In Broad Daylight

August 3rd, 2008

A letter to the Bangkok Post a few days ago described a double murder in broad daylight:

We heard about eight gunshots from the street below. Within seconds, I was looking down and across Phaya Thai road … Two bodies were lying on the footpath…

…As if on cue a plain, dark blue sedan stopped at the curb. Four men in street clothes appeared. They picked up one body, throwing it into the back seat of the car. …

The car with the body drove off quickly down Phaya Thai. The other body was then lifted … Another car pulled up and that body was also whisked away.

Anybody who still thinks Thailand is just so safe and the people always friendly and smiling, should think twice.