THE recent raid on an expatriate bridge club after an allegation of "gambling" in Pattaya has raised eyebrows in a country where government efforts have been focused on promoting tourism and sport.

Raiding elders at a bridge club, raiding a hospital’s breast-examination centre, arresting two boys for murders that such small individuals could not have committed, arresting kids for being kids (in saying their elders know nothing), and much, much more.