When a Cambodian man I was with was arrested for overstay by police at a drugs stop we went to the police station in the back of a police van. The cops asked for 5,000 bt to forget it and he bargained them down to 3,000. I presume he used the 'Mother Hubbard' negotiating gambit (the cupboard is bare). Since it was my 3,000 I consider this a result. He did offer to pay me back but I said no to that as he didn't have much. As others have said, 'bail' can be a flexible concept.
Zebedee (July 27th, 2020)
...times r tough for all including the police with all the entertainment establishments closed their tea money revenue stream has all but died up...as for your Cambodian...hes got a body...surely u could come to an arrangement...just saying..
Latin....forever the kindhearted.....just saying.Originally Posted by latintopxxx
..have u ever considered that he's loosing face by having to accept charity ...
An overcome with the spirit of human kindness Latin wrote.
"..have u ever considered that he's loosing face by having to accept charity ..."
Seriously!
'You want boy? Tip for me?'
They teach them that in kindergarten.
...LOL...ROFL...wish
A friend from Myanmar who used to work in Bangkok without a visa for Thailand once told me he got caught by police and had to pay 10 kTHB (no visa and no work permit).
A friend from Lao recently asked me to translate the following from Thai to English: he got caught while trying to cross the Mekong and needs 25 kTHB to be released. On his facebook posts of normal life continue.
I have sent the one or other boy 500 or 1000 or in rare cases even 2000 THB, but if anyone hits me up with such numbers: sorry, cannot!
Hiring someone a couple of times does not mean we are liable to act as an insurer of last resort for any bar boys.
Or even be on a panel of "insurers", along with all the other punters they have had in the last few years.
As for 25,000 baht for crossing the Mekong, surely the police who are experienced in the process of bribe collection expect to negotiate the bribe for a minor offence to a level where the victim can actually afford to pay it ? So rightly or wrongly, I would immediately assume a boy asking for 25,000 is just making a fraudulent request.
A few years ago, the guy in my profile pic was locked up in a beach sweep. He's not Thai. He was kept in the johmtien police building. An officer let him use his phone to ask for someone to pay his way out of jail. He asked me for 900 and to bring it to the station. Then I got a message saying his friend would take the money because if I came the price for his freedom may double or triple. His lady friend came to me and asked for double the money I was told. When I told her that she sheepishly smiled and said okay.
Shortly after that he walked out the building.
These are the good'ol days
goji...25k is nothing for a MB...less rthan a weeks earnings if we are to believe how generous almost everyone here is when engaging their services...
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