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Ahh and the deflection, distraction of a false narrative begins to be circulated. How entirely predictable. I still say if they paid police a decent wage, vetted and trained far better, AND had ethics and conduct independent commissioner the RTP would be a far better policing entity. But I have heard that its impossible for porkers to fly ... so the chance of such sensible anti-corruption anti-grift protocols happening is ??? ... 

20 hours ago, webfact said:

a checkpoint was indeed set up in front of the Chinese embassy in Bangkok

Then Taiwanese tourists were extorted?  Hmn.

19 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

You were extorted for what?

How do you know what they spend it on?

Deflection

19 hours ago, Emdog said:

Are there plenty of signs at airports and other points of entry in various languages (including Chinese) that E cigarettes are illegal?

It's been included in the descent video on flights for years. It's been publicised in various media for years - including the extortionate high payouts to the BiB. IMO, no vaper can honestly pull the "I didn't know" card nor is ignorance of the law a get out of jail card.

 

The above in no way justifies the corruption alleged in the story in question, purely answering the question posed.

 

Edit: fun fact, at check-in there are signs telling you ecigs have to be in your carryon luggage ????‍♂️

 

Edited January 28, 20233 yr by Salerno

The very first 5 words of this article explain perfectly how corrupt and disfunctional Thailand is.

 

Why are the police addressing this issue?

22 hours ago, pedro01 said:

The ecig explanation does make a lot of sense, certainly much more than her version of doing nothing against the law but still needing to pay her way out. 

As it was a police safety stop .................

Now explain why they stopped a taxi full of tourists, and bothered anyone other than the taxi driver.

22 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

22 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

How much trust would you have in a drunk, argumentative tourist at one in the morning on New Years Day?

One who has no reason whatsoever to make up a story that she was extorted by Thai place of 27,000 baht ????.....  

What makes you think that she had "no reason" to fabricate, or embellish, her tale?   That she posts on social media about herself is one reason.

On 1/27/2023 at 2:55 PM, roquefort said:

Meanings do not change. Actress still means a female actor. What I object to is the coercion by the woke thought police to prevent anyone using this word. That only 'just happens' if the sheeple allow it to.

Meanings most definitely do change.

 

A decent proportion of the words in the English language no longer mean what they once did.

 

Take the word "nice" for instance.  When the word first entered English (from French) in the early 1300s, it meant “unaware, ignorant.”

 

Within 100 years, its meaning had changed to “conduct, a person, or clothing that was considered excessively luxurious or lascivious.”

 

By the 1400s it referred to “a person who was finely dressed, someone who was scrupulous, or something that was precise or fussy.”

 

Around a century later, nice had further changed to mean, "refined, cultured."

 

Finally, by the late 18th and early 19th centuries, nice had taken on the meaning it has today.

 

What’s the origin of nice?

On 1/27/2023 at 2:55 PM, roquefort said:

 

Duplicate post.

Edited January 28, 20233 yr by GroveHillWanderer