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Originally Posted by frogblogger
It's good that this sort of thing is getting a high profile in the media - someone, somewhere, must realise the harm this is doing to Thailand's international image and its waning tourist industry.
You have to wonder what would happen in such a situation if you simply refuse to pay up and take the prison option. Would they fabricate evidence against you? Would there be an international outcry?
I gambled once in Lao during an extortion attempt, and got away with a stubborn refusal to pay up when threatened with first jail, then 'disappearing'. Not sure I would do it again there, Thailand is highly civilised in comparison. But I would be tempted to fight the extortionists in LOS, that's for sure.
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If I had got to the Embassy like they did, I would have sat there (help or no help) until someone did something - even if it was a plane home. Its much better to be an American in these sort of cases, they care about their citizen, Brit Embassy is just here to make money for printing nstandard forms at a £100 a throw! Glad I don't pay UK taxes any more!!!!