NZ brothers return home after 4 months in Thai custody for assault

[mstevens]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I'm outraged that the NZ government got involved in bring the criminal back to NZ. I'll give a pass to the brother that didn't assault the cop, but the one that did should be a guest of the Thai government for a while.

 

I doubt the NZ government was involved. Probably the parents of the two brothers found a lawyer who was prepared to act as a go-between and fix a deal where all parties were compensated and charges dropped.

[mstevens]

41 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

This is strange behaviour. 

 

Why would they do something so bloody stupid? 

 

 

There is no suggestion the New Zealand government was involved. NZ has very strong anti-corruption laws and laws regarding bribery. Any NZ official involved in this sort of thing would be dismissed and it would be massive news in the country and that person would become near unemployable. Where the article says the brothers thanked for the NZ government for their support, that absolutely does not mean the NZ government negotiated to get them out. No way would that happen.

Edited July 15 by mstevens

[mstevens]

3 minutes ago, Michael Headland said:

Appalling behaviour. Hopefully they have be banned for life from Thailand.

The New Zealand Government condoning this behaviour, what a surprise.

 

Pretty much guarantee that didn't happen. The NZ Embassy in Bangkok no doubt fulfilled its duties to check on the brothers when they were in custody and convey messages to parents in NZ, but as for negotiating a way out, no way. If you believe that you have no idea about the attitudes of Kiwis in government. The NZ Embassy in Bangkok has long been helpful to its citizens, but they don't help Kiwis to get out of trouble by negotiating pay-offs or bribing public officials of the host country. Not a chance that happened.

[SAFETY FIRST]

11 minutes ago, mstevens said:

 

There is no suggestion the New Zealand government was involved. NZ has very strong anti-corruption laws and laws regarding bribery. Any NZ official involved in this sort of thing would be dismissed and it would be massive news in the country and that person would become near unemployable. Where the article says the brothers thanked for the NZ government for their support, that absolutely does not mean the NZ government negotiated to get them out. No way would that happen.

The local radio station reported differently. 

 

It was reported 'Intervention of their embassy'.

 

This is alarming. 

 

[mstevens]

3 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

The local radio station reported differently. 

 

It was reported 'Intervention of their embassy'.

 

This is alarming. 

 

 

I would put that down to errant reporting or an inarticulate newsreader. NO WAY would the embassy get involved like that.

[Slocum]

1 hour ago, zepplin said:

Pair of stupid low class bogans , mummy and daddy didn’t raise them right and had to bail them out, how utterly pathetic!

Just a pair of Country Pumpkins,  low class, stupid, brainless  Rookies in the travel world....including the Parents who said, they are just  "Kids" Shameless Low People...total disgraceful bunch...You can't go lower than that...

[bbbbooboo]

Hmmm…. Stupid is what stupid does(again)

[Ben Zioner]

Welcome back home young heroes. 

[Ben Zioner]

20 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

The local radio station reported differently. 

 

It was reported 'Intervention of their embassy'.

 

This is alarming. 

 

Nonsense, the Embassy would have good reasons to believe that these boys only did what they had to do protect themselves from a rabid pig.

Edited July 15 by Ben Zioner

[bob smith]

copper shouldn't have drew his gun for a routine traffic stop.

 

bob.

[crazykopite]

Black listed from Thailand im sure that after there experience they would never want to return to Thailand 

[BerndD]

What a <deleted>ty family. Instead of thanking friends and acquaintances, as well as the NZ government, for their support, they would have been better off apologizing to the police officer and the Thai public.  5 years Bangkok-Hilton would have been appropriate.

[bob smith]

1 minute ago, BerndD said:

What a <deleted>ty family. Instead of thanking friends and acquaintances, as well as the NZ government, for their support, they would have been better off apologizing to the police officer and the Thai public.  5 years Bangkok-Hilton would have been appropriate.

cobblers!

 

bob.

[kwaussie]

Incomprehensible behaviour , do they think its the wild west, so disappointed they drag the New Zealand name down and the embassy would have only been doing what any country's embassy does to make sure its citizen's are treated fairly, thank goodness banned from entering beautiful Thailand and wish they never entered in the first place.   

[bob smith]

1 minute ago, kwaussie said:

Incomprehensible behaviour , do they think its the wild west,

It's not?

 

could've fooled me!

 

perhaps the wild east would be more appropriate?

 

bob.

[transam]

27 minutes ago, Ben Zioner said:

Welcome back home young heroes. 

Didn't you mean "numpties"......?  🤔

[transam]

4 minutes ago, bob smith said:

It's not?

 

could've fooled me!

 

perhaps the wild east would be more appropriate?

 

bob.

Are you the expert on the subject regarding brain-dead numpty fools, but wait, undoubtably you are, probably of the same ilk...........

[kwaussie]

the imbeciles should have just paid for there speeding fine and been on there way to have great holiday.

[bob smith]

2 minutes ago, transam said:

Are you the expert on the subject regarding brain-dead numpty fools

No trans.

 

that's definitely you!!

 

bob.

[bob smith]

Just now, kwaussie said:

the imbeciles should have just paid for there speeding fine and been on there way to have great holiday.

....it's not possible to have a great holiday here.

 

there's always something that goes wrong.

 

bob.

[In Full Agreement]

15 minutes ago, bob smith said:

copper shouldn't have drew his gun for a routine traffic stop.

 

bob.

 

 

Bob,    You really need to crawl back under your rock.

[kwaussie]

Or not be speeding in the first place.

[kwaussie]

3 minutes ago, bob smith said:

....it's not possible to have a great holiday here.

 

there's always something that goes wrong.

 

bob.

Nothing goes wrong if one acts and behaves like a normal person!

[bob smith]

1 minute ago, kwaussie said:

Nothing goes wrong if one acts and behaves like a normal person!

...what's normal then?

 

bob.

[bob smith]

5 minutes ago, In Full Agreement said:

 

 

Bob,    You really need to crawl back under your rock.

after you.

 

bob.

[transam]

8 minutes ago, bob smith said:

No trans.

 

that's definitely you!!

 

bob.

Then it's strange I don't have the daily problems you have in LOS, eh......🤭

[transam]

3 minutes ago, bob smith said:

...what's normal then?

 

bob.

Not you or the NZ numpties........😂

[AustinRacing]

Not even an apology from the family?  I guess they must’ve payed an arm and a leg to have the morons freed  

[cjinchiangrai]

They should have done at least five years for that. Just the handgun in the commission of a felony part should be worth that. Did the cop have to apologize too?

[Frankie baby]

No mention or comment from the Thai side, must have paid the asking price in full.

Edited July 15 by Frankie baby