On 8/14/2025 at 8:32 AM, BerndD said:

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They were certainly Russians, Arabs or Indians, because English, Americans, Swiss, Israelis, French, Germans or similar do not do such a thing, or do not have to be at least 20!

 

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Next to this motorbike incident and the tuktuk case you can add jet ski operators as well. A bunch of cheaters, liars and undercover supporters of the boys in brown. 

The other way round when a foreigner is ground to toast by a bunch of innocent sons of the Land of Smiles .....

There is a reason behind all this but the majority (i.e. the host country's citizens) are not interested and hence just drop the whole story - there is better news of more attractive content - me thinks! 

On 8/14/2025 at 4:50 AM, SAFETY FIRST said:

Looks like Ali Baba and his 40 thieves. 

 

I was about to say, Nationality unknown 😆 

On 8/16/2025 at 12:54 PM, BerndD said:

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I second this observation 😆 

On 8/13/2025 at 10:35 AM, snoop1130 said:

suggested police mediation

THat seems a euphemistic expression.

On 8/16/2025 at 6:54 AM, BerndD said:

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the "thumbs down" brigade  are digital "grunters"

hardly see the nationality is important - however there are some aspects that need looking at - we know that mob mentality can get very nasty if whipped up on a falsehood - it happens all over the world. However we also know that some of these motorcycle rental scams etc are just totally blatant and out of control.

Take your pick

The news always used to be about farangs stabbed by Patong tuk tuk drivers for refusing to pay exorbitant fares or being totally shafted over jet ski scams with cops siding with the scammers to demand 40k baht for pre-existing dents and scratches. 

 

What has happened to make the tourists rise up and turn the tables on the Thai scammers?

Video says a 1000 words here.

You gotta thank this new wave of foreigners who are actually conditioning the Thais to not mistreat tourists. Respect.

On 8/17/2025 at 3:15 PM, kwilco said:

Take your pick

All these problems arise from weirdly operating police.  First allowing scammers to operate. And second not keeping foreign gangs under control. I would suggest total reorganisation of responsible departments.

14 hours ago, Terek said:

All these problems arise from weirdly operating police.  First allowing scammers to operate. And second not keeping foreign gangs under control. I would suggest total reorganisation of responsible departments.

THe police are very resistant to change - it would have to be constitutional - at present most police are businessmen rather than enforcers. But this is rooted in Thai culture for centuries. THry might look like a modern western police but in reality thy are quite doifferent - how they see themselves and how the public sees them is quite different from the West.