Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul Addresses Alleged Foreign Mafia in Phuket

[spidermike007]

13 hours ago, geisha said:

Actually I think that stationing Surachat Hakporn ( Big joke) down to Phuket could be a very wise move.  He would be very motivated after the last few months of bad publicity, and he certainly goes for it when needed. 
It would also create an atmosphere of worry for these criminals and maybe warn them off. It would be good to get to the bottom of who is ruling the roost down there and deport them all. They won’t be missed, my very good Thai friends there have said for years the Russians have ruined Phuket. 

I completely disagree. He does not go for it. It is all a big show. I have never bought into his PR machine. He is a phony, and few he has ever gone after have served time. He hogs the limelight, just like he did as immigration chief. It is time to put this useless man out to pasture. Again. 

[spidermike007]

18 hours ago, craighj said:

Oh dear our man Khun Anutin is on the case now, we should get hmmm......................................zero actual action, zero actual change but loads of promises etc.  This guys is dreadful!!!

He is one of the highest profile men of the DNC. No, not the democrats, the do nothing crew. He would not be popular in Missouri, the show me state. A land where people prefer action over words. Real men act. Small men talk, declare, make proclamations, and make promises, that they never intended to keep. 

 

The most widely known legend attributes the phrase to Missouri's U.S. Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver, who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1897 to 1903. While a member of the U.S. House Committee on Naval Affairs, Vandiver attended an 1899 naval banquet in Philadelphia. In a speech there, he declared, "I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me." Regardless of whether Vandiver coined the phrase, it is certain that his speech helped to popularize the saying.

[Sydebolle]

So, the locals don't like competition from Russia and China then ........ or am I wrong again? 

[George FmplesdaCosteedback]

Can we just get this straight, is this a problem of turf and the local Mafia are upset that the Russians are taking over, or a clamp down on Mafias in general.

As a rule the Mafia are easy to spot because they have uniforms, but the Russians don't wear one, sneaky blighters.

[bristolgeoff]

Looking into this if the mafia does exist,like the sex trade in thailand does not exist right