British Tourist Faces Charges for 'Destroying an Official Document'

[CFCol]

3 hours ago, kiwikeith said:

Thais are riding around with no helmets and young children on bikes oblivious to the law, 95% dont wear helmets (guess)

However a falung friend got pulled the other day, and had to pay up 900BHAT on the spot , the police wanted 1000, 900 was all he had.

They excepted this and said otherwise you have to come to Police station and pay 2000Bhat.

Meanwhile Thais ignore the helmet rules and police are now picking on tourists and expats, as Thais probably dont have that sort of money, I was not aware they raised the fine from150 to 2000 Bhat, it seems only to exploit those they think have money, very sick corruption nothing to be proud off shame on the Police.

The fine used to be ;

Driver with no helmet, B500

Passenger with no helmet,B1000

It the changed 2 or three years ago.

Driver with no helmet,B400

Can't remember what the passenger went down to.

B150 must have been a brown envelope job.

[Liverpool Lou]

9 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Silly Thai laws.... a ticket is an official document.....destroying it will be punished......How low can you go

Silly British idiot.... a ticket is an official document.....destroying it will be punished......How low can you go?

[Will B Good]

1 minute ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Silly British idiot.... a ticket is an official document.....destroying it will be punished......How low can you go?

 

 

LL....you made a funny....must be nearly Christmas 

[Liverpool Lou]

8 hours ago, Briggsy said:

Hopefully the Thais will deport him in due course.

 

I can't understand why he was not held in custody.

Neither of those will ever happen for a traffic violation and a misdemeanor.

[Will B Good]

1 minute ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Neither of those will ever happen for a traffic violation and a misdemeanor.

 

 

...and he's back.

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, Coxy said:

Deport the idiot and set an example to others

Deportation?   For what?  Some comments here are as ridiculous as the minor offence the Briton committed.

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, shackleton said:

Not a lot going for him eating the ticket not wearing a helmet plus no licence 

Deportation  comes to mind

Gawd...

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, Richardsamui said:

9 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Silly Thai laws.... a ticket is an official document.....destroying it will be punished......How low can you go

Do this in your own country and find out what you get. This law is international

Nonsense.  Once a motorist's copy of a traffic ticket has been handed him he can do whatever he wants with it. Regardless, which countries do you have in mind for your assertion?

[ikke1959]

4 hours ago, zepplin said:

Don’t like it? Leave! Seems like you like it as low as the black idiot , maybe on your knees infront of him I bet!

And wondering why less tourists come to Thailand with people  who comments like this

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Did we not have this story on Sunday morning here on AN?

It is an update...as is clearly stated on the OP.

[Liverpool Lou]

25 minutes ago, flexomike said:

Try that back in whatever country you came from and see what happens. Most idiotic comment of the week

And what are you claiming would happen to a motorist doing whatever he wants with his copy of the ticket, and in which country would it be illegal?

[oldestswinger]

4 hours ago, Richardsamui said:

This law is international

Rubbish

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, kiwikeith said:

However a falung friend got pulled the other day, and had to pay up 900BHAT on the spot , the police wanted 1000, 900 was all he had.

No, he did not have to, he could have insisted on being given a ticket to pay at a police station as you stated in your comment!    Traffic tickets in Thailand are not on-the-spot cash fines and B2000 is the maximum fine, not a mandatory amount, the issuing officer has discretion.  

[sambum]

4 hours ago, daejung said:

The future of UK and Europe ?

 

Could be about right!

[KannikaP]

10 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

It is an update...as is clearly stated on the OP.

Yes I know, Metisdead told me that 4 hours ago. Thanks.

However, there was nothing I read in the Update which wasn't in the original.

[ifmu]

9 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Silly Thai laws.... a ticket is an official document.....destroying it will be punished......How low can you go

ITS CALLED RESPECT 

[Liverpool Lou]

7 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Yes I know, Metisdead told me that 4 hours ago. Thanks.

However, there was nothing I read in the Update which wasn't in the original.

The original article is also in the OP for this thread.   The update is different and has more information.

[KannikaP]

5 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

The original article is also in the OP for this thread.   The update is different and has more information.

Like what please?

[cr600john]

9 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Silly Thai laws.... a ticket is an official document.....destroying it will be punished......How low can you go

Is this because YOU don't have LAWS in the UK, or just don't follow them, so you believe you can do the same in ANY other country you visit.?

 

[richard_smith237]

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Deportation?   For what?  Some comments here are as ridiculous as the minor offence the Briton committed.

 

100% agree...    behaving like that [swallowing the ticket] was a ridiculous thing to do, but also a rather trivial offence. 

The over-reaction by the BiB is also ridiculous, is rather pathetic and screams of face.

 

It seems these days (or perhaps always) the Police only take serious measures when there is media attention, but this should be filed where it belongs... 'in the don't be silly bin'... the guy fined for not wearing as shirt or helmet and told to get on his way before more resources are wasted. 

 

He was stupid - but this is hardly a deportable crime as some fools are suggesting. 

 

[ujayujay]

10 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Silly Thai laws.... a ticket is an official document.....destroying it will be punished......How low can you go

OK, you have trouble as a guest with the laws here in Thailand, why don't you just go home?😉😉😉........nobody will stop you!

[SiSePuede419]

12 hours ago, webfact said:

Caught on camera, the man consumed the ticket

Well I guess it's true.

 

British food sucks* 😋

 

*Except for your 'roasties' in goose fat, of course 

[AlwaysThere]

It's somewhat educational to see all the monkeys here, rattling their cages in faux outrage. 

[richard_smith237]

4 minutes ago, AlwaysThere said:

It's somewhat educational to see all the monkeys here, rattling their cages in faux outrage. 

 

Yet you rattle your cage at those you accuse of rattling their cages.... 

 

[AlwaysThere]

11 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Yet you rattle your cage at those you accuse of rattling their cages.... 

 

 

What nonsense are you posting now? You seem to be infamous for that around here. Stating something is "somewhat educational" is a world away from the cage rattling in this thread. Now get back in your cage 😊

[Aussie999]

6 hours ago, zepplin said:

Don’t like it? Leave! Seems like you like it as low as the black idiot , maybe on your knees infront of him I bet!

Seems to me those who say "Don't like it?Leave!" are incapable of any intelligent discussion, beyond 4 words.

[richard_smith237]

1 minute ago, AlwaysThere said:

15 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Yet you rattle your cage at those you accuse of rattling their cages.... 

 

 

What nonsense are you posting now? You seem to be infamous for that around here. Stating something is "somewhat educational" is a world away from the cage rattling in this thread. Now get back in your cage 😊

 

If you consider your comment 'somewhat educational' that lends to questioning the standards of education you received...     

 

 

[AlwaysThere]

Just now, richard_smith237 said:

 

If you consider your comment 'somewhat educational' that lends to questioning the standards of education you received...     

 

 

 

 

I wasn't shown monkeys rattling their cages at school. Were you? If so, maybe your educational establishment was a zoo. 

That seems to be the case, since I did not write that my comment was "somewhat educational". 😊 

"that lends to questioning"? Faux intelligence too. 😊

Anyway, I've made my point, so in parting...

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

 

Over and out...

 

[quake]

2 hours ago, pomchop said:

Well i would guess his great great grandparents did not come to UK or US or Caribbean on vacation.....

 

more than 3.5 million slaves were shipped from Nigeria to North and South America and the Caribbean colonies.

 

Most likely the Windrush generation off spring. 1948 and 1973.

 

 

 

[Gobbler]

13 hours ago, webfact said:

Following the incident, on the evening of 22 December, Pattaya Police Chief, Pol. Col. Navin Thirawit, instructed the responsible officer to formally charge the individual, identified as 34-year-old Emmanuel, with "destroying an official document".

 

He didn't destroy it, he transformed it into a piece of sh*t.