Thailand's scams and police shake-downs vs Taiwanese actress – TNT Jan 27

A Taiwanese ‘actress’ accuses Thai police of ‘shaking her down’ for 27,000 baht, meanwhile the Chinese woman who was given the VERY VIP treatment has left the country and Thai politicians and police are left pointing fingers at one another. Another passenger van crash in southern Thailand with 22 kids onboard, a public bus crashes into a condo entrance in Samut Prakhan, Burmese complain that Thailand is hijacking Songkran.

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TIMESTAMPS
1:07 – The Very VIP story keeps going, denials, denials
3:03 – Allegation about the Thailand Elite Card ‘scheme’
6:22 – Taiwanese actress alleges being shaken down by Thai police
11:45 – TAT and tourism bodies ‘exasperated’ over the alleged police shakedowns
12:50 – Man shot in ‘execution style’ in southern Thailand
13:45 – Phuket snake show ‘attack’ linked to Chinese businessman ‘Tuhao’
15:53 – ANOTHER passenger van crash with 22 kids onboard
17:32 – Burmese Thailand is ‘hijacking’ Songkran as a Thai cultural heritage
20:27 – Bus barrels into front of Condo south of Bangkok, injuring 2

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