Tourist division opened at North Bangkok District Court

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Tourist division opened at North Bangkok District Court
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The North Bangkok District Court Wednesday opened a new division to help the court speed up trials of cases related to foreign tourists.

The North Bangkok District Court became the seventh court that has tourist case division after the Pattaya, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Dusit, Pathumwan and Koh Samui courts.

Phattharasak Wannasaeng, secretary general of the Judicial Office said the division would handle cases related to tourists, such as extortion and cheating of foreign tourists.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Tourist-division-opened-at-North-Bangkok-District--30264493.html


-- The Nation 2015-07-15

[asdecas]

Heh.

[FangFerang]

Really?

[sammygood]

so they can extort money faster? do the judges speak english ? or is this another : get a thai lawyer + translator + .... kinda deal ?

[Kannikapor88]

Phattharasak Wannasaeng, secretary general of the Judicial Office said the division would handle cases related to tourists, such as extortion and cheating of foreign tourists.

Are they sure that they can hire enough staff for this ... It must take thousands of people to take care of all these crimes against tourists ...