Suvarnabhumi Airport Beefs Up Security After Cases Of Thefts

[THAILIBAN]

Some of these topics just go hand in hand.

Two Armed men rob bangkok's bank's Suvarnabhumi Airport

they were obviously inspired by this:

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?f...&sec=nation

but then:

http://jedyoong.com/?p=52

[Zpete]

Even before I read the article I knew that the thefts would be carried out by people working at the airport.

Also if 5 of them are at it, it is likely there is a Fagin-like gangmaster behind them.

Oh jeez, another stellar product of the UK educational system?

No doubt the thefts would be the result of baggage handling staff at the airport, as that is the case at almost every other airport in the world with theft problems. But "Fagin-gang-like gangmaster"? In Dicken's novel, Fagin recruited homeless children,trained them to be pickpockets, and lived off the avails of their petty crime. Even in slang, the term Fagin is used to describe an elderly male that trains children for crime and retains a portion of the proceeds. Hardly an appropriate reference as the implicated workers will most likely not have been waifs from the streets of Bangkok nor even children.

What's next, a description of the ringleader of a "repulsive" fellow with a crooked back and large nose? I don't think so. I anticipate that the immediate boss will be dressed rather nicely and wearing alot of expensive gold. the only thing he might have in common with Fagin are brown discoloured teeth.

ps. - I suggest you pick up a copy of Oliver Twist and read it, particularly the description of Fagin in the final chapters. The physical description is nothing close to the exagerated portrayal taken in the movies.

What a clever post/ruse.

All we need now is wait for the defamation papers to be served.

Hey, presto.

Yer gottim.

[astral]

Should that title be "cases of theft"

or "theft of cases"........

[Skytrain2hell]

If I ever have anything of value in my bag, I get that plastic wrap of my bag done. It's a pain in the ass, but it definitely deters anyone from trying to open it.