Bowmouth
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.... or more likely selective blindness.
And take some things way too seriously....
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.... or more likely selective blindness.
First the written portion on your link was to small to read and when I enlarged the page it became to fuzzy to read. So I asked you to direct me to where I could see it.
A reasonable request I think.
I tried to discuss the subject rationally and without prejudice but if you want to get down in the gutter I will gladly join you.
But then you have to resort to personal insults to defend your position, childish, immature at best but what else would you expect from people with a $ interest in the topic.
Would I go or advise anyone to go to Thailand not on your life when they can circumnavigate the normal Judaical system and demand money in lieu of the normal prison sentence. Now that's scary.
They said the money was to avoid prison and pay Tony the interpreter (who makes a living at this). What was wrong with letting them contact the Embassy? this is a normal procedure in most civilized country's.
This smells of a big time scam
Cdiver2,
You're beating the wrong bush.
Go back to the initial post and read all posts again. Slowly...
Get back to me.
...will you tell me why a local paid interpreter was acquired by the police and the Embassy staff was not informed.
Now new allegations have been made that a number of passengers are being detained every month in the duty free area on suspicion of shoplifting, and then held by the police until they pay large sums of money to buy their freedom.
Tony, who works part-time for the police.
for three hours all they discussed was how much money they would have to pay to get out.
,Tony then took them to an ATM machine at the police station
:shocked2:they were warned not to leave or try to contact a lawyer or their embassy.
.?transferred into Tony's account
, and they were allowed to leave.the money was transferred to Tony's account
The Danish Embassy says one of its nationals was recently subjected to a very similar scam, and earlier this month an Irish scientist managed to flee Thailand with her husband and one year-old son after being arrested at the airport and accused of stealing an eyeliner worth around £17.Letters of complaint to the papers here in Thailand make it clear that passengers are regularly detained at the airport for alleged shoplifting, and then made to pay middlemen to win their freedom.
with the police. He says sometimes he does it for no charge.Tony told the BBC that so far this year he has "helped" about 150 foreigners in trouble
I really do not know all the why's and how's.
What I do know is that the "scam" was just now on the Thai TV News and the footage from the security camera's clearly show the couple shoplifting. Like it or not but those two Brits were stealing.
They were caught and got in big trouble. I can imagine they wanted to avoid prosecution and possible jail-time and bought their way out.
They should count themselves lucky to have gotten away without doing any time in prison here in Thailand. Prisons here are not as comfy as in Europe.
I think this incident will have taught them an important lesson. The eighth commandment, "Thou shall not steal,"