Antti

You are just trolling. I’m from Finland which has one of the most lenient justice systems. This would be a second degree murder any day with a 10-13 year sentence (though only half served with good behaviour). Could be also 1st degree because one of the criteria is persistent intent to kill (IIRC the killer chased the victim down a few km’s). That would be an automatic life sentence with parole after 15-20 years with good behaviour.

It would be good to have Daily Mail and the likes cover the laughable sentence. At least it would (once again) paint Thailand in a bad light.

Holy <deleted> this country is <deleted> up. You shoot someone on the street and get basically a slap on the wrist 😡

Anyone know what happened with this case? Was the killer convicted?

Do you automatically get a bike license in NZ if you have a car license? At least in my home country (nordic) that stopped in 1990, if I remember correctly. Nowadays many folks just have a car license but no bike license. If you want bike license you have to take a separate course + tests.

The a**hole got lucky that the plane didn’t divert back to bkk. I know a guy from back home who went crazy soon after take-off (bound for bkk, no kidding). The plane turned back and had to dumb a lot fuel to be able to land. The guy had to pay over €80k in damages.

Yes, unknown concept in most European countries. You can be released to wait court proceedings but it is solely a decision made by police and/or prosecutor.

I have a feeling if this Move Forward party gets into power it will be very bad for most of us so called falangs in the long run. I predict taxes, taxes and more taxes, increasing regulation, p2p scene outlawed over time etc. all this of course to make Thailand more "equal and progressive". I hope I'm wrong but they call themselves social democratic. That has been one of the leading political movements in my home country since ww2. I get a little puke in my mouth when I hear those words. They drain all fun out of a country and make citizens slaves in a golden cage with their high taxes and overreach.

There is a shuttle bus going from DMK to Mo Chit. Bus number A1, if I remember correctly. 30THB per person. It stops at the bus terminal too. I once went to Pattaya from Mo Chit by bus, if I remember correctly the Mo Chit station was a bit disorganized and finding the platform for Pattaya buses took some time. Edit: Here is information about the bus: https://thaiest.com/thailand/bangkok/a1-bus

I don't think that will happen. Thailand is not a very important country in the grand scheme of things. If they start harassing citizens of other countries too much someone will take offence.

I guess from now on better to adopt the attitude of Robert DeNiro's character in the movie Heat: "Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner." If you don't have Thai citizenship (which practically no farang has) or immovable property in Thailand, there is very little they can do when you fly out and never return. The new PM Srettha is a real estate guy, I don't think this is good for his business interests. I think farangs will eventually be excluded someway, similar to the Philippines.

Ah ok, thanks for pointing that out. Hopefully it will be clarified soon. Can't imagine there are many buyers for the Privilege visa before that happens.

The Elite Visa program was rebranded as Thai Privilege Visa and relaunched 1st of October. On the website in the FAQ section it says: Do I have to pay income taxes in Thailand as a Thai Privilege visa holder? The Thai Privilege Visa is a privilege visa which falls under the special tourist visa or privilege entry category. The Thai Privilege Visa holder does not need to pay income taxes especially when the income was derived abroad. There are instances where a Thai Privilege Visa holder may voluntarily pay income tax in Thailand. This is promising but of course an official statement from the tax department is needed. I'd assume the same rules would apply to people who have Elite Visa.

I bet the guys running the Elite Visa scheme are not thrilled about this. They just jacked up the prices of the Elite visas considerably and now this. They must be swarmed with emails and phone calls regarding this.

I hope that's not the case. 10 years ago in a more remote location, sure, that would be the case. But this case has already garnered so much international press that they cannot just sweep this under the rug, especially when they are touting Pattaya as a safe, family friendly, destination. Armed lunatics roaming the streets just waiting for foreigners to make a mistake so that they can be gunned down doesn't really bode well with that, in my opinion. This kind of an incident is not really a selling point to their precious Chinese tourists either. They are not used to gun violence in their own country.