Thailand mulls ID wristbands, curfews for tourists

[DJVillain]

What a novel idea!
I know, what about this...

How about, and this may seem a *touch* radical... but hear me out...

Stop your police (who are meant to be protecting and serving the innocent) taking bribes off of bloodthirsty murderers, rapists and gangsters and pinning the crime on anyone but the culprits so then people feel safe in the country... Hotels have business cards... Thats why they leave them on the front counter... So people can use them to find their way back again... Its kind of the point... If they didn't want to get back there, they wouldn't take a business card!

No need to attach a electronic tag, bracelet or leper bell onto anyone... and no need to stick everyone into a paddock with armed guards just so you don't have to make your utterly bent cops do their job properly!

Edited September 30, 2014 by DJVillain

[Fab5BKK]

If ONLY police officers were doing what they were supposed to do (and paid for)... their jobs!

[wilcopops]

sublime to the ridiculous...........don't they realise that the world is looking on at the moment and these nape-of-the-neck ideas just make them look more and more hopeless

[littlebw]

maybe a better idea to tag the police and mafia?

at least we will know what they are up to

[draftvader]

Now, what about expats who take a short break to the coast or islands?

[Jeremy50]

Poor Ms Kobkarn, I think this idea might snap back in her face, or she could be ear-marked for an inactive post.

[Docno]

The piece also refers to curfews in the title but makes no mention of such a thing in the article. Curfews just for tourists?? That's will send them flocking away... Bizarre

[khunjamesjohnson]

If only poor Hannah and David wore the wristbands.....

[maoro2013]

Curfew for tourists????

[janpoo]

Are they coming from another planet, or is this the 3th world????????

[mojorison]

I received a news text which said that also under consideration was the creation of tourist ' safe areas ' on islands and in resort areas etc !

I can imagine tourists flocking to be herded into a compound, ghetto or whatever anyone wants to call it.

By designating ' safe ' areas they are in essence saying outside them is bandit country so why would anyone bother visiting such a country ?

Once again open mouth without engaging brain.

SAFE is an acronym... it actually stands for "Stranded Away From Everyone". It is kind of like a Macro for thieves.

[globalmedia8]

surely this is a joke?

[Giddyup99]

I think embedding a microchip as soon as tourists step off the plane would work much better.

[Khun Paul]

It never ceases to amaze me , how the so-called intelligent come up with an idea that is basically so ill thought out and then not only that but also publicised for the entire world to see just how inane, unreasonable,as well as being so full of their own rhetoric and pettiness , inherently stupid, the Government or its nominees are in the governing of the country.

it beggars beklief that they even think this, no wonder Tourism is going down, maybe the rest of the world should TAG Thai tourists in case they get lost so we we all know who they are

[ChrisY1]

Wonder what the fine will be for not wearing one?

200Thb...no receipt!

Edited September 30, 2014 by ChrisY1

[Xonax]

Does the tourism minister believe that had Hannah been wearing a tourist wristband, she would not have been raped and murdered? Give me strength! If anything, it will be a big signal to the bad people to... 'get your tourists here!'. The coup should have been all-encompassing and removed all ministries, too. Might as well replace them with anubaan kids.

Probably would not have saved Hannah and David, but definitely would have made it a lot easier, to prove exactly which people FOREIGNERS killed and raped her and David.

What about testing the dog tags on your own people first minister???

[WhamBam]

Chipped and tattooed like a dog. Not even a pedigree one in their eyes.

[transam]

To think these people run the country...........

[sweatalot]

great idea 555

why not tracking devices on every Thai (including BIB).

So it is always known who was on the crime site (rape, murder...) at the time of the event.

Thnis would make tourists feell safer.

[Fab5BKK]

They plan to impose:

ID wristbands + Curfews + GPS tracking

How nice!

Now that several posters have seen fit to make comparison to the Nuremburg laws, might it be time to look at this a little more calmly. Is a tourist ID band at a resort/hotel such a bad idea?

I read on TV several times per year the stories of entire Euro-families getting themselves lost in the jungle, when they wander off the beaten path.

What is wrong with an ID band that helps those Euros who don't have enough sense to realize the hazards of getting lost in the jungle?

Some Thai finds them and can read where they are staying and get them back. If somebody wants to inflict harm, wristband or no will not make a difference.

This isn't entirely the goofy idea it's being made out to be. Nature is pretty tame in Europe and a lot of people have no idea what they are wandering into.

[animatic]

Buddy system, curfews and local minders!!!!!

Madam Minister, you are utterly DAFT!

Why not make all tourists get subcutaneous GPS tracking implants,

so they can be monitored 24/7 just in case they wander into bad areas.

Then the black helicopters can come and extract them,

and give them a lecture in Thailand safety.

Maybe implant microphones to monitor their speech patterns to be sure that

they are not using words not liked by the Minster of Culture.

Because all foreigners are like children and must be coddled,

and not trusted to be good influences around the natives.

Edited September 30, 2014 by animatic

[Borzandy]

So, the supposed culprit is a farang tourist, cannot be Thai.

[Samui Coconut]

Why do not they ask the German, the have the best experience (1938-45)!!how do do it properly !!!!

Pretty racist post for your first one, better use the time learning English so you won't make 4 mistakes in one sentence!

[ebean001]

i am sure my wife will require me to wear a tracking devise if they readily available.

[ChrisY1]

maybe a better idea to tag the police and mafia?

at least we will know what they are up to

Can you imagine the number of tags needed..???

[IamNoone88]

With suggestions like this, no wonder the country is in trouble from the top down.

[trogers]

These are the kinds of smart power you can expect to get with bought university degrees.

[phanangpete]

Is that going to take away the deep rooted jealousy that has developed amongst the young Thai's toward the the young female tourist ?

If they cannot confront this and educate them, then it will not change a damn thing.

This new generation, want it all and when they can't have will resort to the likes of what we have witnessed and the many cover up's over the years .

[otherstuff1957]

Wristbands? How about ear tags!

[quicky]

This wouldn't be a bad thing as long as it is an option not some mandatory thing, but to link it to the deaths of two British tourists is nuts.

If you want to track such things then tag you're own people after all the one being attacked wearing anything is not going to prevent it.