SunsetT Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 A park in Udon early morning I thought would be one of the safest places in Thailand, I'm beginning to feel nowhere is safe. Very sad hope this poor man recovers, no one deserves this. Early morning? What time was it? 1am to Dawn I would say is high risk in any city.....West or East............ ..........Get a grip on yourselves................As cities go, Udon is a very tame and pleasant city .....U r misrepresenting the majority of Expats, Farangs, and the majority of young Thai people there....................This was just an isolated incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loonodingle Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I wonder if the same senior officer who dealt with the Koh Tao deaths would say the same in this situation. Quoted from BBC On arriving the day after the murders, the senior police officer on the island assured us the culprit could not have been a Thai person. No Thai could possibly commit such a crime, he said, forgetting the equally ghastly murder of Welsh tourist Katherine Horton in 2006, by, it turned out, two Thai fishermen. Just a thought. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29834046 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 A park in Udon early morning I thought would be one of the safest places in Thailand, I'm beginning to feel nowhere is safe. Very sad hope this poor man recovers, no one deserves this.Early morning? What time was it? 1am to Dawn I would say is high risk in any city.....West or East......................Get a grip on yourselves................As cities go, Udon is a very tame and pleasant city .....U r misrepresenting the majority of Expats, Farangs, and the majority of young Thai people there....................This was just an isolated incident. Read the report, he liked to watch the sun rise so 6.30-7am. As I said, Udon I thought would be one of the safest places in Thailand. Whose misrepresented anyone?, not me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Jim Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Udon is a crap hole and has only gotten worse with the increase of some very questionable foreigners as with other Thai cities. Korat is a good example. Looks like half of Pattaya crawled up there from the bars. Some toothless slobbering examples of human kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
45slap Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Thailand's economy is heavily dependent upon tourism. The latest government should come down hard on these <deleted> and let it be known tourists are to be welcomed and treated respectfully. If not, Thailand will become the agrarian society it once was and is still entrenched in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Jim Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Thailand would do just fine without mass tourism. Question: You think that perhaps the Thais should be treated respectfully ? Maybe that is the root of most of the problems. Thailand's economy is heavily dependent upon tourism. The latest government should come down hard on these <deleted> and let it be known tourists are to be welcomed and treated respectfully. If not, Thailand will become the agrarian society it once was and is still entrenched in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
45slap Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Jungle Jim, I don't know if that is the answer. I treat everyone with respect. I don't know how others treat people. I think there are scumbags everywhere you go. Don't kid yourself about doing just fine without tourism. Can't rely on rice exports to support the economy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roo860 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 45slap ya got it right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatLife Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 On 11/17/2014 at 3:03 PM, Alwyn said: Thailand is becoming less of a place to put on the travel list now. I wonder when stats will be forthcoming on just how dangerous Thailand is? I don't mean for foreign travellers but in general.. Don't worry, figures are up and Chinese people are flooding the country, everything is fine. Mai bpen rai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatLife Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 I hope they are all kept in prison until their late 50s at the very least. However I very much doubt that. I would assume having been here a while, they will get a 5 or so year sentence if that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FruitPudding Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 16 hours ago, ExpatLife said: Don't worry, figures are up and Chinese people are flooding the country, everything is fine. Mai bpen rai On my recent trip to Bangkok I noticed WAY more international folks than 5-10 years ago, particularly East Asians and Arabs -- but also plenty of farang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) On 11/17/2014 at 2:50 PM, slapout said: The little rascals have way too much free time to set around drinking and planning assults on fellow man. Use them as fish bait and target practice while towed behind a speed boat over the coral reefs. Why damage the coral, it's important. Note to self. Check date of OP before posting. Another 5 year old thread. Edited October 23, 2019 by overherebc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobinBKK Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 On 11/17/2014 at 3:00 PM, Orac said: Maybe it is the translation but the police passing it off as a 'typical case of youthful recklessness ' when the victim only has a 50 percent chance of survival seems a bit of an understatement. It's always passed off when the victim is a foreigner and when foreigners fight back in self defence they are charged with fighting. These types of attacks do absolutely nothing for the image of Thailand and the tourism industry here. How many times do we read about bouncers, taxi and tuk tuk drivers ganging up on one tourist and it's passed off as a "misunderstanding". It's all over YouTube and video doesn't lie. A serious wake-up call needs to be given and people stop coming here and spend their money elsewhere where they are more welcome and protected!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 28 minutes ago, BobinBKK said: It's always passed off when the victim is a foreigner and when foreigners fight back in self defence they are charged with fighting. These types of attacks do absolutely nothing for the image of Thailand and the tourism industry here. How many times do we read about bouncers, taxi and tuk tuk drivers ganging up on one tourist and it's passed off as a "misunderstanding". It's all over YouTube and video doesn't lie. A serious wake-up call needs to be given and people stop coming here and spend their money elsewhere where they are more welcome and protected!!! I don't think that there is any doubt that these sorts of events, (whilst they are rare), and the somewhat lackadaisical official response to them is one of the significant reason for the drop in tourist figures. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcut Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 On 11/17/2014 at 3:00 PM, Orac said: Maybe it is the translation but the police passing it off as a 'typical case of youthful recklessness ' when the victim only has a 50 percent chance of survival seems a bit of an understatement. I believe anywhere else, it could be construed as attempted murder or at least aggravated assault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncleeagle Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 What happened to the victim? I wonder if he became one the foreigners in government hospitals that the junta are whining about because of a few measly dollars of unpaid bills..together with the road accident victims, people in comas after being drugged or posioned by fumes in their hotel rooms, or just beaten half to death by bouncers in some bangkok disco? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seajae Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 if he dies they should receive a death sentence just as the burmese two did but being thai they will probably get away with it, hopefully though the poor man survives and these criminals are locked up for a very long time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chippendale Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Always pleasant to have a friendly aimless chat over a 5 year old topic. The poor German fella's probably dead by now and the two Thai culprits ..... well, innocent because the Burmese must have done it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 There's never a Burma around when you need one.Sent from my SM-A105G using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyboy2018 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Where are the details of the murder that was copied? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now