PM Prayuth vows crackdown on Koh Tao vices

[thaiaus]

Why is it so difficult to solve this case? Just go to the Rohinga Community nearby, grab a few Illiterate guys from a boat who was drunk at the time of the murders and can't remember anything, Put them at a table with a few look alike murder weapons in front of them with number tags on them and add some farang pointing a finger at the Guys!

Voila! case solved, shut and closed.

Brilliant......

I understand what you're saying......but it would be better to get the real killer/s.....

That sounds to much like hard work...

[thaiaus]

The police don't take it as seriously as they would if it were a Thai.

We have seen ton of cases where it's thai killing thai where cases have not been taking seriously either. For many years in many places here, it comes down to a very few things wether or not the case will be taken seriously. Do you have a clue how high the percentage of unsolved murders in Thailand is?

No please enlighten us

With a credible source as well thanks...

[Number 3]

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday vowed to tackle influential rackets and illegitimate businesses on the tourist island

why stop at Koh Tao?

It's impossible too. Once you begin to unravel Koh tao, Samui and phang na will automatically become part of the same fabric. Possibly explains the slow reaction time by the army as this isn't about one island it is intrinsically about all three.

What a job ahead of them should they "choose" to tackle it !

[Cuchulainn]

Qualities required to become a Police Chief man in Thailand:-

1. Corrupt.

2. Under qualified.

3. Incompetent.

4. Bare Faced Liar.

5 Bone Idle.

6. One Mia Noi and several Giks.

7 Very Strong Pointable Finger.

8. Deep pockets

9. BMW or Mercedes

10. A very strong right arm cos you're a right

[thaiaus]

So, 48 hours came and went and no arrests as promised?

Now what?

No they have until Friday...

[thaiaus]

With the whole world watching, I believe that it is about time for Gen. Praytuth to go to Koh Tao personally, put the foot down, enforce DNA tests and rat out the place! The scum of Koh Tao is making him the laughing stock of Thailand if nothing happens. Words are cheap, and mean nothing!

The photo with the puppy dog face holding the facebook printout makes me sick!

people who judge without knowing the facts make me sick.

Do a few more posts and I might take you seriously, newbie! Doubt you have been reading every single news snippet about this case which I did. I have been walking Koh Tao when you were still swimming against the stream, my friend!

Lol. A 3 year old veteran.

I actually lived in Ko Pa Ngan for 9 years until 1997 and have met this guy on many occassions. Don't make assumptions.

1997 was 14 year ago mate!

[h90]

Warot if you are not guilty then provide DNA to clear your name. Simple !

Or test his father first....that should already give a hint how the probability is....

[thaiaus]

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday vowed to tackle influential rackets and illegitimate businesses on the tourist island

why stop at Koh Tao?

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[Neeranam]

You posed the question like you did know. "Do you have "a clue"" .

No I don't, please tell.

We have seen ton of cases where it's thai killing thai where cases have not been taking seriously either. For many years in many places here, it comes down to a very few things wether or not the case will be taken seriously. Do you have a clue how high the percentage of unsolved murders in Thailand is?

If you don't, then how can you make such statement to begin with?

eh?

I said I don;t know the percentage and it looks like you don't either.

I never claimed that i knew did i? No i asked for the reason to see if you did actually have the slightest idea of what you were babbling about.

However, in Thailand there is still a long way from solving a case to proper conviction, and still from that to actually carry out a sentence.

Rather than trying to be a smart arsed know-it-all, just tell me what I wrote that you disagree with.

Of course i disagree, because i have seen multiple times that even in cases where it's only thai involved the case is not taken seriously. It's not the tone of skin that will matter how seriously the investigation will be taken, nor is it the skin tone that will define how hard a conviction the person will get, neither is it the skin tone that will define how much of the sentence that will be carried out if any at all.

Try learning the language and living here for a few years outside the tourist areas and you'll see that there is a big difference in the way police treat different nationalities to their own countrymen. Granted with their own there are other factors which determine conviction etc. Of course there are 50,000 people in Bangkok alone that are 'above the law' or untouchable. How many farang do you think are untouchable?

I guess you're not friendly with any Laotians in Thailand or Nigerians, Pakistanis.

I've a friend who's a commander in the RTP and worked with him in conjunction with the "gong brap bram" for some years and seen the problem first hand. They know that farang generally have no 'friends of influence'.

[thaiaus]

The police don't take it as seriously as they would if it were a Thai.

We have seen ton of cases where it's thai killing thai where cases have not been taking seriously either. For many years in many places here, it comes down to a very few things wether or not the case will be taken seriously. Do you have a clue how high the percentage of unsolved murders in Thailand is?

How can you use a question "Do you have a clue how high the percentage of unsolved murders in Thailand is?" that you don't know the answer to to support an argument?

[thaiaus]

The police don't take it as seriously as they would if it were a Thai.

We have seen ton of cases where it's thai killing thai where cases have not been taking seriously either. For many years in many places here, it comes down to a very few things wether or not the case will be taken seriously. Do you have a clue how high the percentage of unsolved murders in Thailand is?

"We have seen ton of cases where it's thai killing thai where cases have not been taking seriously"

Source...

Edited September 25, 2014 by thaiaus

[Sawan Chan 7]

With the whole world watching, I believe that it is about time for Gen. Praytuth to go to Koh Tao personally, put the foot down, enforce DNA tests and rat out the place! The scum of Koh Tao is making him the laughing stock of Thailand if nothing happens. Words are cheap, and mean nothing!

The photo with the puppy dog face holding the facebook printout makes me sick!

people who judge without knowing the facts make me sick.

Do a few more posts and I might take you seriously, newbie! Doubt you have been reading every single news snippet about this case which I did. I have been walking Koh Tao when you were still swimming against the stream, my friend!

Lol. A 3 year old veteran.

I actually lived in Ko Pa Ngan for 9 years until 1997 and have met this guy on many occassions. Don't make assumptions.

1997 was 14 year ago mate!

You are good with numbers but not English.

Erm thought 1997 was 17 years ago.

Edited September 25, 2014 by Sawan Chan 7

[WhizBang]

Well i for one have seen a complete stop to the constant harassment and endless police checkpoints in Pattaya, stopping motor cycles at every corner and taking bribes of unsuspecting motorists. They have for the most part completely disappeared. Now i can put my car away and venture out on my bike again in the knowledge it will NOT cost be a few hundred baht just to get past them. Yes i am legal, the last time it cost me 300 baht because i had no shirt on!!!

Complete stop? Don't think so. I witnessed two last week when I was there. BIB on the side of the road pulling over motorcyclists. They seemed to be especially happy to get farang.

[Iumentum]

You posed the question like you did know. "Do you have "a clue"" .

No I don't, please tell.

We have seen ton of cases where it's thai killing thai where cases have not been taking seriously either. For many years in many places here, it comes down to a very few things wether or not the case will be taken seriously. Do you have a clue how high the percentage of unsolved murders in Thailand is?

If you don't, then how can you make such statement to begin with?

eh?

I said I don;t know the percentage and it looks like you don't either.

I never claimed that i knew did i? No i asked for the reason to see if you did actually have the slightest idea of what you were babbling about.

However, in Thailand there is still a long way from solving a case to proper conviction, and still from that to actually carry out a sentence.

Rather than trying to be a smart arsed know-it-all, just tell me what I wrote that you disagree with.

Of course i disagree, because i have seen multiple times that even in cases where it's only thai involved the case is not taken seriously. It's not the tone of skin that will matter how seriously the investigation will be taken, nor is it the skin tone that will define how hard a conviction the person will get, neither is it the skin tone that will define how much of the sentence that will be carried out if any at all.

Try learning the language and living here for a few years outside the tourist areas and you'll see that there is a big difference in the way police treat different nationalities to their own countrymen. Granted with their own there are other factors which determine conviction etc. Of course there are 50,000 people in Bangkok alone that are 'above the law' or untouchable. How many farang do you think are untouchable?

I guess you're not friendly with any Laotians in Thailand or Nigerians, Pakistanis.

I've a friend who's a commander in the RTP and worked with him in conjunction with the "gong brap bram" for some years and seen the problem first hand. They know that farang generally have no 'friends of influence'.

I am living outside of tourist area, i do however not live up north in the middle of the jungle. Also, i am not just here for a short time, i have been living here for more than just a few year, else how would i be able to see multiple times how cases have been handled.

So, you ask how many farang there is untouchable, hence you somewhat indicate that it doesn't have anything to do with farang or not if a case will be taken seriously, but wether or not someone involved got connections or not.

Neither laotians, Nigerians or Parkistanis is farang!!!

[Iumentum]

The police don't take it as seriously as they would if it were a Thai.

We have seen ton of cases where it's thai killing thai where cases have not been taking seriously either. For many years in many places here, it comes down to a very few things wether or not the case will be taken seriously. Do you have a clue how high the percentage of unsolved murders in Thailand is?

How can you use a question "Do you have a clue how high the percentage of unsolved murders in Thailand is?" that you don't know the answer to to support an argument?

I ask if he know the answer to that question, because if he doesn't, he really don't have anything to support his main statement with. He clearly made a statement based on nothing beside pocket moths.

[wabothai]

When these families are so filthy rich and not involved why not put up a 10 million baht reward?

[Iumentum]

When these families are so filthy rich and not involved why not put up a 10 million baht reward?

Village headman promised the police 1 million if his relatives was involved in the killing.

It's not public wether or not if there is any money if they are not involved.

Edited September 25, 2014 by Iumentum

[thaiaus]

Of course i disagree, because i have seen multiple times that even in cases where it's only thai involved the case is not taken seriously. It's not the tone of skin that will matter how seriously the investigation will be taken, nor is it the skin tone that will define how hard a conviction the person will get, neither is it the skin tone that will define how much of the sentence that will be carried out if any at all.

"i have seen multiple times that even in cases where it's only thai involved the case is not taken seriously"

Reliable source link please...

[jpeg]

There needs to be a crackdown on vices in Thailand. Start with drugs. Start taking photos of Thai men frequenting brothels and publishing them on social media ( the Internet). Make it illegal for foreigners to hire prostitutes with a mandatory 1 year prison sentence. Clean up the beaches. Deny Russian mafia from entering Thailand. Thailand was once a lovely country but the excesses of foreign military on R & R have turned it into a chess pool. Thais unfortunately because of their poverty have descended to a moral standard just slightly above cave men.

Ah, the old 'blame the foreigner' routine! Ignorant post! Prostitution was rampant in Thailand before the Vietnam war days and the vast majority of prostitutes in Thailand serve Thai men.

Doesn't anyone get tired of this lame excuse? And you all believe to be morally/intellectually ( ) superior? Pathetic.

[Chicog]

[Just1Voice]

Jesus Christ! You are supposed to be a military dictator! Do you think any other miltiary dictators in the history of the mankind would have had this hard of a time dealing with the situation?

It is a (largely underdeveloped) island of fisherman bumpkins running around thinking they are mobsters. Give me the uniform and I will straighten out the entire island by dawn. I will make those five families of inbreeds an offer they can't refuse and build shiny hotels and casinos on the grave yard i leave behind.

I agree Farang000999

I'm retired US Army. No I wasn't SF or Delta Force.

I did start off as a Private E-Nothing & worked my way up in an infantry unit though. Always an NCO.

I moved to maintenance (thank God) a few years in & later worked for a US defense contractor all over, stationed in BKK for 4 years as the SE Asia rep.

I worked with the Thai's & Taiwanese, plus all the US bases in Okinawa & S. Korea, with occasional trips to the Middle East.

I have SEEN with my own 2 eyes, the (in)competence of the Armies in Asia.

To even consider or fantasize that they are somehow magically more competent than the RBP (royal bungling police) is ludicrous!

The ONLY difference, that I can see so far, in martial law & the BIB, is that the Army isn't allowed to go scam ordinary people every day, so they don't know how...yet.

For sure the top brass does, but the average trooper does not.

I will give top marks to the RTMC (Thai Marines) though. Them boys take their jobs seriously.

Them boys or those men?

I have a lot more respect for the thai army than for US soldiers. At least Thai soldiers don't gain financially for fighting in unjust oil wars.

How many Thai soldiers retire to Pattaya with a huge pension?

How many American Generals retire as millionaires? DAMN FEW if ANY!

How many Thai Generals retire as millionaires? EVERY DAMN ONE OF THEM.

You post and assertions are pure B.S.

[Iumentum]

When these families are so filthy rich and not involved why not put up a 10 million baht reward?

Village headman promised the police 1 million if his relatives was involved in the killing.

It's not public wether or not if there is any money if they are not involved.

Whatever. But 'lumentum', it's 'whether', not 'wether', and your posts are seriously getting on my tits . You affiliated with 'Nickymaster'/'Expatgirl and .... '''Mikemac'?

Whatever, just the fact that you can only join the debate being grammar nazi and making assumptions tells more about you than me.

[metisdead]

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[sweatalot]

What has he cleaned up already?

Is that a serious question? Did you even try to look a little into what have been done before you asked that question?

Yes it is a serious question. There have been many soundbites, some good work, like clearing of beaches in Phuket, but this can hardly be classed as clearing a lot. I may have missed all the other things that have been done?

OK, so what did Yingluck do to clean up?

what would you have done in the shoes of Prayut?

[sweatalot]

"I have a lot more respect for the thai army than for US soldiers. At least Thai soldiers don't gain financially for fighting in unjust oil wars.
How many Thai soldiers retire to Pattaya with a huge pension?

How many American Generals retire as millionaires? DAMN FEW if ANY!

How many Thai Generals retire as millionaires? EVERY DAMN ONE OF THEM.

You post and assertions are pure B.S."

You know the difference between a Bath millionaire and a $ millionaire?

[ursandro]

How did that kid go to Bangkok on the day before the murder? I guess by plane? Have they checked the passengers list with the airline he travelled with?

[Equalizer]

Well i for one have seen a complete stop to the constant harassment and endless police checkpoints in Pattaya, stopping motor cycles at every corner and taking bribes of unsuspecting motorists. They have for the most part completely disappeared. Now i can put my car away and venture out on my bike again in the knowledge it will NOT cost be a few hundred baht just to get past them. Yes i am legal, the last time it cost me 300 baht because i had no shirt on!!!

Complete stop? Don't think so. I witnessed two last week when I was there. BIB on the side of the road pulling over motorcyclists. They seemed to be especially happy to get farang.

All gone from the junctions on the railway crossings. Khow Noi, Cantalow, Numplabwan,

[Just1Voice]

"I have a lot more respect for the thai army than for US soldiers. At least Thai soldiers don't gain financially for fighting in unjust oil wars.

How many Thai soldiers retire to Pattaya with a huge pension?

How many American Generals retire as millionaires? DAMN FEW if ANY!

How many Thai Generals retire as millionaires? EVERY DAMN ONE OF THEM.

You post and assertions are pure B.S."

You know the difference between a Bath millionaire and a $ millionaire?

Yes, I'm well aware of the difference in Baht and Dollar, but put it in perspective.

Now, a four-star officer retiring in 2011 with 38 years' experience would get a yearly pension of about $219,600 - Wikipedia

Yes, that makes him a "millionaire" if you convert it to Baht, but just Upper Middle Income bracket back in the states.

And I would be willing to bet you would find damn few retired American Generals living in Pattaya as the poster claims. In fact, every American vet I know through the VFW and other sources, are 99% Enlisted men living on their pension or disability, as I do. Have only known of one officer, a retired Major, and he lives a comfortable, but not exactly "wealthy" life.

Bottom line, the poster still doesn't know what he was talking about and is full of it.

[Equalizer]

"I have a lot more respect for the thai army than for US soldiers. At least Thai soldiers don't gain financially for fighting in unjust oil wars.

How many Thai soldiers retire to Pattaya with a huge pension?

How many American Generals retire as millionaires? DAMN FEW if ANY!

How many Thai Generals retire as millionaires? EVERY DAMN ONE OF THEM.

You post and assertions are pure B.S."

You know the difference between a Bath millionaire and a $ millionaire?

Thai soldiers are conscripted for 2 years. Soldiers are told where to fight, they do not do it for the money. These are called private military contractors. A career soldier, U.S or British do not gain financially unless you call paying the bills a financial gain. Then you contradict yourself by saying

How many American Generals retire as millionaires? DAMN FEW if ANY!

How many Thai Generals retire as millionaires? EVERY DAMN ONE OF THEM.

So where does the respect for the Thai army over U.S come into it?

[Neeranam]

When these families are so filthy rich and not involved why not put up a 10 million baht reward?

Village headman promised the police 1 million if his relatives was involved in the killing.

It's not public wether or not if there is any money if they are not involved.

Whatever. But 'lumentum', it's 'whether', not 'wether', and your posts are seriously getting on my tits . You affiliated with 'Nickymaster'/'Expatgirl and .... '''Mikemac'?

These know-it-alls are never wrong, even when the facts say they are - they always want the last word too.