pure Thainess. Him get angry.

The only reason he will lose his job or even get a slap on the wrist is that 1 billion Chinese saw it happen on that video.

seems the pm does not understand this "mainland visitor" was an unwanted person in Thailand whose entry was denied for reasons.

He escaped from detention and behaved as scum

 

So does the PM now want  to welcome more unwanted persons from China?

Does he want to give them the feeling in this country they can do what they want and law does not apply to them?

 

Why did he not send a statement of clarification to the Chinese press? - making clear who that Chinese was and what he did - making clear - this behaviour is not tolerated in Thailand -

Instead of sending an inappropriate apology.

Edited October 1, 20187 yr by sweatalot

Refusing to obey security in a U.S. airport will get you tasered; and, you sure as hell will not get an apology.  

9 minutes ago, kensisaket said:

Refusing to obey security in a U.S. airport will get you tasered; and, you sure as hell will not get an apology.  

yet another reason to avoid visiting the USA.

 

 

5 minutes ago, jobsworth said:

yet another reason to avoid visiting the USA.

 

 

Go into Heathrow and start acting like an idiot.  It has nothing to do with the U.S. It has everything to do with the state of the world nowadays. 

Wonder if he would be sorry If a Burmese or Cambodia was slapped lol

8 minutes ago, jobsworth said:

yet another reason to avoid visiting the USA.

 

 

That and sitting at the equivalent of a beach road bar drinking 30 baht Chang in a wifebeater America no have. 

shocked by this as the Chinese are known to be so well mannered and polite as tourists the world over!!!

 

 

he should delay the elections till he can get everything fixed.

Shouldn’t “he” be more concerned about how the man escaped from the IMM holding room?

So tourists all over Thailand old people being beaten in hua hin old poeple being bottled in pataya ,all over Thailand farangs are being assualted and nothing is done .but a Chinese citizen is bitch slapped and everyone is so sorry .farangs beware no don't care about our dollars that's for sure.

Chinese tourist or another Nationality ... the security guard is a security guard who is trained as such, wears a uniform, probably trained in basic hand to hand combat, etc, etc, his job is to control troublemakers who do not follow the Laws and Regulations at the airport (In this case) ... he was confronted by a very irate and no conforming Chinese person, if he felt that his stance was in jeopardy, then he took the moves that were probably taught to him ... end of story !

When white women are raped he doesn't care or outright blame them but when a Chinese man gets lightly roughened he runs to the rescue. What a man!

Well, it's a country of five-year-olds, ruled by a four-year-old. Stuff happens.

You do not attack your benefactors. Thailand owes MONEY to China.

mr prayut

worrying alone is not sufficient. please see to it that justice is one.

 

no situation whatsoever merits and assault on foreigners and if you value tourist dollars

please do something drastic to ensure justice in this case and have measures in place that

are tough enough so that no one will dare to repeat incidents like that.

 

Pretty much an admission of who really owns the shop. 

Who remembers what he said about Hanna Wetherige being raped and murdered? 

 

4 minutes ago, KhunFred said:

You do not attack your benefactors. Thailand owes MONEY to China.

please let us not make this personal. no foreigner should be assaulted.

A post containing an ethnic slur comment toward the Chinese has been removed. 

Red plague. Locusts. Chinese. 

Ok so how exactly do you restrain a visitor who does not comply to the criteria set out by immigration for entering the Kingdom? If he does not listen and does not follow the instructions given to him? The Chinese are past masters at creating a scene when they are unhappy with something especially when they are in groups. I have seen this first hand for myself at a Japanese airport. They only understand force in these situations which is exactly what they would receive back home!

 

The reaction to this by authorities is exactly as many here have already pointed out simply kissing the rear end of the Chinese. If it was me I would have ordered the man detained and charged with causing the entire debacle for attempting to escape custody. I would also ensure he was banned from Thailand for good to help send a clear message to any other person deciding to get clever. In addition I would be complaining to the Chinese embassy to let its citizens know how to behave when you have been detained and not to attempt to just walk off.

 

I would also be investigating why he was coming here and what he intended to do with no onward travel or cash to support his stay?

 

All Thailand has done with this is tell the rest of the Chinese coming here that if you get into a pinch with Thai immigration simply do not comply or listen to anything they say until someone eventually loses their temper with you and has to forcibly restrain you. Make sure you make enough noise to attract an audience of smart phone cameras or have all your friends filming and hey presto you will be free to go!

 

As with most things here I would have done the complete opposite of what the authorities come up with...amazing!

Spoil the image of Thailand... how so?

The real Thailand is well known by the world at large and it's not the same the one as portrayed by T.A.T or the PM....

The Chinese man got a slap at the airport... just saved time in traveling to Pattaya and getting one there !!!

As usual for here, superiors / management throwing their people under the bus and blaming them, even when it is 10000000% clear in this case the officer was doing his job.  

Taking a step backwards and if Mr Chinaman behaved as instructed by the Authorities then Mr Security Man would not have intervened and it would not have escalated into this unnecessary punch up! Unfortunately the behaviour of some of these "Tourists" can be fundamentally flawed as they are under the assumption that their currency rules the world. This is not the first and I do believe it will not be the last.