Hi All
Just thought i'd share an interesting story of village life in thailand....
Over the last few months BF (with my money) has been extending his home to include an indoor kitchen, dining area, utility room and farang style toilet to the home that we built on his land in Buriram in 2003-2004.
It's nothing fancy- just a basic extension to the existing structure
For the last week he has been in Pattaya and Bkk sorting out paperwork to do with a visa application and returned to the village today to find that he has been declared by some folk as a yaba/drug dealer... this rumour has started to spread
Their logic is:
- Money to build an extension
- Money to buy a motorbike (actually it's leased)
- Lots of young guys hanging aorund the house
- He has a money to buy new clothes, mobile, satellite TV etc
-Money to go to europe on holidays
I just sent him a batch of bank statements showing bank transfers from myself to him so that he can attend a meeting of the village heads this morning in order to clear his name...
Its not as if the villagers don't know he is "associated" with a farang... i have been to the village at least 10 times in the last 7 years
Just wondering if anyone else who "sponsors" a thai guy has ever had their guy accused in this way...
I know that people can be petty and jealous of other people finding "success" but have never herd of jealousy manifesting itself in this way...
At the moment the accusation is just a libelous accusation at the village gossip level... but given the corrupt nature of Thailand police force how long before they believe rumours are truth!
I guess this is the way for some villagers to get "one up" on their neighbours or bring them down to earth by BF having to admit all his new found wealth comes from a farang.... But at least it shows that after all the recent negative press Thais are not just out to get us farang... they are also out to get each other! :thumbright: :thumbleft: