10 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

So why did the victim have to apologise?

For causing loss of face for the owner by going public with his actions thanks to the defamation and lible and slender laws

 

OLD NEWS.... and makes me sick!!!

Better stay away from Phuket for a long time.....It's a rip off with mafia connections..just look have the Tuk-Tuks are non-priced regulated pure mafia and now the Tourists will be hit even harder....easy target!

23 hours ago, DrDave said:

The "misunderstanding" centered around Mr Sitthithep's failure to understand that he wouldn't be able to get away with ripping off Ms Lalita.

Right on the button there, sir.

 

I first encountered the alternative use of the noun some 20 years ago whilst staying at a guesthouse in Patong run by an aimable Canadian called Flo. One day a guest (his first visit) had, against all advice, hired a jet-ski and had ‘allegedly’ damaged the vehicle and the thugs were demanding 50k Baht from him. He refused and went back to the hotel followed by 6 Jet-ski Somchai’s accompanied by 3 of Patong’s finest boys in brown, each resplendent in fake terminator raybands. I was observing the situation perched on a bar stool in the foyer.

 

Although disappointed the guest had bought these mutts back to his place, Flo stepped in to help as the discussion was getting, ahem, loud. He told the guest to step back whilst he and his Thai wife spoke to the thugs. The Somchai I assumed was the owner of the alleged damaged vehicle, was giving an Oscar winning performance as a man who’s just been told all his family have been killed and that life now meant nothing.

 

Negotiations over, Flo stepped back into the foyer to explain how things like this are handled here. Cutting to the chase, don’t pay = Monkey house, much bigger problem and ruined holiday, pay him 5k (negotiated down) and problem over. Money paid and thugs told it was a ‘misunderstanding’ on the part of the guest.

 

To the original post; expect a few more of these stories as the financial situations worsens and the usual recipients of extortion are absent from the circus.

 

14 hours ago, Jomtien Holiday Guy said:

Better stay away from Phuket for a long time.....It's a rip off with mafia connections..just look have the Tuk-Tuks are non-priced regulated pure mafia and now the Tourists will be hit even harder....easy target!

Pot, kettle, black. Its all peace and love up in The Sewer of course, isn't it.