webfact Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Brits in Thailand in 2018: Fourteen suffer rape or sexual assault and ten suicides File photo Figures revealed under the UK's Freedom of Information Act reveal that fourteen people suffered rape or sexual assault in Thailand last year. In addition there were a further 18 victims of assault and 25 of theft. Figures about the death of British people in Thailand showed that 10 committed suicide in 2018. But there were also figures related to "Brits Behaving Badly": Twelve people were arrested for assault, 35 for drugs related matters and 11 for theft. The British Embassy handled 38 missing persons' cases and were called in as 321 people either lost or had their passports stolen. The information was revealed to a Thaivisa member who has asked not to be named. Full details are below: Deaths Accident – 13 Drowning - <5 Hospital Death – 179 Infectious Disease - <5 Murder/Manslaughter - <5 Natural Death – 122 Road Traffic Accident – 6 Suicide - 10 Unknown – 158 Arrests Assault – 12 Assault with weapon - <5 Child Pornography - <5 Drugs – 35 Fraud – 6 Immigration – 109 Human Trafficking - <5 Murder/Manslaughter - <5 Sex (Not Child) - <5 Theft – 11 Welfare Cases Forced Marriage - <5 Missing Person – 38 Mistreatment & Torture – 7 Property Fraud - <5 Lost/Stolen Passport – 321 Victim of Crime Assault – 18 Rape/Sexual Assault – 14 Theft – 25 -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-03-29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
from the home of CC Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 take booze out of the mix and these numbers change dramatically.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyNets Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 .....And cue taxis driver returning a large amount of cash to a tourist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyNets Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Is it me or does 158 unknown deaths sound high? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Wicket Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 3 minutes ago, SkyNets said: Is it me or does 158 unknown deaths sound high? aka murder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanleycoin Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 321 , thats a lot of sold passports. !!!!!!!!!!!! 158 deaths unknown !!!!!!!! ( The wives did it ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 What was the cause of 179 Hospital deaths I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Wicket Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 I reckon a Thai would have had a significant part in 99.99% of those deaths Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chassa Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Don't Brits die of old age! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bender92 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 3 hours ago, faraday said: What was the cause of 179 Hospital deaths I wonder? The patient ran out of money??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisinth Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 18 minutes ago, Chassa said: Don't Brits die of old age! Come on now, leave them alone. Let their imagination run wild and give them some mental exercise.............................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crees Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Do not go to Disneyland without money in your pocket. Easy solution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emdog Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Thai police would like to investigate some of those assaults, etc but are hot on the trail of perps that did all those suicides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 How about comparing the figures to those of other countries where there are similar numbers of Brit tourists and residents and see how they compare. Surely, you need some kind of baseline to see whether those figures are all that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannork Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 4 hours ago, faraday said: What was the cause of 179 Hospital deaths I wonder? old age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 4 hours ago, faraday said: What was the cause of 179 Hospital deaths I wonder? Considering that they were in hospital , that would suggest that they were ill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken George Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 4 hours ago, SkyNets said: Is it me or does 158 unknown deaths sound high? No. On average 365 Brits die every year in Thailand.. Thats natural deaths inckuded.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dddave Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 4 hours ago, SkyNets said: Is it me or does 158 unknown deaths sound high? Probably persons found dead in their homes or residencies: heart attacks and other illnesses, just like in the UK. Of course, the ThaiVisa prophets of paranoia will declare murder most foul, perpetrated by scheming spouses in every case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 The Brits sure get themselves into trouble here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 10 minutes ago, sanemax said: Considering that they were in hospital , that would suggest that they were ill Really Max, that does surprise me!! Being 'ill' isn't a cause of death. But thanks for your brave attempt at answering my question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius verus Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Surprised passport theft is still high.Farang passports are pretty much given away . Thai scrutiny and overseas checks are making these stolen passports worthless. Many have computer chips in them.Almost 340 Brits die without explanation. Yeah OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dddave Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 2 minutes ago, Chicken George said: No. On average 365 Brits die every year in Thailand.. Thats natural deaths inckuded.. So just part of everyday embassy routine. Dealing with dead citizens paperwork, finances, family and friends and body disposal has got to be one of the most crap jobs in the foreign service. A Canadian friend died in Cambodia. He was next to broke, owed a couple of thousand dollars in hospital bills and had a brother and a couple of kids in Canada who wanted nothing to do with him. Canada did not have an Embassy there at the time so the Australian Embassy got involved. They were great, actually. They really leaned on the family in Canada to at least cover the cost of the funeral which the brother grudgingly inally did and encouraged his friends to try to raise some funds to cover his debts. Not a fun job, I would guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dddave Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 13 minutes ago, Lucius verus said: Surprised passport theft is still high.Farang passports are pretty much given away . Thai scrutiny and overseas checks are making these stolen passports worthless. Many have computer chips in them.Almost 340 Brits die without explanation. Yeah OK. The value of contraband passports is in their pages with visa stamps on them. When forgers create passports, they need pages with genuine stamps to make them look authentic. Brand new passports with no stamps draw attention. A Pakistani passport forgery gang was busted in Bangkok several years ago. They had all the official equipment needed to make very authentic looking passports. They had machines to stitch the pages in and even the ability to insert chips into them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 13 minutes ago, faraday said: Really Max, that does surprise me!! Being 'ill' isn't a cause of death. But thanks for your brave attempt at answering my question. .................and what happens when you get ill............and you dont get better ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 14 minutes ago, sanemax said: .................and what happens when you get ill............and you dont get better ? The cause of death is not put as 'ill'. There would be a medical reason on the death certificate. Please continue, Maxwell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew65 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 25 minutes ago, dddave said: So just part of everyday embassy routine. Dealing with dead citizens paperwork, finances, family and friends and body disposal has got to be one of the most crap jobs in the foreign service. A Canadian friend died in Cambodia. He was next to broke, owed a couple of thousand dollars in hospital bills and had a brother and a couple of kids in Canada who wanted nothing to do with him. Canada did not have an Embassy there at the time so the Australian Embassy got involved. They were great, actually. They really leaned on the family in Canada to at least cover the cost of the funeral which the brother grudgingly inally did and encouraged his friends to try to raise some funds to cover his debts. Not a fun job, I would guess. Good on the Aussies. One of my former colleagues, a very long time ago, used to maintain that the Swedish Embassy can or will offer assistance to anybody from any country, even if that just means allowing someone to use their telephone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlover Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 2 hours ago, Chassa said: Don't Brits die of old age! Add together hospital deaths of 179 and natural deaths of 122. Throw in an arbitrary number from the 158 unknowns and I suspect a high proportion of those will be 'old age'. When an embassy reports 'cause unknown', it generally means a death that was not suspicious but an autopsy was not carried out to determine the specific cause. That generally would apply to those us who 'die in our beds' so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 All kinds of wildly troll /off topic posts that are hijacking the thread have been removed, topic is about Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeGee Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 6 road traffic deaths???? <deleted> Or are they using the Thai system,only counting those dead at the road side.More information on the hospital deaths may increase this figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunderhill Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 1 hour ago, ThaiBunny said: Who needs newspapers? Everything on the Internet is 200% true Only 400% of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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