webfact Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Video: Not again! Find this "farang" graffiti artist Picture: Chiang Rai Tourist Police The Facebook page of the Chiang Rai Tourist Police issued an appeal to find a western man caught spray painting on shops in the area of the old Chiang Rai bus station. CCTV footage showed the man - who was carrying a bottle of Chang beer - leave a message on some shutters of one shop and the outside step of another. People with information were urged to call the cops on 053 152 547. Late last year a man from Liverpool and a Canadian woman were arrested and later fined heavily after spray painting the historic Tha Pae gate in Chiang Mai. Source: Chiang Rai Tourist Police -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-01-11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith101 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Find him convict him and jail him simpleton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 7 minutes ago, webfact said: Late last year a man from Liverpool and a Canadian woman were arrested and later fined heavily after spray painting the historic Tha Pae gate in Chiang Ma Don't forget, those metal shutters and the tiles must be hundreds of years old and of historical importance. <Sarcasm alert for the hard-of-learning> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chippy151 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 He could have at least smiled for the camera. Have these people ever heard of CCTVs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotBenz8888 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 12 minutes ago, webfact said: who was carrying a bottle of Chang beer Ok now i know who it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phuketshrew Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 What a dumba$$. Surely if you are going to do this you scope out the CCTV cameras first so that you don't get caught? At least he left his "message" on the shutters and not on the floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 18 minutes ago, webfact said: The Facebook page of the Chiang Rai Tourist Police issued an appeal to find a western man caught spray painting on shops in the area of the old Chiang Rai bus station. Yea but was the spelling correct .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 20 minutes ago, webfact said: CCTV footage showed the man - who was carrying a bottle of Chang beer - Though other beers are also available for thinking about it graff' artistes .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 14 minutes ago, Phuketshrew said: What a dumba$$. Surely if you are going to do this you scope out the CCTV cameras first so that you don't get caught? At least he left his "message" on the shutters and not on the floor. You can't check for CCTV cameras and drink beer - that stinks of multi-tasking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 So how many times more do we have to endure similar stories, there are 40 odd millions tourists coming to this country every year and some bound to be on the wildside.. what do you do? arrest them all?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 21 minutes ago, ezzra said: So how many times more do we have to endure similar stories, there are 40 odd millions tourists coming to this country every year and some bound to be on the wildside.. what do you do? arrest them all?... I would hope all foreign law breakers are arrested, whether drug runners, murders or retards who get some kind of weird thrill from spraying paint on other people's property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kolantaman Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Please implemwnt the Taiwan punishment.....250 lashes with a cane.....life time ban to ever enter Thailand, 90,000baht fine plus 15 days in a Thai jail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl sees all Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 1 hour ago, bluesofa said: Don't forget, those metal shutters and the tiles must be hundreds of years old and of historical importance. <Sarcasm alert for the hard-of-learning> Yes. The old metal shutters. He just wanted to recolour them. Why is all this street art taking place in posh parts of Thailand? Up here in Isaan, no-one can be bothered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 1 minute ago, owl sees all said: Yes. The old metal shutters. He just wanted to recolour them. Why is all this street art taking place in posh parts of Thailand? Up here in Isaan, no-one can be bothered. Perhaps up here in the 'impoverished north-east', doing the same might result in a grant be awarded by the tessaban for aesthetic improvement to the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anterian Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Yet Thais can glue sticker adverts on my patio uprights, with glue so strong it rips off the paint when I remove them. Double standards again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 That was Banksy the door and step are now worth a billion baht ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl sees all Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 27 minutes ago, Kolantaman said: Please implemwnt the Taiwan punishment.....250 lashes with a cane.....life time ban to ever enter Thailand, 90,000baht fine plus 15 days in a Thai jail. Fantastic. Why not get him to spray the inside of his body, hang him up by the toes (partially clad) and invite the locals to hurl abuse at him; and anything else. That'll drive some respect in him. OR. Get him to spray the rest of the shutter at his expense. And then!! Make him give art lessons to the local kids. Everyone's a winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alation Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 1 hour ago, keith101 said: Find him convict him and jail him simpleton Absolutly not only that deport him, excuse me but I get so angry at these people that feel that they have the right to deface any wall area there is no place for it two bob says that these people wouldn't do it on there own home or belonging also give them a week in a Thailand jail. Done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phetphet Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 After the first case at Tha Pae Gate, he should be worried that the Thai's don't decide to make an example of a foreigner, to nip this in the bud. Especially if he wrote anything abusive. Obviously premeditated, as he went equipped to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theguyfromanotherforum Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 The shutters may be old and ugly, but it's their shutters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 1 hour ago, ezzra said: So how many times more do we have to endure similar stories, there are 40 odd millions tourists coming to this country every year and some bound to be on the wildside.. what do you do? arrest them all?... more to the point is that theres plenty of graffiti everywhere in thailand and its 99.9% done by......................thais Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 A post commenting on moderation has been removed, the reply was removed as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shackleton Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 10000 baht to 20000 baht fine and deported Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Be funny if it turned out to be Banksy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritsSikkink Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 2 hours ago, bluesofa said: Don't forget, those metal shutters and the tiles must be hundreds of years old and of historical importance. <Sarcasm alert for the hard-of-learning> So it is OK to damage other peoples property? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neeray Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Quote What a numb nuts back packer. As a "professional graffiti artist", I would think he would have had the brains (hahaha) and experience to do a little research about his illegal activity and the penalties for doing it in a foreign country. All he would have had to do is a simple internet search. I did and here's what came up. Two tourists' graffiti might end them up in a Chiang Mai jail. A British and Canadian tourist face up to 10 years in prison after being charged with vandalism. The pair spray-painting graffiti on an ancient city brick wall in Chiang Mai.Oct 20, 2018 I'm guessing by now that they've already nabbed him as a result of that great screen grab from the CCTV. Lock 'm up ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritsSikkink Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 1 hour ago, anterian said: Yet Thais can glue sticker adverts on my patio uprights, with glue so strong it rips off the paint when I remove them. Double standards again. Did you share your CCTV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnar Horpestad Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 5 hours ago, keith101 said: Find him convict him and jail him simpleton Hi is so busted 3 months in Bangkok Hilton will teach him a lesson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will27 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 3 hours ago, FritsSikkink said: So it is OK to damage other peoples property? No, but calling for caning, outrageous fines and deportation is over the top IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halfaboy Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Why are these people called 'artists' ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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