British tourist’s bribery tale dismissed as ‘untrue’ by Pattaya police chief

[Freddy42OZ]

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

He sounds like right idiot, pay-up and shut up... 15K he's getting off lightly.

More drunken antic and he might be invited to board as flight back to Blighty.

 

Standard protocol in most of these cases should be to immediately blacklist the person from future visits to Thailand. 

Eventually Thailand would only have visitors who fully understand they need to behave as civilised people, or risk being banned.



 

[oxo1947]

17 minutes ago, Toby1947 said:

Wasn't the Daily Mail banned in Thailand some years ago, for telling the truth about the country. Probably the same today 

 

It wasn't about the country---it was about a certain person --and showing a video---but, best end that conversation There.

[bristolgeoff]

First time farang maybe what was thinking doing this.just like saying i saw young ladies selling themselves in bars and on street,I  thought it was illegal to sell sex or offer sex there

[Ironmike]

He needs to be arrested and locked up for 6 months this POS gives all Farangs a bad name here. 

[Celsius]

Cute....like moo daeng

[Spock]

1 hour ago, mikebell said:

The whole incident took place last November.  This story was printed in the Daily Mail after he returned.  All readers advocating the Brit's deportation are barking at the moon; he's gone and will never dare come back.  Calls for camera footage at the ATM will be useless; it is highly unlikely RTP will grant permission to view, even if the footage has not been erased already.

The main question is do we believe a drunk as quoted in a scurrilous UK rag or senior officers in the Pattaya police force?

The choice is yours.

If that's the choice, I believe the drunk. I know from experience what Pattaya police are like.

[crazykopite]

Did he go to an ATM for the money and I understand that ATMs have cameras if that’s the case then he has the proof I know of an incident many years ago where an immigration officer now retired took my friend and he Thai partner to a local ATM and told him to withdraw x amount however the most he was allowed to withdraw at the time was 10k the officer then handed him his passport and dropped them off to the ferry port where I was waiting for him that’s when he told me what happened he showed me the withdrawal slip !

[crazykopite]

5 hours ago, Jack Hammer said:

The Pattaya police released him because they took one look at him and realized they couldn’t afford to feed him

You have to buy your food it’s notbftee

[newnative]

   What a tub of lard.  A couple years in a Thai prison would likely be just the thing to burn off all the blubber.   

[PoorSucker]

6 hours ago, Dave0206 said:

Atm time and amount of  withdrawal would help to corroborate his story

ATM camera would help

[mancub]

58 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

ATM camera would help

If only it wasn't down for maintenance .....

[denishuahin]

“largely untrue”  how large £?

[Rickman66]

8 hours ago, gargamon said:

Why are all the Brits hapless? What does that mean anyway?

It means they are all dick heads 

[digger70]

9 hours ago, cowellandrew said:

Pattaya’s reputation hangs in the balance, poised between reputational ruin!

 

😂😂😂😂😂

 

Much Too Late for that, the whole world knows .

[newnative]

5 hours ago, Gandtee said:

Largely untrue?

Translation:  Largely true.

[black tabby12345]

Certainly the Very Last Thing they ever admit.

Even if Money is the Best Meaning of Communication to some cops here...

[black tabby12345]

9 hours ago, cowellandrew said:

Pattaya’s reputation hangs in the balance, poised between reputational ruin!

 

😂😂😂😂😂

 

How can they worry about losing  something that didn't exist in the first place, LOL.

[black tabby12345]

9 hours ago, Iron Tongue said:

ATMs also have cameras.  They'd be able to confirm if there were police with him.

 

Honey and Booby Trap on the same spot.

[black tabby12345]

8 hours ago, Theforgotten1 said:

Thai police wouldn’t do that , Thai people are honest to the core , Thai jails are full of foreigners, Thais don’t break laws 

 

Just like:

The World is Flat.

Pig flies.

And the Nuke is Safe...

[Caldera]

Who to believe, tough one! A quality tourist vs. one of Thailand's finest. 

[chickenslegs]

8 hours ago, frank83628 said:

Seems to be a lying fat slob. 

The Brit, or the Police Chief?

[frank83628]

1 hour ago, chickenslegs said:

The Brit, or the Police Chief?

The birtish fat slob

[spidermike007]

We are honest, we are really good people, don't believe anything else that you hear, we are very trustworthy, and we should have earned your respect by now.

 

Please do not talk bad about us, don't tell anyone anything bad. There is no corruption within law enforcement here, nor anywhere in Thailand. Everyone is honest. Everything bad they say is untrue. Don't believe the negative hype.

 

The RTP. Reliable, trustworthy police. 

[Kinok Farang]

Looks like he lost a fair of weight while he was in there.

The poor lads pants are falling down.

[Kinok Farang]

3 hours ago, frank83628 said:

The birtish fat slob

I resent your remark as i am Birtish too.

[PomPolo]

11 hours ago, jimn said:

They even have a special Negotiation Room

Hahaha for true! One with no cameras in, no mobile phones, and no you-tubers!  Found myself in one of those a couple of times when I haven't relented at the roadside to the standard intimidation tactics 555

[PomPolo]

11 hours ago, Toby1947 said:

Wasn't the Daily Mail banned in Thailand some years ago, for telling the truth about the country. Probably the same today 

"Daily Mail" and "Truth" in the same sentence this has to be a first 🤣

[PomPolo]

11 hours ago, Toby1947 said:

Wasn't the Daily Mail banned in Thailand some years ago, for telling the truth about the country. Probably the same today 

Possibly what you were referring to was a block of the website, but would be difficult to ban their journalists, they could make stuff up from anywhere in the world 🙂

[Jonathan Swift]

16 hours ago, jippytum said:

Sounds like a troublesome  Brit. thet deserved to be arrested. However the bribe story probably has some truth about it

Oh, you were there then? Or you're psychic?  Do please fill us in on the details

[Jonathan Swift]

Had exactly the same thing happen to me. But I had done my homework before coming to Thailand, I had studied everything I could find for 5 years prior, so I instantly knew how the game would be played. First the lead cop  "interviewed " me, all the while keeping pace and watching my reaction, which unbeknownst to him was trying to suppress laughter watching HIS every move knowing that they were following a well rehearsed script. They asked for 30,000 baht, I pretending to look at my balance and told them "can only pay 15,000", ( I had an emergency fund of about $7000US) and that's how much it cost. I had pepper sprayed a guy who I thought was going to rob me ( I have Bipolar II disorder and was triggered into a hypomanic state) , and I had told them that. His friends could have jumped on me and beaten me to a pulp, but They believed me. Then I took a ride to the police station with the guy sitting next to me and smiling. He was quite nice about it (of course, he knew he would get half of the "fine" for "hospital costs" haha) I knew that things could be worse - I knew these were Thai police, and knew they cold get away with a lot of bad things, but in the US I would have been beaten and tased for "resisting arrest", my bail would have been $5000, they would have held me in lockup until my arraignment, it would have cost $5000 for a lawyer and I would get off, and the guy I sprayed if it was in the US would have sued me into next week. So I wrote off the 15,000 baht and threw away my pepper spray. As I walked back to where I had been, I went to a sidewalk card table bar and a bar girl threw her arms around me and gave me a big hug, and boy did I need one. And an ice cold beer. One of the best beers I ever had. And then I was in a tremendously good mood because I had negotiated my way through one of the most treacherous Thai scenarios, and came out on my feet with no harm done. This was only my second time here - That's when I really found out how strange Thailand really was. And that was also when I realized that no matter what happened in Thailand thereafter, I would land on my feet and be OK. That was 10 years ago, and never had any such problems ever again. Cheers everybody.