Question regarding application for PR (permanent residency) by investment or retirement?
-
Recently Browsing 0 members
- No registered users viewing this page.
Announcements
-
Topics
-
Latest posts...
-
23
American arrested for alleged sexual assault of Chinese woman
A black widow mentality. Chinese-American accuses American of forced sex in Thailand. Questions abound. Is this rape accuser looking for a payout? Could she be fabricating? Can the accused get a fair trial in a court system unused to such charges and with limited investigative capability? In the age of #MeToo, who’s getting treated more unfairly: men or women? Even US President-elect Donald Trump avers, “It’s a very scary situation where you’re guilty until proven innocent,” Trump said about sex assault claims against men, including against his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. In the somewhat provincial city of Hat Yai, Thailand two foreigners – an American and a dual US/Chinese citizen - are engaged in a court battle to determine whether charges of rape have merit. An international political/diplomatic firestorm appears to be developing in this small Thailand community just north of the Malaysian border. Evidence is being presented to police and the court, as the accused - first jailed, now released with an ankle GPS tracking device – attempts to prove he is not guilty of charges, and that the accuser is fabricating evidence out of vengeance – and perhaps a desire for monetary compensation. Much is as yet unanswered. The accuser provides only her Chinese passport ID. The accused feels entitled to view her US identification, as she lived and worked in America and is a US citizen. Furthermore, the accuser only alleged rape after the accused decided to end their relationship. She invited him to her hotel room, where they became sexually intimate by mutual consent. Over several days subsequent to this initial encounter, she initiated communication with the accused asking when he would be able to return to her hotel room, specifically mentioning her interest in forwarding their sexual relationship. And the accused did go to her hotel room about three more times, and by his account this sex also was consensual. On November 7 the accused left her hotel room to buy cigarettes. The accuser’s apparent urgency to fully consummate their relationship left the accused with an uncertain sense of her intentions. Doubts arose in his mind that she was now being forthright in answering his questions about her past, leaving him with a nagging feeling that she had a lot to hide and perhaps ulterior motives. He returned home rather than go back to her hotel room. And, ultimately, he decided that he did not wish to continue the relationship. He came to realize that there were red flags, she was too inconsistent, and her behavior in ways, contrived, even cunning. Importantly, Ms. Zhang did not notify authorities until much later – on November 9th - to allege that Beasley had raped her. And so, she precluded police from obtaining a rape kit, which could have provided convincing evidence of sperm - implicating Beasley - as well as other contemporaneous evidence. In response to her allegations Mr. Beasley is adamant that he did not force sex - that she was a willingly proactive participant. He cites her calls and texts sent him repeatedly over a period of a week, mentioning her sexual desire and asking him to return to her hotel room for more sexual intimacy. Furthermore, five days following her allegations Ms. Zhang claims she has contracted a sexually transmitted disease and has medical evidence of such. Mr. Beasley presented himself for a test – and the results were negative. That Zhang does have such an infection – and that Beasley does not present with evidence of this sexually transmitted disease - suggests that she could have had other sexual partners since her relationship with Beasley. Ms. Zhang visits the Hat Yai courthouse daily, accosting police and court officials, alleging repeatedly that Beasley is guilty of the offence and demanding that he be locked up in Hat Yai’s jail. She approaches local hospital staff regarding the procedures they follow, claiming that they are failing to perform their testing and other tasks correctly. Notwithstanding Ms. Zhang’s accusations, the court has agreed to release Beasley, detained at first for a weekend pending trial next February. Beasley asserts he has never had reports or instances of sexual or other violence made against him in any country. And that Ms. Zhang’s allegations are totally without merit. Ms. Zhang appears instead to have successfully weaponized the threat of negative media. She reports Thai officials when they don’t do her bidding and warns Thailand by means of threats to the country’s tourism. Can Beasley avoid wrongful detention? Time will tell. https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2796204/lawyer-arm-faces-rape-charges May, 2024 https://thai.news/news/thailand/lawyer-arms-fall-from-grace-phongsathon-suwannaraksa-accused-of-rape-and-blackmail-in-legal-thriller-unfold https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/social-and-lifestyle/1692424/ruling-on-rape Who makes false rape allegations? Skeptics — including many police officers — tend to assume that false rape claims are made by women who had consensual sex but later regretted it, or who are trying to get back at a consensual sexual partner. According to the research, many police officers look for "red flags" that might reveal accusers' true motivation — cases where the accuser knew the accused, was intoxicated when the assault happened, waited several days (or longer) to report the assault, or wasn't injured or distressed. https://www.vox.com/2015/6/1/8687479/lie-rape-statistics But the reasons the skeptics give are the same reasons that police have given, since time immemorial, not to believe rape allegations: that rape is easily claimed and difficult to disprove, and that there are all too many possible motives to lie. And those affect their opinions of all victims: as one officer told the researchers who conducted the Los Angeles study, "We see so many women who aren‘t telling the truth that it affects our attitudes toward victims who are telling the truth. It makes us suspicious of all victims." https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-020-01847-z https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/False-rape-allegations-Kanin/58ffcbe00d92dbf65770aa4b8148d6bcd6e56c19 https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/perverting-course-justice-and-wasting-police-time-cases-involving-allegedly-false -
35
Cost to Send a Pea: How much to send a pea from NYC to Thailand via UPS?
Correct. This should have been done. But...since this was NOT done....then.... This is a good lesson for others frequenting TV to be aware of the costs, if using U Pee S. -
58
Far-right activists from Germany spent US election day at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
B.S. 😆 Trump clearly targeted immigrants in Springfield! -
58
Far-right activists from Germany spent US election day at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
Don't be silly. Do you not understand diplomacy? -
34
Is there anything good about getting old?
[quote] No work anymore, no annoying children anymore, time for hobbies. [/quote] I'm closer to 70 than 60, just started a new job, teaching science to 'annoying children' 🙂 I really can't imagine retiring. -
176
Apart from Thais working in the tourism sector, does anyone actually want Russians here?
Hey Bob, did she slap you upside the head? Yes? Well then good for you, you well deserved it and maybe a few more for meddling in other people’s parenting decisions. -
7
What best to do with money from house sale in Britain
I had the 3 profs of address translated, but the offshore banks were not interested. My UK bank (Starling) saw the money from the house sale, asked me why I had a large amount of money, I explained, they told me I could keep the account for now, but I think that is temporary. The terms of most UK accounts are that you have to be resident in the UK. 🤣🤑 well, it cannot be in a British account because I am not resident in Britain. In an ideal world, I could move it to Thailand, but I understand foreign currency accounts attract little interest, and moving money from Thailand to Britain is apparently complicated. It could be Europe, but the same problem exists, opening an account without Western bank proods of address good idea, but it is £270,000, too much for that, not enough to be really attractive to banks -
142
I was absolutely mortified at what I witnessed yesterday.
'We' - People who care about the country in which we live. The Law - Section 122 of Land Traffic Act, B.E. 2522 It has everything to do with the Police being lazy - IF every motorcyclist not wearing a helmet were fined an amount that mattered to them - this could be turned around. The police were 'not lazy' with mask wearing during Covid - it astonishes me that they managed to get everyone to wear a mask, while still ignoring the helmet wearing law. As per your comment on Vietnam policing - the police were very active and impacted significant change that has saved hundreds of thousands of lives over the years. So... why is Vietnam policing effective, but you still comment that this has nothing to do with the laziness of the Thai police ?.... Its its not laziness of the Thai police, what is it ?
-
-
Popular in The Pub
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now