The constant fear of eviction is a fact of life for foreigners who illegally buy houses in Thailand and senior government officials always enjoy playing on it.
Last month, the Land Department Director-General unleashed a predictable panic when he threatened to confiscate land registered by foreigners in the names of their Thai wives (or their Thai husbands, if we’re being pedantic).
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Fat, smug and callous. Banksy’s brutal depiction of insensitive Western tourists is currently on display in Bristol.
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I cringe now when I recall how ignorant I was before discovering Bangkok Pundit – the anonymous blogger who untangles the messy business of Thai politics.
Dissecting the major opinion pieces of the day, he gently unpicks weak arguments and fills in the missing pieces. Bangkok Pundit’s rigorous, common-sense approach drives a coach and horses through the woolly-headed guff that passes for political analysis in Thailand’s English language newspapers.
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An extortion ring ensnaring travellers at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport is today exposed by The Sunday Times.
Bent King Power cashiers have long been suspected of slipping extra items into customers’ bags at the duty free checkout. Their victims are then falsely accused of shoplifting and detained by corrupt police. The Times now reports that British couple, Stephen Ingram and Xi Lin, were forced to pay £8,000 to secure their release.
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Shocked tourists are being subjected to dangerous compulsory “health checks” when they enter Cambodia. As visitors wait in line, a border guard shoves a filthy temperature probe into their ears.
It’s sharp, dirty, and the 60-year old border drone who stands about 5 feet tall with shaky hands and bad eyes isn’t the most accurate or gentle. Everybody in line looked dumbfounded – pmmp, tfs2m.com
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Fitness freaks might be interested to learn that California WOW’s auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers, has expressed doubt that the company can continue as a going concern.
The Company incurred a net loss of Baht 52.2 million for the three-month period ended 31 March 2009 and as of that date the Company’s cash current liabilities exceeded its current assets by Baht 349.7 million. These conditions indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. – Auditor’s report 12 May 2009.
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