Kiwi’s prison plight ends: Thai hellhole release brings a breath of relief

[Aussie999]

52 minutes ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

The idiot had ecstasy pills on him... his decision... his responsibility... entitled attitude got him in hot water ... I personally do not care what happened while he was in prison... he did this.

where do you get this "entitled attitude" from, I see NOTHING that indicates he thinks he is "entitled."

[Aussie999]

35 minutes ago, kingstonkid said:

Everyone in the world knows that SEAsian prisons just like south American prisons are hell holes.

 

These countries do not look at rehabilitation it is punishment.

 

We also know that embassies can do little

 

If you are famous or have famous parents it means nothing unless you are Thai

 

No sympathy you do the crime you do the time

what's your point, are you actually siding with the RTP behaviour, if so, just say so.

[Ralf001]

47 minutes ago, sirineou said:

I am anti drugs , But ruining someone's life over two ecstasy pills is a bit of overkill IMO. 

Not as though the repercussions for being caught with drugs are not known.

Had a friend do 6 months for a joint he had in his pocket.

[Smokey and the Bandit]

1 hour ago, moe666 said:

Thats just his side of the story

So lets here from the RTP and get the CCTV footage?

[Homburg]

27 minutes ago, kennw said:

Probably dint pay up.

My thoughts also.  The BIB probably saw the 2 tablets as a "nice little earner", but perhaps he had insufficient funds?
 

[onthedarkside]

Trolling posts removed

[cowellandrew]

I look forward to the book release!

How is the crypto doing now?

[thailand49]

2 hours ago, Jonathan Swift said:

He's obviously old enough to have known better. I feel bad for his suffering, but come on, did he not know about drugs and Thai prisons? Why take those kind of chances? I knew about it long before I came here, and I wouldn't at the time (10 years ago) even go near anyone smoking weed.

True true. Never put your self in that position if you do the chances it will happen. 

Years ago I was on walking street daytime in the front using a ATM I noticed a bag on the floor it was clear to me it was weed and something more I never bend down to attempt acted like I never saw it to pick it up I grab my cash and walked away. 

[stix40]

Seems alot going on in this story for 2 disco biscuits? 

More to this than meets the eye ! ????

[GinBoy2]

If that boy is only 45, poster child on why to stay off the ex!!

[Bangkok Barry]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

So he left them in PH to come here and make a fortune?

Dumped his family to come and make more money in Thailand. Nice guy.

[OneMoreFarang]

52 minutes ago, Aussie999 said:

so you read things into a photo... wow

"If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck."

[stoner]

59 minutes ago, Aussie999 said:

it still doesn't excuse the actions of the RTP

alleged. 

[RandolphGB]

It's a shame the punishment wasn't more severe. 

[stoner]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

forced to sleep naked on prison floors in Patong, Phuket, and Bangkok prisons. He said, it was worse than any movie depiction and, he thought he was going to die.

i call bs on this. if i am correct there was a thread about this a few months back that had conflicting statements in it. 

 

i could be wrong.

 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

“The business was great when I came here, I made a lot of money and then Covid hit.

what's the issue here sport ? during covid the crypto market went bananas. it was literally a chicken shoot. the bottom of the market was mid march 2020. it went up for a year straight after that. 

 

 

[pomchop]

1 hour ago, findlay13 said:

Isn't the point of Crypto currency the fact you do it online from anywhere?

" believed his crypto business would thrive in thailand"???

 

Maybe he convinced a few cops to become fabulously wealthy buying crypto and then when they figured out he had conned them they were not real happy....what kind of crypto biz exactly requires you to be anywhere other than in front of a keyboard? 

 

Something seems to be missing from this story.

[drgoon]

From one Kiwi to another....  Dork

[renaissanc]

Thai Police can be real scum at times. There's no need to treat a prisoner like that. How different they behave when the media is filming them.

[thaibeachlovers]

2 hours ago, kwaussie said:

That is just appalling treatment for 2 tablets and certainly a warning for every one else if you didnt already know to keep away from drugs. 

Who would not know that having illegal drugs is not a good idea in SEA? IMO one would have to be pretty ignorant not to and one has to wonder if they should be let on a plane if that dumb.

 

Always some chancer to give the cops entertainment though. Loads of the idiots go to the FMP and buy drugs from dealers that inform the cops who they sold to.

 

The only thing I was ever really scared of while in LOS was being banged up in a scam and ending up in a Thai jail. I certainly never used illegal drugs while there.

Edited July 10, 2023 by thaibeachlovers

[alanrchase]

From the article it seems he was never in prison. It appears he was fined and kept in IDC waiting to be deported. I suspect the conditions in IDC are rough but the pictures suggest you can have a mobile phone. It would also seem he needed the NZ embassy to get him a flight? Was that due to his conviction or because he had no money to buy a ticket?

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, Aussie999 said:

what's your point, are you actually siding with the RTP behaviour, if so, just say so.

One does not need to side with the RTP to know that if one gets caught with illegal drugs in one's possession one's life is going to turn to <deleted> real quick.

Personal responsibility and all that.

[Cabradelmar]

Crypto grifter arrested in THA for possession of MDMA... Just another day in the LOS

[Aussie999]

32 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

"If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck."

Oh dear, is that the best you can come up with, here's another saying, you shouldn't judge a book, by it's cover.... I guess you would think Albert Einstein, is in the same catagory.... lol

[Emdog]

I wonder how many of the commentators here that push for throwing him in a deeper and darker hole, he broke the law and deserves the worst, yada yada.... are the sort that brag about paying off a cop who pulls them over for drunk driving? "Yeah, no nanny state here... just pay the bribe and you're on your way".

Which would a sane person consider a greater threat to the public?

[steven100]

1 hour ago, Aussie999 said:

it still doesn't excuse the actions of the RTP

welcome to Thailand .....   they couldn't care less about what others think of the their actions.    TIT

 

[OneMoreFarang]

12 minutes ago, Aussie999 said:

Oh dear, is that the best you can come up with, here's another saying, you shouldn't judge a book, by it's cover.... I guess you would think Albert Einstein, is in the same catagory.... lol

No, Albert Einstein looks like an intelligent person.

 

 

Apart from that, you shouldn't take my comments, and probably many other, too serious.

This is an internet forum for expats in Thailand, not a serious scientific conversation. 

[Caldera]

Embellishing his story a bit like many others... Who is he hoping to sell it to anyway, considering it's all been said?

[WHansen]

Something doesn't sit right about this story as many have already commented.

All of that for a couple of E's ???

Theres a full moon party every month down there with thousands of people dropping them like smarties and enjoying themseves, so the local police are no strangers to finding people in possesion of a few pills.

Theres definately more to this story.

Edited July 10, 2023 by WHansen

[ChipButty]

56 minutes ago, alanrchase said:

From the article it seems he was never in prison. It appears he was fined and kept in IDC waiting to be deported. I suspect the conditions in IDC are rough but the pictures suggest you can have a mobile phone. It would also seem he needed the NZ embassy to get him a flight? Was that due to his conviction or because he had no money to buy a ticket?

I did know a guy who got banged up in that IDC place he had his phone with him, he was only there for a week before he got a flight back to the UK 

[oxo1947]

3 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

We also know that embassies can do little

We also know that embassies can  do little ...