Popular Post Lorry Posted September 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 27, 2023 As told by a local vendor: 2 farang were checked near BigC, they didn't carry their passport. The police (?) wanted 5000, after some bargaining settled for 3000 per person. The vendor found it too much. 2 8 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post couchpotato Posted September 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 27, 2023 15 minutes ago, Lorry said: As told by a local vendor: 2 farang were checked near BigC, they didn't carry their passport. The police (?) wanted 5000, after some bargaining settled for 3000 per person. The vendor found it too much. Hogwash..... made up story 9 1 2 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post d4dang Posted September 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 27, 2023 real cops or? 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorry Posted September 27, 2023 Author Share Posted September 27, 2023 9 minutes ago, d4dang said: real cops or? Good question. I don't know. I know only what I posted. I posted it because it's an area where many foreigners live, and not everybody is carrying his passport when going to BigC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperSaiyan Posted September 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 27, 2023 Fake. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still kicking Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 27 minutes ago, SuperSaiyan said: Fake. Cops or Quote? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rwill Posted September 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2023 I have a copy of my passport in my wallet. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bangkok Barry Posted September 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2023 In the headline the poster wrote he says at Big C. He then says near Big C. There's a difference. I'm guessing this is a troll from someone who didn't even see what happened himself but was 'told' by a vendor. Nothing to see here, folks.... Move on. 5 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Albaby Posted September 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2023 20 minutes ago, rwill said: I have a copy of my passport in my wallet. I just carry my pink ID card. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post timendres Posted September 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2023 Lived on Suk 81 for 4 years. Went to the Big-C too many times to count. Not once, ever, did I see police anywhere near Big-C, Century, or BTS station asking anyone for ID. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post foreverlomsak Posted September 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2023 50 minutes ago, rwill said: I have a copy of my passport in my wallet. Was informed by 3 armed and uniformed Immigration Officers, who had stopped me in the street, that carrying a copy of the passport was not acceptable (as it could be faked), that all foreigners must carry their passports on them when away from home, and I was only 9km away in my local town, I proffered along with the photocopy my Pink Card and Driving License they were waved away with the comment means nothing to us. Wrong place wrong time, I think they'd just been checking a hotel for foreign residents and failed to find one, so homed in on me. 2 1 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ben Zioner Posted September 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2023 41 minutes ago, Albaby said: I just carry my pink ID card. I Just wear clean underpants.. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post trainman34014 Posted September 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2023 All nonsense; it is not a lagal rquirement to carry your Passport. Should this happen it would be advisable to insist that you be taken to the Police Station where the so called 'Cops' operate from. Carrying a Photcopy of your Passport is a good idea but again, is not a legal requirement ! 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post impulse Posted September 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2023 I've no reason to doubt the veracity or accuracy of the OP's warning. These threads crop up occasionally, though usually it was the cops around Asoke. I actually witnessed some shake downs around Asoke years ago where people were stopped on the sidewalk and others were pulled out of taxis at red lights for ID checks. Got so prevalent one time that one top cop came out and stated that carrying a copy of your passport was acceptable, followed by another who said it had to be the original. Given the stories about cracking down on foreign workers and increasing security in light of the new visa free policy, it wouldn't surprise me if some local cops were either being over-zealous or downright crooked at the end of the month when rent is due. And that's assuming they were real cops. Also had a recent story about fake cops holding a lady for ransom... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kidneyw Posted September 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2023 I have a picture of my passport and visa on my phone just in case. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl sees all Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Wanted to pay two leccy bills in Big C late last month. Could not unless I showed passport or pink ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tropicalevo Posted September 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, trainman34014 said: All nonsense; it is not a lagal rquirement to carry your Passport. Should this happen it would be advisable to insist that you be taken to the Police Station where the so called 'Cops' operate from. Carrying a Photcopy of your Passport is a good idea but again, is not a legal requirement ! It is a legal requirement for all foreigners to carry a photo id document that is currently accepted in Thailand. Same rule for Thais. Edited September 28, 2023 by Tropicalevo 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 21 minutes ago, owl sees all said: Wanted to pay two leccy bills in Big C late last month. Could not unless I showed passport or pink ID. pay online like we do, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChipButty Posted September 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2023 Around Tong Lor was famous even years ago for getting pulled, I used to hear alsorts of stories, 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post impulse Posted September 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2023 5 minutes ago, ChipButty said: Around Tong Lor was famous even years ago for getting pulled, I used to hear alsorts of stories, I witnessed a few myself. Even stopping taxis at red lights and pulling the foreigners out for ID checks. But that was all pre-Covid. Maybe they've started it up again now that the pickings are getting richer. More short time tourists who wouldn't know to ask for a ride to the cop shop to straighten it out. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 15 hours ago, Lorry said: The police (?) wanted 5000, after some bargaining settled for 3000 per person. Why would you pay them? the legal fine is about 1k TTBOMK. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 If you can "Bargain'' them down, then of course its a scam. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorry Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 4 hours ago, timendres said: Lived on Suk 81 for 4 years. Went to the Big-C too many times to count. Not once, ever, did I see police anywhere near Big-C, Century, or BTS station asking anyone for ID. That's exactly the reason why I posted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayinThailand2much Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 2 hours ago, owl sees all said: Wanted to pay two leccy bills in Big C late last month. Could not unless I showed passport or pink ID. This is becoming quite common. Pay bills, or even into your own bank account - asked for passport... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorry Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 4 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said: In the headline the poster wrote he says at Big C. He then says near Big C. There's a difference. I'm guessing this is a troll from someone who didn't even see what happened himself but was 'told' by a vendor. Nothing to see here, folks.... Move on. Sorry for my English. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/296174/at-a-shop-or-in-a-shop "At the shop" tells the listener you are in or close enough to the shop to be considered on the premises. "In the shop" is more specific and tells the listener you are within the walls of the shop. So,"in" would not have been correct. The difference between "at" and "near" seems to depend on the definition of "premises". Maybe you visit the place and draw a map of the premises (to scale, please). In the meantime, I will ask that vendor where exactly (inches, please!) this happened. Then we can discuss whether "at" or "near" was the correct preposition 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl sees all Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 1 hour ago, ChipButty said: pay online like we do, Too complicated for me to do that. Bar codes and those square dotted things give me the jips. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 27 minutes ago, Lorry said: Sorry for my English. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/296174/at-a-shop-or-in-a-shop "At the shop" tells the listener you are in or close enough to the shop to be considered on the premises. "In the shop" is more specific and tells the listener you are within the walls of the shop. So,"in" would not have been correct. The difference between "at" and "near" seems to depend on the definition of "premises". Maybe you visit the place and draw a map of the premises (to scale, please). In the meantime, I will ask that vendor where exactly (inches, please!) this happened. Then we can discuss whether "at" or "near" was the correct preposition You still reported something that is hearsay, wherever what you didn't witness did or did not happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lorry Posted September 28, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2023 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said: You still reported something that is hearsay, wherever what you didn't witness did or did not happen. Correct. BTW I heard Thailand has a new government - hearsay, I didn't witness it. I also heard if you murder someone you might end up in prison - hearsay, has never happened to me. Don't get me talking about the moon landing...or the discovery of America Edited September 28, 2023 by Lorry 2 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseThailand Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 On Nut has become an expat ghetto. So many foreigners and especially Russians are living there because it's cheap and convenient. I'm not surprised some unscrupulous police may target foreigners to get some easy money. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bangkok Barry Posted September 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2023 Just now, Lorry said: Correct. BTW I heard Thailand has a new government - hearsay, I didn't witness it. I also heard if you murder someone you might end up in prison - hearsay, has never happened to me. Don't get me talking about the moon landing... Sorry, your misunderstanding of English strikes again. The new Thai government is a FACT. Murderers DO end up in prison, FACT. They are not hearsay, which my dictionary describes as rumour. Neither of the two examples you give me are rumours. Fact and hearsay are very different things, which clearly you fail to understand. Just drop it before you dig another hole. You said two different things in the headline and opening post. Just accept it instead of sending me sarcastic posts. 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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