Should Thai citizens get less protection than foreign visitors?
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Re: “Double the penalty for crimes against tourists”, Letters, 4 May.
Songdej Praditsmanont reveals a sad truth when he mentions that, even at our international airport, people lie in wait to fleece new arrivals of their money. Of course this has been going on for decades, and I doubt it will ever cease.
Many years ago when I visited China, our tour guide assured us there was no chance of locals cheating or attacking us since “the Chinese government responds very harshly to any attack on foreigners”.
However, there would be a certain irony if a Thai law were to levy harsher penalties for the exploitation of foreigners than for the exploitation of fellow Thais.
Ewan
