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Bangkok governor is a nice man

Editor;
Re: BMA gets rid of illegal street signs (PM Sunday, 25 August 2013) - I met the Bangkok Governor M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra at a Sukhumvit supermarket. He was walking by himself (no bodyguards) in his casual Sunday attire. He smiled while I gave a polite wai, then he smiled more. I was impressed. I suggest the Bangkok Governor should show his congenial sincere-looking persona to the Bangkok people more. He has a calming radiance.
Chalerm


Crazy politicians

Editor;
Re: ASEAN can kill the Vietnam auto industry (PM Friday, 23 August 2013) - Iain, sounds exactly what has happened to the Australian automotive industry. The “brainy politicians” decide to reduce the tariffs to make the Australian industry compete on a global basis! All it has succeeded to do, is reduce the number of vehicles produced locally. The car sales figures have increase enormously since the year 2,000. In the year 2,000, Australia produced 345,207 vehicles. In 2012, Australia produced 221,224 vehicles. Australians purchased just over 1,000,000 vehicles in 2012, so, you can see how many are now imported. Local businesses go bust! Crazy politicians!
Peter Geran


Concerned about identity of body

Editor;
On Saturday 24th August we went to Koh Samet, Tay Koh Sunset Viewpoint, my girlfriend and I, and we thought we saw a body floating in the water. We took some photographs and after looking at for a while wondered if it was doll or a body. It was floating on both sides (front and back) and after looking at the photos we called the police. The police came about 15 minutes later, first one policeman and then about 5 or 6 of them.
The body had moved further down the shore and we went down there and could see the body. Eventually it came close to the rocks and nearly washed up on shore. It was badly decomposed and we had difficulty working out whether it was a man or woman, a foreigner or Asian person. The body had a black T shirt on and nothing else. What we could make out the T-shirt said “I love (heart) …iruno” (difficult to make out). Later we went with the police close to the body and tried to get it from the water. The police seemed a little reluctant to pull it out of the water immediately and we got involved and tried to pull it with a rope. Two army personal on the island also got involved tried to help us. … To see a body floating in the water like that reminded me of some Hollywood horror movie.
We then left the scene and later went to the police station who told us that they thought it was a fisherman who fell overboard (or something like that), and there seemed to be little investigation going on. As far as I understood no further investigation would take place. We were told that they would wait for a missing persons report. They said it was a male and they thought it was an Asian person (possibly Thai). When someone is in the sea for so long it is difficult to know we were told. But I find that a little disheartening given that it might have been someone travelling alone and no missing report in that case would be coming. I have to ask surely there is some kind of process or procedure that needs to be followed to understand who they were or might have been staying for instance. Maybe it was a foreigner travelling alone. From what I could see it appeared to have a tattoo on the front of “his” chest. We are convinced it was a male. Also most fisherman go fishing without a t-shirt, so this possibly looked like a swimmer to me who had drowned. I understand that the body is badly decomposed but I wonder about his relatives who may be looking for him, or could be unaware he has gone missing.
I think they should have a board outside the police station in Thai and English informing people of missing persons, incidents and in this case of unidentified people found. They should also have it on the Internet. I understand they may not wish for bad publicity but if that happened in London or New York, an unidentified report would be issued. The police station telephone number is 038 644 111.
Mark Levin


Shame on you

Editor;
Re: Syphilis tests violate basic human rights (PM Mailbag Friday, 23 August 2013) - No! Shame on you John to even think you should be exempted from a simple test because you work here. Should a person with HIV or full blown AIDS be allowed to work in the kitchen of your hotel? Should they be free to have unprotected sex? A test for syphilis is between you & your Dr and 99.99% of the time will be negative. A visa to Australia requires you to a medical examination. Its many years since I applied for an American visa, but one question was “Are you a communist?” Why is it that when things get a little complicated you scream “Human Rights Invasion”? Go & get your jab and hope you are not in the 0.1%.
Sean Murphy


Thank you for your concern

Editor;
Re: American dies waiting in line for haircut (PM Friday, 09 August 2013) - Thank you for your concern. My brother was returned to the United States for his final rites. He was not a boxing instructor. When he lived in Thailand he was a private golf instructor. He had returned for a visit because he loved your country and culture. Thank you for bringing him happiness.
Martha Burns


Tschopp abused many children

Editor;
Re: Previous arrest in Switzerland (PM Mailbag Friday, 23 August 2013) - Mr. Tschopp abused many children in Switzerland where after a first conviction he managed to open a sports camp receiving young boys. They were forced there to do nude pictures and videos doing obscene things. There are 7 victims names on the documents I have. I have forwarded them to the Thai Embassy in Switzerland. It proves that Tschopp after getting out of his Swiss jail came to Thailand to continue abusing children. It is a shame that Swiss justice does not follow it s predators and let them pursue their primitive and destructive actions on children in other countries. You can contact me if you need the documents.
Arielle


Build a better drainage system

Editor;
Re: PM affirms benefits of 350-billion-baht water management project (PM Friday, 23 August 2013) - Build underground water-tunnels to drain away excess rainwater from flooded areas to underground built-reservoir, located outside the city-areas, maybe (in the) country-side with less population concentration.
Haze


Why not test everyone?

Editor;
Re: Why syphilis? (PM Mailbag Friday, 09 August 2013) - So, by your reasoning, no one should be allowed into this country unless they’ve had a syphilis test. I’m a family man who works hard for his money, and I am not taking a job away from a local Thai. I would predict that the one month tourists who come here would be much more likely to have and spread infectious diseases than those of us with respectable jobs. And yes, in the “old days” we still had to fill out a medical certificate - I’m not saying we shouldn’t. But I agree with Paul - why syphilis? Why not HIV? And why target those of us not involved in the sex industry, and not target those who come here just for that? And on the reverse, if you’re not going to test the throngs of men who come here for the easy nightlife, then why test those of us here who aren’t involved in it?
Fred


Clean the loo

Editor;
In Bangkok Post (August 20, 2013) it was announced that toilet facilities at bus and train stations will be free! About time... Now how about cleaning and sanitizing the facilities to eliminate the horrible rancid odor.
R. P. Bron


HEADLINES [click on headline to view story]

Bangkok governor is a nice man

Crazy politicians

Concerned about identity of body

Shame on you

Thank you for your concern

Tschopp abused many children

Build a better drainage system

Why not test everyone?

Clean the loo

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