oldsailor35 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 i bet he said it was "his first time" Go back and read it all again, he says that he has done it before. Please engage brain before typing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchooptip Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 That's a special kind of dumb. So..if a murderer gets less than 10 years, an armed robber should get what??? 1 week in a health farm? It's only a farang afterall If so, why Thailand have 3times more incarcerated people per capita than any european country Not so many Hi-So. Mostly poor unable to afford defense lawyer or access to govt funded lawyer as in Europe. OK, sorry I did not know Taxi drivers were considered Hi-So, but thank to TV one can learn more every day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
granuaile Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 One of the reasons I stay close to MRT and bus routes... 99% of taxi drivers are great, in my experience, but the 1% that act strange make me very leery. As much as I hate being a sardine in the MRT at 5-9 PM I would rather be a sardine than a victim. Especially later at night... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laobali Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Robbery at nighttime? Does this carry a different tariff to robbery in the daytime? I know in the US & UK sometimes crimes such as burglary have stiffer penalties if they are done at night. I thought daylight robbery was the more serious offence. No, that's just more brazen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinhead Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Ha! I just ran into the American kid who was the one who was robbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip66 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Why is the guy pointing at the gun? Is he saying the gun did it? "But please mister Policeman, the gun made me do it" lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip66 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Is it possible for ThaiVisa to follow up on some of these stories and we can know what happened to these people, like were they fined, deported imprisoned etc? How can you deport a Thai from Thailand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip66 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 i bet he said it was "his first time" You obviously don't read the full story.... "Mr. Attanop claimed he had previously committed "two robberies" in the same manner" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeijoshinCool Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Usually it is the cop who is doing the pointing, which only serves to make me wonder even more, which of the seven is the criminal? Casual Friday at the office, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip66 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 (edited) Ha! I just ran into the American kid who was the one who was robbed. Did he give you 3000Baht as well? lol Edited August 8, 2014 by Jip66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman24 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 and you can bet your life he is now driving round the sois picking up unsuspecting passengers, Thailand at its best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomadJoe Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Robbery at nighttime? Does this carry a different tariff to robbery in the daytime? I know in the US & UK sometimes crimes such as burglary have stiffer penalties if they are done at night. Really? I am not doubting you, I just did not know that? Is it because of police overtime? In fact in many jurisdictions night time was a requirement for the crime to be burglary, otherwise it is just theft. It's due to the fact that more burglaries and robberies happen at night time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhamBam Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Why are there 7 people in this photo? That is so they can show all their family and friends they are good guys catching bad guys. Look mamma, it's me !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurnell Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 That's a special kind of dumb. So..if a murderer gets less than 10 years, an armed robber should get what??? 1 week in a health farm? It's only a farang afterall If so, why Thailand have 3times more incarcerated people per capita than any european country Because they have more criminals. Or is that too obvious?? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starky Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Lol Same knucklehead tried to Rob me but I B-tch slapped him. Noticed straight away gun was toy. Hey at my age don't give a damn anymore. Figured that would straighten him out guessed wrong. Hope you got KY boy going to need it in Remand. They going to love you long time and nightly. Course you did sunshine. Now before you regale us with any more of your heroic actions are you ex-Delta, ex-SEAL or ex-SAS? Of course I understand even though you are no longer an "operator" I am sure you are here on loan in Thailand for a special assignment that a man of only your unique skill set would be able to complete. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justanotheroldhippy Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Robbery at nighttime? Does this carry a different tariff to robbery in the daytime? Indeed it does... as does any robbery in 'a public place'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchooptip Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 That's a special kind of dumb. So..if a murderer gets less than 10 years, an armed robber should get what??? 1 week in a health farm? It's only a farang afterall If so, why Thailand have 3times more incarcerated people per capita than any european country Because they have more criminals. Or is that too obvious?? OK, so not all of them go to health farm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Robbery at nighttime? Does this carry a different tariff to robbery in the daytime? I know in the US & UK sometimes crimes such as burglary have stiffer penalties if they are done at night. Ahhh, The USA. The Land of the Free and The Home of the highest number of incarcerated individuals in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpuumike Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Is every Thai cop a plain clothes officer? These are, in full disguise too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJP Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Robbery at nighttime? Does this carry a different tariff to robbery in the daytime? yes So is there like a grand larceny happy hour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnThailandJohn Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Robbery at nighttime? Does this carry a different tariff to robbery in the daytime? I know in the US & UK sometimes crimes such as burglary have stiffer penalties if they are done at night. Ahhh, The USA. The Land of the Free and The Home of the highest number of incarcerated individuals in the world. I think Thailand is like 2nd or 3rd behind the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurwait Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 i bet he said it was "his first time" So did the 'leisure', Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawker9000 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Robbery at nighttime? Does this carry a different tariff to robbery in the daytime? I know in the US & UK sometimes crimes such as burglary have stiffer penalties if they are done at night. Ahhh, The USA. The Land of the Free and The Home of the highest number of incarcerated individuals in the world. Ahhh, I just KNEW the America-haters would have to get their plug in. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterphil Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 And they wonder why tourist don't come here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnThailandJohn Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 And they wonder why tourist don't come here.Who wonders? Taxis haven't changed much in a very long time and Thailand made the top 10 last year for most visited tourist country in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songhua Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 poor boy. 3000 bath!!!! His first words to the arresting officers were, 'Wasn't me, I'm clean'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterphil Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 And they wonder why tourist don't come here. Who wonders? Taxis haven't changed much in a very long time and Thailand made the top 10 last year for most visited tourist country in the world. I'm talking about Thai government and TAT http://www.tourismthailand.org/ They always complain about how tourism is down and this is one of the many many reasons bell end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnThailandJohn Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 (edited) And they wonder why tourist don't come here.Who wonders? Taxis haven't changed much in a very long time and Thailand made the top 10 last year for most visited tourist country in the world.I'm talking about Thai government and TAT http://www.tourismthailand.org/ They always complain about how tourism is down and this is one of the many many reasons bell end.Again, I actually think TAT has for many years been talking about how the numbers are up or expected to be up even more. The decline currently is rare and has absolutely nothing to do with crime or criminal taxi drivers.Few people come to Thailand because they want to visit a city with perfect taxis and strong government/police enforcement, they can pay for that at home or go to Singapore. They come to Thailand because of its quirks, freedoms, risk and adventure and lower costs which people know would not be as low if things were all of western standards ... not like they don't have criminal from all job types in the west too.If people based their travel plans on one off crime incidents in a country they'd never leave their house.In many many years the only thing that has seemed to effect tourist numbers from going up from the previous year are recession, political instability (riots) and natural events like the Tsunami and Sars. 15 Years ago there was about 8 Million tourist arrivals to Thailand, last year it was almost 27 Million. Tourism used to be about 6% of GDP and now is closer to 10%. Edited August 9, 2014 by JohnThailandJohn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captspectre Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Why are there 7 people in this photo? Thai police just LOVE to have their pictures in the paper! gives them bragging rights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Why aren't the tourists there pointing at him??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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