webfact Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Aussie deaths in Thailand Francesca Belperio Today Tonight BANGKOK: -- Thailand is a favourite holiday destinations for millions of Australians but Foreign Affairs warns some areas are dangerous no-go zones. In the past five years over 1300 Aussies have died in Thailand from mysterious causes. Rory McDonald's son Andrew Oake is one of those statistics, and McDonald knows the death was no accident. newsjs "The injuries were several large deep gashes to his head, he probably had 150 stitches to his head. He had multiple cuts to his arm, basically couldn't move his arm, lost control of all his muscles and tendons in his fingers and his arm was chopped up," McDonald said. In fact he knows his son was murdered and by whom - and so do the authorities. "He was charged, found guilty of murder and conspiring to murder and was given a three year good behaviour bond. Even the police prosecutor in Thailand at the time, who was prosecuting the case, said this sends a wrong message to our youth. Full story: http://au.news.yahoo...hs-in-thailand/ -- Yahoo! news 2013-02-06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FarangTalk Posted February 6, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2013 Thailand is now officially the most dangerous tourism destination for Aussies, Brits and Swedes. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimay1 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I would like to know how many United States citizens died here during the same time.I searched google with no results. If i can find this out I would like to post my thoughts on this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post eezergood Posted February 6, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2013 Nothing to do with Thailand. All to do with Aussie yobs being Aussie yobs!!! What twoddle! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozfromoz Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Nothing to do with Thailand. All to do with Aussie yobs being Aussie yobs!!! Read the link, I am sure you'll rethink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eezergood Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Thailand is now officially the most dangerous tourism destination for Aussies, Brits and Swedes. As a dual citizen, does this make me twice a vulnerable or does one cancel out the other? either way after 3 consecutive years I am bucking the trend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post elite Posted February 6, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2013 Bogans giving Aussie a bad name worldwide. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noitom Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Tourists beware of Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judo Chop Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Feel very sorry for the family. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Judo Chop Posted February 6, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2013 Nothing to do with Thailand. All to do with Aussie yobs being Aussie yobs!!! What a moronic statement! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post warfie Posted February 6, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2013 Nothing to do with Thailand. All to do with Aussie yobs being Aussie yobs!!! I hope you meet his father someday, good luck trying to explain your comment to him. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisb Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 (edited) 1300!!!.....<deleted>!!!....sorry, I dont believe so. Thats 1300 from 'mysterious' causes. So is there more from 'normal' or 'accidental' causes? Also, if they are murders ,poisoning etc so called 'mysterious' deaths, then they are reported on the news. Theres no way Ive heard of that many reported. Edited February 6, 2013 by krisb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sutton1001 Posted February 6, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2013 Stunned after reading what that poor father had to go through. Rip mate Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rancid Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Bogans giving Aussie a bad name worldwide. By being killed? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallmeScooter Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Whilst it is patently obvious this poor bloke was one of the good guys; the comments above regarding yobbos and wanke_rs are painfully and tragically valid. This good man died because of those disposable humans; killed by more disposable humans who perceive colour and race in Humanity. There is only one race, the human race and we should stop calling what cannot be humane that name. They are a being of some kind but they are not human beings if they are empathy-bankrupt and emotionally insane. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallmeScooter Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Bogans giving Aussie a bad name worldwide. By being killed? No. By getting others killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallmeScooter Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Nothing to do with Thailand. All to do with Aussie yobs being Aussie yobs!!! What a moronic statement! I do not think you perceived Sqiggley's position correctly. I believe he was referring to the yobbos that gave the Thai yobbos the perceived motive to seek religious vengeance on an utterly unrelated and uninvolved third party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsewell Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 It's a sad story. A pity couldn't get someone else to get the passport. It's a pretty horrible situation when the killers get off so lightly. Feel sorry for the guy's families both in Australia and Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simple1 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Can believe 1300 Australians have died in Thailand over five years, but seriously question the OP's assertion 1300 Aussies have died in Thailand from "mysterious causes" Another piece of unsubstantiated reporting from Australia's sensationalist Today Tonight program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisKL Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 1+1 is still 2 guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotto Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I would like to know how many aussies died by actual incidents meaning how many died riding motorbikes learning to fly out of windows or other means this would be more beneficial to us all i think condolences to the family R.I.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post phuturatica Posted February 6, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2013 All countries are dangerous if you don't have your wits about you. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeycountry Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 "In the past five years over 1300 Aussies have died in Thailand from mysterious causes." hahaha, sure. Thats almost one a day. Could it be that the sentence should have read: "In the past five years over 1300 Aussies have died in Thailand." That would include the vast majority of mainly pensioners who die of old age or diseases as well as those who die from motorbike accidents etc. I bet the Asutralian insurance companies can confirm that, perhaps with the exception of motorbike accidents, Thailand is no more dangerous than Australia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Terry Newman Posted February 6, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2013 Absolutely heart wrenching story in the OP, the link I mean. Pre meditated unprovoked murder = a good behavior bond. Know you know how the Thais really feel about you. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazwa Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 No way 1300 Aussies have died in Thailand in the past 5 years. Seriously, that's one dying on average every one and a half days from mysterious causes. Watch the video on the link on the original post. They clearly say 130. I wonder who decides what a 'mysterious cause' is? I'd say 'mysterious causes' are an outcome of poor investigation techniques in Thailand (and sensationalist media reporting). In the case of this poor fella, Andrew, how can they say he is one of those statistics when there was no mystery. At least one culprit was caught and charged. Where's the mystery? That was a tough story to watch. Good on the father for his crusade to track down those who murdered Andrew. Part of me hopes he punched the security guy flush in nose when he tracked him down in Macau. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MEL1 Posted February 6, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2013 Stunned after reading what that poor father had to go through. Rip mate Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app I'm not so sure. Why didn't the father take a taxi, to the village and back, leaving his son in capable hands in a BKK hopsital???Why did the son have to go on a 20hr bus ride, to get his passport? This seems very mysterious to me. Not only that, but in dire consequences such as this, wouldn't you just charter a flight, with a paramedic onboard, and deal with the bill and payments later, in order to save your son's life? The father siad he's spent a fortune following this up, but a chartered flight to oz, with a medic, would have reduced the follow up bill dramatically...... unless, of course, the son was on the path of dying anyway. It's atrocious what happened to this young man, especially the consequences of his attack and the motive for it. However, I'm not sure his father made all the right decisions, and taking him out of intensive care to go on a bus ride to get his passport? Well that to me is inexplicable. I do have great pity for the whole situation.... don't get me wrong. Just, something doesn't add up here. -mel. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moe666 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 The article had the intended results, winding up all the thais do not like us bobble heads so that they could have there daily vent. How many Aussies travel to Thailand year in and year out with out a problem, I guess this flys in the face of they hate us. My best wwishes to the family who lost a son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhawk_usa Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 No way 1300 Aussies have died in Thailand in the past 5 years. Seriously, that's one dying on average every one and a half days from mysterious causes. Watch the video on the link on the original post. They clearly say 130. I wonder who decides what a 'mysterious cause' is? I'd say 'mysterious causes' are an outcome of poor investigation techniques in Thailand (and sensationalist media reporting). In the case of this poor fella, Andrew, how can they say he is one of those statistics when there was no mystery. At least one culprit was caught and charged. Where's the mystery? That was a tough story to watch. Good on the father for his crusade to track down those who murdered Andrew. Part of me hopes he punched the security guy flush in nose when he tracked him down in Macau. I just listened to the video. It does state clearly 130, That changes the whole seriousness of the problem, and negates probably half of the posts . Sad for the 130, but certainly far different than 1300, Someone needs a good proofreader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooka Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 original story http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/356313-australian-tourist-dies-after-thai-street-attack/page__st__225__hl__+andrew%20+oake#entry4146885 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlandy Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Tourists beware of Thailand. That's the most accurate and salient statement in probably a hundred thousand posts..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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