I guess That rag stuffed down his throat was hard to swallow. But good news his bank account was empty. It seems he some how managed to get to Atm and drained his account before being found dead.

Thais hate Russians even more than average Farang so I guess they took more pleasure foregoing the 700k and deporting this "Gold Tourist" back to freezing temperatures and no more tom yung goong and cheap kitty bounce sessions. I remember two Israeli tourists in Burma who were so tight you would not believe saying if we shared a taxi for about 10 bucks each its "very expensive". $10 is very expensive for about a 30km ride to nearest town? I took more pleasure paying the whole thing myself and watching them wait for the 6am public bus f88888 tightarses. I saw another one happened to be Israeli also who photocopied the whole LP guide book, can you believe this?

At least it's being reported. Mysterious deaths of inmates is overlooked by media most of the time.

you are not safe anywhere

incorrect actually, you are very safe in thailand unless your an expat criminal lier a fraudster blackmailer cheat thief extortioninist money launderer boiler room operative real estate conman loan shark standover merchant paediphile murderer or run businesses here that are not kosha and offer services to defraud your country man. ....

............or wear a bikini

Safe if you are not beautiful.

I really am very disappointed by all these events recently. Unless the guy had a burst appendix there's some serious charges to be answered. Thailand is getting a very bad reputation.

you are not safe anywhere

incorrect actually, you are very safe in thailand unless your an expat criminal lier a fraudster blackmailer cheat thief extortioninist money launderer boiler room operative real estate conman loan shark standover merchant paediphile murderer or run businesses here that are not kosha and offer services to defraud your country man. the police did a great job in taking down the russian and he was the author of his own demise. the pattaya police are professional courteous and always try to assist tourists and expats alike.

So where do the tourists/foreign residents who are assaulted, swindled, robbed, raped and murdered fall into the categories you mention in your post?

Edit: wait, dammit, that's twice my sarcasm radar has failed this morning.

First the Koh Tao fiasco, and now this, which again puts the spotlight on RTP

He'd deposited the 700k Papillon style and it didn't agree with him ?

700k not enough these days. That's inflation.

Unless of course there never was any 700K.

Promising is one thing, delivering another.