jonclark

I'm with you on this one Bob. That is just plain funny albeit very inappropriate...getting a shower from the security guard while standing naked in a shrines water feature after being filmed taking a <deleted> on a busy bangkok street.

Fair play.

Surely a government offical accepting a bribe should be the focus, especially when they are charged with protecting Thailand borders.

But this is a minor road accident - not worthy of deportation - like taking a hammer to kill a fly tbh.

No..are you?

This website has been taken over by zealots who try to be more right-wing and extreme in their belief and parroting of the official line as they mistakenly believe this will somehow make them more Thai or more in touch with the locals. Its become an echo chamber of self loathing and hate sadly.

So should we strip Thais (like this one) who drink and drive and cause death and destruction on the roads of their citizenship and deport them too? Seems fair right? Chucking out the trash right!

LOL - A german tourist in the country for 1 hour who has a falling out with a taxi driver is the cause of all Thailand's woes - Hilarious. Please explain how Thailand's biggest problem - the extreme political polarization of the population, is the fault of foreigners? How have foreigners contributed the the vast inequality in wealth between rich and poor? - because obviously, probelms these fall under the "Every problem and hassle.." category you so elequantly refer to in your rant. BTW whats a farnung my little yellow friend?

You always know a country is having a tough time economically when it starts blaming foreigners for its woes. Classic political misdirection tactics - to keep the public from seeing what is really important and rally the citizens to the flag. It's important to remember that the 'crimes' that have been committed are minor,(no one died, no one was raped, no one was kidnapped, no one was sexually assaulted, no vast amounts of drugs were seized or pushed). Watch Thai national news on TV, even if you cannot understand Thai, and in a week you will see far more violent and frequent acts in a single week than all the foreign tourists will commit in a year. Yet Anutin remains silent on that. This is a political deflection to keep the public engrossed - remember Brexit - one of the main theme of the Brexiter's argument was that UK sovereignty was under threat from foreigners - and that argument, though wildly untrue won.

Here's an idea Mr. PM - How about raising tax on recreational cannabis even further. I think taxation on tobaccois between 25 - 42% depending on the packet size - There your 500 billion baht black hole is fixed and a huge chuck will come from tourists and provide a limited burden to Thai tax-payers....and it will continue to give taxation money long after the 500 billion is repayed. Suggested taxation threseholds. 1 - 5g = 25% taxation 5g plus = 42% taxation Now go forth and deliver on your election promise.

Sadly though it is not. There are a very high number of local Thai men who have predatory sexual relationships with underage girls. Often reported in local news, but it never makes it to English news channels. Very easy with the limited number of English news outlets, all parroting the same stories to think westerners are the only pesos in Thailand. They are most definitely not, in fact western pesos are the minority of reported cases.

Hope you'll be first in the line for the jail and deport. Thailand doesn't need your kind here.

Yeah...that'll teach em.

Really - I have three Thai bank credit cards and have never paid upfront, even when issued. Signed the documents and the cards arrived a few days later. Makes no sense as if you deposit does the credit card not now become a debit card?

Only 700 illegals. Thats a shocking number. The Cambodians, Laotian and Myanmarese are slipping. They need to get some advice on how to add to their illegal number. Maybe Thailand could give this advice considering there are over 100,000 illegal workers in South Korea. Thais seems to be experts at working illegally in foreign countries.