Royal Thai Police orders officers to stop revealing nationality information of foreigners arrested to the media

[blackshadow]

4 hours ago, wombat said:

A farang is a farang is a farang.

or sometimes could be called an ALIEN !!!!

[mikebell]

My heart swelled to see a photo of a Thai policeman.  Just back from two nights in Bangkok; a round trip of 288 kms.  I walked Suk soi 15/17/19/20 inhaling the fresh fragrance of carbon monoxide subtly combined with that of cannabis.  Now back home in Pattaya.  I never saw ONE cop.

[nigelforbes]

24 minutes ago, blackshadow said:

or sometimes could be called an ALIEN !!!!

Lots of countries use that term, I'm regarded as a non-resident alien in the US and have been so for years.

[Seppius]

What does it matter anyway, we very rarely get to hear what happened to the arrested.

 

If the Swedish guy has a spare 5 million Baht he will be off home

[Denim]

New just in. 

 

A foreigner ( nationality withheld ) , arrived in Thailand today from his home town of Shanghai and was apprehended ......etc etc

[Artisi]

9 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

Any guesses as to which countries are not happy when their citizens are reported as suspects in crimes 555.

 

That's far too difficult, how about a clue or two ????

[Artisi]

6 hours ago, nigelforbes said:

I don't think that's the angle at all. It's a sensible measure to prevent automatic bias by locals and others, based solely on nationality, I think it's a good thing.

Yep, sounds like good move - it will just reinforce to the Thai's that all foreigners are criminals. 

How are arrests to be reported now, xx number of non - Thai's were arrested in xxxxxx for zzzzzz.? 

[Artisi]

6 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

I thought the Embassies are not allowed to comment or act on internal affairs of Thailand....

Mother can always intervene... 

[Captor]

7 hours ago, rtco said:

Well that's  a laugh ...

That is only about Chinese tourists ????

[Dexxter]

I wonder when they will actually start. LOL

[NanLaew]

7 hours ago, nigelforbes said:

7 hours ago, wombat said:

A farang is a farang is a farang.

Which only refers to a white westerner.

...and they're off!

[PETERTHEEATER]

11 hours ago, ukrules said:

China ????

No nationalty references please! Pseudonyms must prevail to avoid offence. In this case perhaps Cathay would be acceptable........????

[brucegoniners]

You mean like this?

 

 

[Aussieroaming]

8 hours ago, roo860 said:

Gottfrid will have something to say, about this development. 

He will be devastated but essentially anyone without a swastika will still be fair game for his racist rants.

[IamNoone88]

Since when has Thailand given any consideration to the "sensitive left"? Report and shame and name the countries please!

[Dogmatix]

13 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

Any guesses as to which countries are not happy when their citizens are reported as suspects in crimes 555.

 

China. They can just report them as "foreign" triads in future. Ha ha.

[Dogmatix]

This is right next to a report of a Swedish man arrested with a gun and ice on Pattaya beach.

[Chongalulu]

11 hours ago, findlay13 said:

What about pointing? Will that remain? Very necessary.

Yes,in a cunning ploy to get around this new directive they will instead be pointing at the National Flag of the perpetrator ..with masks of course obscuring the sniggers ????

[nigelforbes]

My question is, why is it important to know the nationality, why is it even necessary?

[Chongalulu]

5 hours ago, blackshadow said:

or sometimes could be called an ALIEN !!!!

That’s only when you’re entitled to that one call ???? home.. ???? 

[Chongalulu]

2 minutes ago, nigelforbes said:

My question is, why is it important to know the nationality, why is it even necessary?

It’s a very useful metric to gauge any untoward high source of offenders. 

[nigelforbes]

8 hours ago, HuskerDo2 said:

Except that there were no authorities involved and no crime committed. Just a truck full of rednecks doing the wrong thing. My point had to do with proper and descriptive information regarding the description of someone who committed a crime.

Not to belabor the point but I only just read this/understood what you wrote. A crime was committed in the link I posted, they killed the black whilst he was jogging because he was black, in a white neighborhood and because he was running, they shot him dead. 

[nigelforbes]

1 minute ago, nchuckle said:

It’s a very useful metric to gauge any untoward high source of offenders. 

For the police, yes, but for the public! Why does the public need to know this? 

 

[Hockeybik]

13 hours ago, ukrules said:

China ????

Zachary Wright!

[VocalNeal]

9 hours ago, wombat said:

A farang is a farang is a farang.

Remember the sign in that Soi Soweto bar????  "We do not serve Africa Man" 

 

A man of unknown nationality a Mr. Ramjam Full reputedly had his gold chain stolen on Beach Road in Pattaya.

(EDIT:) Added after Nigelforbes reacted 

[PETERTHEEATER]

13 hours ago, ukrules said:

China ????

No nationalty references please! Pseudonyms must prevail to avoid offence. In this case perhaps Cathay would be acceptable........????

[PETERTHEEATER]

Until it is revoked, this order will change joke telling.

For example:

A Limey, a Paddy and a Jock walk into a bar.......

[spidermike007]

If Xi were so concerned about the image of China, perhaps he could stop organ harvesting of prisoners, close the ethnic cleansing concentration camps, stop infringing of the sovereign rights of neighbors in the South China Sea, grant his people more freedoms, and relax the heinous import restrictions. That might help more than leaning on Thailand to stop reporting about his triad operations.

[Dogmatix]

3 hours ago, Dexxter said:

I wonder when they will actually start. LOL

I think it will be like the re-enactments that police were supposedly ordered to stop doing with great fanfare but continued without a pause.

 

Reporters have to pay the police for access to film arrested criminals and crime scene articles.  A favorite photo is a picture of an arrested foreigners passport.  I can't see them stopping that, even if China is making a fuss. 

 

Anyway the big triad cheese "Tuhao", married to a Thai police colonel, is Thai and, according to Chinese law, should have given up his Chinese nationality when he got Thai nationality, or had it revoked when the Thai Interior Ministry wrote to the Chinese embassy to advise them he had got Thai nationality, as they do.  So reports should just emphasise that he is Thai, until such a time as he is convicted and a court orders the revocation of his Thai nationality.

[HuskerDo2]

1 hour ago, nigelforbes said:

Not to belabor the point but I only just read this/understood what you wrote. A crime was committed in the link I posted, they killed the black whilst he was jogging because he was black, in a white neighborhood and because he was running, they shot him dead. 

I was saying that the black kid committed no crime. He was shown on video entering a new home that was under construction and the rednecks assumed he was checking the place out to later come back and loot. Instead of calling the police (even tho he had committed no crime) they decided to take matters into their own hands. What would you do if a pickup truck with three people in it with one carrying a rifle was coming down the street after you? I'd run. Just like the black kid did. He didn't deserve any of that. Like I said, rednecks are a different breed. Can be found everywhere but primarily in the South.

 

At any rate, there was a trial, and the 3 rednecks will be spending the rest of their lives in prison. Personally, I think the death sentence would have been better but at least they'll never be able to harm another innocent human being no matter what color the skin.