Thai troops on full alert at the borders to stop illegal entry to the country

[Golden Triangle]

3 hours ago, Percy P said:

Unnecessary remark.

Why ?

[Golden Triangle]

3 hours ago, natway09 said:

But in all seriousness the length & remoteness of land borders make this an unenviable 

 

It may well be an unenviable task due to the terrain & length of aforementioned borders but how many squaddies do they have lolling around doing buggar all ?

 

Now is the time for them to put all their training to a good use for the benefit of the common man & woman, or maybe they are better suited to easy targets on Bangkok's streets, 16 to 25 year old students, peaceful and unarmed, oh sorry, that's to difficult.

[Blumpie]

In other words, they were doing nothing before this.

IT's fairly easy to get across the border and nobody would know.  That's why they have checkpoints along roads around border points looking for them.  

[metisdead]

Inflammatory posts, troll posts and the replies have been removed. 

[tgw]

10 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Was up in the mountains at Baan Pha Hi a few days ago, numerous soldiers at the roadside. Stopped and photographed twice.Not sure why anyone would think a foreigner with poor Thai language ability would be a people smuggler.

 

ok, now how often did you witness an on-duty soldier think ?

Edited December 19, 2020 by tgw

[rumak]

At last,   a use for those submarines !

 

[MeHere]

Simple... Just BUILD A WALL!!! 555

[hotchilli]

19 hours ago, rooster59 said:

He said that the pandemic in neighbouring countries remains unpredictable and there is a likelihood that the disease may spread to Thailand, noting that, since Thailand has not imposed a lockdown during the New Year festive season, people from neighboring countries may sneak across the borders to take part.

Considering we have been under a continuous emergency decree for months one would have assumed they were already protecting the borders...

[bodga]

Theyre  awake?

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Why were the borders not locked down totally, for the past 9 months? What is the army doing with their time, and how are they justifying that tremendous expense to the nation, if they cannot protect the people?

 

It represents total dereliction of duty. Perhaps a resignation from Prayuth is in order?

My thoughts too, we've been under a continuous state of emergency for months, now he springs into action?

[Andycoops]

The only thing that the Army are any good at is supressing the rights of their own citizens.

The borders are like sieves and they have no hope of stopping people getting across, despite their claims.

[chainarong]

20 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Was up in the mountains at Baan Pha Hi a few days ago, numerous soldiers at the roadside. Stopped and photographed twice.Not sure why anyone would think a foreigner with poor Thai language ability would be a people smuggler.

U can never tell what people R up to.

[krobert6]

Went through a new Checkpoint at the Big Buddha at the Golden Triangle.  But it is so easy at night to shoot accross the Mekong there

[Ventenio]

I need some generalizations clarified.....   sorry to the snowflakes in advance if triggered.

 

if from Laos, likey a go-go bar or something

if from Burma, a worker

Cambodia, I have no idea

do Malaysians even come to Thailand....not sure if a lot come here to work

if farang, you teach

russians in the south, chinese in the north

japanese no idea

fillipinos do everything i guess

 

 

[spidermike007]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

My thoughts too, we've been under a continuous state of emergency for months, now he springs into action?

Astonishing incompetence, indifference and ineptitude. And in most nations the PM would resign over such a monumental failure. Again I ask, what on earth does the army do here, if not protect the borders during a pandemic? Are they completely useless to the nation? 

[Nanaplaza666]

20 hours ago, ezzra said:

Yeah right... with 2,416 km long border with Burma alone you need like 10's of thousand of soldiers to start to be effective guarding Burma borders only, not to mention other countries bordering Thailand...

They have so many police not doing nothing all day they could use them as well . But then again if a bit of money is waved they just let everybody thru . 

[Mr Meeseeks]

The very same corruption they claimed to seize power to eradicate will likely be the cause of this administration's downfall, as it has all military administrations before it. 

 

History it seems, is not without a sense of irony. 

[hotchilli]

11 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Astonishing incompetence, indifference and ineptitude. And in most nations the PM would resign over such a monumental failure. Again I ask, what on earth does the army do here, if not protect the borders during a pandemic? Are they completely useless to the nation? 

They do the bidding of the master.

Most countries use the army as protection against adversaries, here they are commissioned to suppress freedom of expression.

[simon43]

[quote]

...He said that the pandemic in neighbouring countries remains unpredictable and there is a likelihood that the disease may spread to Thailand,

[/quote]

 

[sarcasm]

Meanwhile in other news, Laos has posted soldiers on their border to stop Thais entering Laos - Thailand has had 60 deaths and over 4,000 cases of the virus.  Laos has had zero deaths and just a few dozen of virus cases.....

[/sarcasm]

[LukKrueng]

21 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Better conscript more men and women so you have enough to link arms and surround Thailand.  So many ways into the country without being detected for the surrounding countries and the migrant workers.  Just no way as I see it to keep all of those that want in out.

 

21 hours ago, ezzra said:

Yeah right... with 2,416 km long border with Burma alone you need like 10's of thousand of soldiers to start to be effective guarding Burma borders only, not to mention other countries bordering Thailand...

Better do nothing, right? 

[NoshowJones]

20 hours ago, Mavideol said:

and now everybody knows why some time ago they were buying tanks, helicopters, submarines.... 555

and now space rockets to go to the moon. Come to think of it, I have not read any more about this since it was first published.

Has the unelected "PM" now abandoned this?  

[NoshowJones]

Another general filled with decorations, wings and other bling.

Gees, how these guys love themselves. No wonder the country doesn't get governed properly because they spend most of their time sitting round tables making up rules and laws for us to obey, then spending more time the next day thinking up ways to change them. 

Edited December 20, 2020 by possum1931

[NoshowJones]

1 hour ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

The very same corruption they claimed to seize power to eradicate will likely be the cause of this administration's downfall, as it has all military administrations before it. 

 

History it seems, is not without a sense of irony. 

I don't think this administration is going to have a downfall in the near future, although the present unelected "PM" may eventually get replaced with another unelected "PM".

 

[bristolgeoff]

Bit like closing the gate after the horse has bolted.let  in thru many porus borders myamar or cambodia.I just have to wait and see what happens now with the high season or letting tourist in  again

[Peter Denis]

Yesterday more than 500 migrant workers tested postive for covid-19 in Samut Sakhon province.

More than 90% of them were asymptomatic.

Interesting if you look at the location of Samut Sakhon province on the map of Thailand.  It is situated just under Bangkok, and approx 150 km from the Myanmar border.

 

 

[Sunderland]

Full alert? Ha! Ha! Ha!

[Meat Pie 47]

9 hours ago, MeHere said:

Simple... Just BUILD A WALL!!! 555

And get Myanmar to pay for it ?

[Banana7]

2 hours ago, Peter Denis said:

Yesterday more than 500 migrant workers tested postive for covid-19 in Samut Sakhon province.

More than 90% of them were asymptomatic.

Interesting if you look at the location of Samut Sakhon province on the map of Thailand.  It is situated just under Bangkok, and approx 150 km from the Myanmar border.

 

 

Now there the migrant workers are saying they paid military personnel 6,500 baht per person  to be allowed into Thailand for work, and to avoid ASQ and the USD$100,000 insurance policy.

[Scott Tracy]

On 12/19/2020 at 12:21 PM, ezzra said:

Yeah right... with 2,416 km long border with Burma alone you need like 10's of thousand of soldiers to start to be effective guarding Burma borders only, not to mention other countries bordering Thailand...

Eliminate there is an estimated 500,000 in the RTA alone. Then in the Royal Thai Armed Forces bit, it says 360,850...

 

Anyways. 2 meters between them, 24 hours per day... 721,700 meters. Exclude 10% senior officers...650 kms.  Need more grunts.

 

 

Why not build a big beautiful wall and get the Burmese to pay for it?

Edited December 20, 2020 by Scott Tracy
65 to 650kms. Finger trouble.

[Derek B]

Too little too late...........................most routes into Thailand must be known to the Border Police and could of been more effectively sealed off long ago. Where there is a will there is away.