lil fluffy clouds Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 What is wrong with Thailand. I have been coming here since 1972. I have been living here 5 years now, sometimes working teaching, other times on a visa that does not really exist does it "retirement visa" no such thing as. Thailand was a good country years ago. Now it is not. I have to consider leaving, Thai people generally are good, not so for the country and the corrupt or convicted. When you in a country long enough you may not realize that the rest of the world is also changing....% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmugghc Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Nothing more than a witch hunt for any high profile supporters of the previously democratically elected government. The Junta will do anything to snuff out democracy and freedom. Wrong. Take a look at e.g. the Asian Sentinel to see what it's about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Nopporn was ranked Thailand's 31st richest man in 2013 by Forbes magazine, with an estimated fortune of $800 million, and is thought to be on the run. He is alleged to have hired men to abduct a businessman in Bangkok in order to have a debt he owed relieved, the police spokesman added. He sounds like a real rocket scientist. He may have owed a million or two, so he decided to risk his empire, rather than simply pay his debt, like honorable men do. Instead, this half man, this low life, this small fry, this piss ant, this human freak of nature decided to try to have someone kidnapped, instead of honoring his obligations. Wow. What can one say? Hope he spends many decades behind bars. If what appears to be happening here is really happening, this is a great thing for the nation. However, I for one, am waiting for sentences to be given, and waiting to see if any of these piglets actually serve any significant time behind bars, before deciding if this is real, or just a show. I am hoping it is real. Many millions in this nation are also hoping this is real, I am sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Nothing more than a witch hunt for any high profile supporters of the previously democratically elected government. The Junta will do anything to snuff out democracy and freedom. I assume you are a supporter of democracy, freedom and blatant corruption? this has to be a contender for the "most facile post" award? I merely posed a question. Perhaps you would have been better satisfied with a pedantic answer instead? Rhetorical question - sayonara. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbthailand Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I don't give a stuff if these people are red, yellow or blue : they are massively corrupt and karma is catching up with them. They are guilty, just like Thaksin is. Whether the choice to prosecute is political is a side-issue : they are still criminals. The fact that they happen to be red-shirts is just confirmation of who are the biggest scoundrels in Thailand. this has nothing to do with red shirts. nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easybullet3 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 off subject: but why doesn't the Electric Authority allow you to pay by card ? its a CASH ONLY organization ! surely it is rife for money laundering, corruption and internal theft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 off subject: but why doesn't the Electric Authority allow you to pay by card ? its a CASH ONLY organization ! surely it is rife for money laundering, corruption and internal theft. but I pay my PEA-accounts by direct-debit from my Bangkok Bank account, so perhaps NOT cash-only, after all ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryfrompattaya Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I do hope that the Junta understands the concept of "smoking out" and is monitoring all the correct exits from the maze of burrows that these people have constructed over the years. Wht not seize his assets here in Thailand???? His assets could be hot air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakajima Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Nothing more than a witch hunt for any high profile supporters of the previously democratically elected government. The Junta will do anything to snuff out democracy and freedom. Not at all. There was no democracy under Thaksin. End of story. If YOU say so then it must be certianly right....... NOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep1 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 A thai princess owns an upmarket antique shop in Bangkok selling historical artefacts I bought some stuff there. Where is this shop ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peecee Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 At first I thought the story was about Thaksin Shinawat ........ anyway, they could try the Bahamas .... Winner of the first off topic anti-T post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easybullet3 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 off subject: but why doesn't the Electric Authority allow you to pay by card ? its a CASH ONLY organization ! surely it is rife for money laundering, corruption and internal theft. but I pay my PEA-accounts by direct-debit from my Bangkok Bank account, so perhaps NOT cash-only, after all ? Sorry, I wasnt clear. i was talking about Debit and credit card. When you go to the office, they only accept cash. yes, they do Bank Transfers from Thai Bank Accounts... so I am wrong. it is not an entirely cash organization. But they will not accept any Payment Cards, Debit Cards or Credit Cards. i assume they dont want to have to pay the % commission in the transaction fee. (then again, i have no idea if HUGE organizations have a commission to pay from card transactions) ... otherwise the supermarkets would not let me use a card for purchasing a chocolate bar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcopops Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 (edited) I had wondered if only the CIP chief and a few police were involved, but it seems that more people may be involved with this scandal, and likely some others as well. I still love to visit Thailand on my holidays and hope to spend more time there in the future, as the majority of the people, rich or poor are decent people. The few people who are found out to be corrupt , deserve to be found out and charged. Speculating who is associated to who is foolish, I am just glad that the corrupt are being found out and are paying the price for their ways. Stargeezer I think your perception of these current events and Thai society is both ill-informed and naive. Edited December 4, 2014 by wilcopops 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time Traveller Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 (edited) Nothing more than a witch hunt for any high profile supporters of the previously democratically elected government. The Junta will do anything to snuff out democracy and freedom. Amazing how some here call elections where votes are openly bought "democratically elected", lol. Amazing how some here think vote buying is not democracy in action. "If you vote for me I will give you ...." -- it's the pitch of every politician in every election in every country that's ever happened. That's what democracy is. And what is wrong with that? Edited December 4, 2014 by Time Traveller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaffyDuck Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I guess you just summarized the mentality and skewed ethics of the 'faux democracy'supporters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcopops Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 as vote buying has been carried out by most parties on all sides I fail t =see that it can have entity see how it ca have anything but minor isolated effects on results - anyone who thinks that some elections huge majorities are the result of vote buying need to think again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankOff Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 the ever-widening corruption scandal, which has already snared several top cops and saw the family of a Thai princess stripped of their honorific title. is that even possible?...... wow,they really mean business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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