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Corruption in Thailand, are you mad?

But seriously, the lesson here it seems is 'DONT STEAL A BAR MATT'.

Put it in the bag for a joke? lol.

As CunningMcFar says the drunken-beer-mat-nicker has gone home.

As others have mentioned, get out of control, do something stupid and abuse the Thai police is not particularly intelligent behaviour.

This just raises the topic again of some overseas tourists feeling that as they are on holiday in a south-east asian country they can do what they want. They should ask themselves how would they feel if Thais came on holiday here and abused our police and walked into our art galleries, churches and museums in swimming gear? And it must be remembered that most of these people are highly religious so what we see as acceptable they may object to. Thais being naturally friendly people will not raise objections but they should always be treated with respect.

Mic - I’m sorry but I have to disagree completely with this post.

In ALL countries holidaymakers are out to have a good time – and they can go a little over the top – we don’t know HOW over the top this woman was at first.

Abusing police?? – The Thai police are not what we in the west think of as police men – they are more businessmen – they not only police but they often stand in judgement and above all are CORRUPT beyond belief.
This woman probably treated them in EXACTLY the same way she would have treated the police at home if confronted with a RIDICULOUS charge.

However the Thai police are a law unto themselves and furthermore will do anything to save face – so rather than treat the whole incident as Aussie European or US police might have done in a holiday resort town, they decided to get awkward – and probably thought they’d get a bit of cash into the bargain.

In the end it took a senior police officer to calm things down – I think it is highlylikely that as a result, some officers will find themselves transferred to some far kess lucrative postings.

As for “religious” – give it a rest!!!!

If you own a business like a bar in a holiday resort tyou factor in certain losses - this is pure and simple a malicious action by police and even the barman - he shouldpack up and go if he's get anything to do with it.