What Ever Happened To ......?

[Valentine]

The mini bus driver involved in the horrific accident on Chao Fa West in which a young girl was killed.

The countless drivers who's reckless driving behaviour resulted in a tragedy.

The numerous owners of tourist buses & heavy vehicles where faulty/no maintenance was the cause of an accident resulting in death &/or injury. I have the answer to this one. Absolutely nothing even though it was recently stated by some official in Phuket they would be held accountable.

Feel free to add to the list or provide answers if you have them.

[DonaldBattles]

When there is no enforcement of the law then there can be no respect for the law.

[hansgruber]

Family have probably been paid compensation and police take a slice to have it drift away and forgotten.

Everything is for sale in Thailand.

[DonaldBattles]

Please show me or tell me if you know something in Thailand that is not for sale. After all who bought the palace in Nontaburi?

[lavender19]

What happened to the central barrier running from Chalong to Rawai pier that was supposed to be built as a shining example of road safety???

[cdmtdm]

what happened on the weekend at the Karon Temple with the BKK cops , sums it all up ..... they do as they are told .... Phuket in particular is run by the mob ...the cops have no control over the mob

[cdmtdm]

oh and what happened to the bloke who molested the young girl in the nth of the island recently? who killed the HR hotel manager recently? what happened t o the 100% helmet law for everyone ? what about the journo who was gunned down ?

[madmitch]

Not to forget the numerous crackdowns supposed to have taken place in the past few years. Too many to list.

[eezergood]

the heroes??????????

[Valentine]

the heroes??????????

Being a hero is hazardous to your health. A guy who managed to stop toxic waster from being dumped near his community was gunned down yesterday, he is a hero. There is a list of about 28 who have been killed since 1995. I seriously doubt any of the masterminds have been brought to justice.

Make what you will of this one http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/622138-new-reports-acquits-hit-and-run-driver-that-killed-four-swedes-in-thailand/

[eezergood]

the heroes??????????

Being a hero is hazardous to your health. A guy who managed to stop toxic waster from being dumped near his community was gunned down yesterday, he is a hero. There is a list of about 28 who have been killed since 1995. I seriously doubt any of the masterminds have been brought to justice.

Make what you will of this one http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/622138-new-reports-acquits-hit-and-run-driver-that-killed-four-swedes-in-thailand/

http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/s/stranglers9988/nomoreheros326279.html

make of this what you will

[Valentine]

Ice man's post in the topic about bravest newsmen reminded of this topic. The articles he referred to certainly fall under this category. There must be 100's if not 1,000s of these all over the country. Is it fear, unable to get the information, short term memory span which seem to afflict most over here (except for better half who always manages to dredge up something from long ago & long forgotten by me when we are having a heated discussion), or is it a combination of these & other factors such as libel suits, loss of advertising.

[LivinginKata]

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(except for better half who always manages to dredge up something from long ago & long forgotten by me when we are having a heated discussion)

That's a coincidence. I have that same problem

[NamKangMan]

Ice man's post in the topic about bravest newsmen reminded of this topic. The articles he referred to certainly fall under this category. There must be 100's if not 1,000s of these all over the country. Is it fear, unable to get the information, short term memory span which seem to afflict most over here (except for better half who always manages to dredge up something from long ago & long forgotten by me when we are having a heated discussion), or is it a combination of these & other factors such as libel suits, loss of advertising.

Maybe we could start a "What ever happened to........ the What ever happened to......." thread. :)

Your's is the first post since late Feb.