I don’t know what’s going on lately, but news about the Thai police dominates the charts every day and hits the screen every night.
The mainland Chinese female internet celebrity's "police pick-up" incident is not over yet, here comes another "Taiwanese actress street extortion incident".
The version told by the Taiwanese female star is very different from the version told by the Thai patrol police. What exactly happened on the streets of Bangkok in the early morning of January 4 is still a mystery, and a "Rashomon " was staged with different opinions.
Before taking a stand, let’s take a look at what both sides said -
First, let’s look at the Taiwanese female star’s statement:
Taiwanese actress An Yuqing said that at one o’clock in the morning on January 4, she and a few friends took a taxi back to the hotel and were stopped by the Thai police at the checkpoint in the Huihuang District of Bangkok.
Without saying a word, the police came up and searched the car, searched the luggage of several people, and conducted body searches. As a result, the police "did not find anything illegal," so they began to check her visa. She took out her arrival visa, but the police said that this visa was "not acceptable" and that it had to be stamped in the passport to count.
Midway through, An Yuqing’s friend wanted to record the video, but was forced to delete it by the police.
An Yuqing and her group were then taken to the police station, where they were reprimanded and intimidated by the police. An Yuqing begged the police to let her go and "almost knelt before the police." After more than two hours of chatting, the police took her to a blind spot that could not be captured by surveillance cameras and offered her 27,000 baht.
paid the money and the police finally let them go. Before leaving, An Yuqing saw several Korean girls who were also being tortured in the police station. After
escaped, An was furious. He cursed the Thai police on his social media and issued lofty words such as "Never come to Thailand again" and "Goodbye rotten Bangkok". A few weeks after the incident, An Yuqing's post was forwarded by a Thai account named "Hello Taiwan, I'm here" FB, which attracted widespread attention in Thailand.
and above are the Taiwanese actress’s unilateral statement.
So what did the Thai police say?
San Long, deputy director of the Gyeonggi Police Department in Bangkok, told the media that after questioning the seven patrol officers on duty in the road section that night, the police currently have the following situation -
htmlAt around 1 a.m. on November 4, the police stopped the taxi of Taiwanese actress An Yuqing and her group and conducted a "normal inspection of prohibited items."
As a result, the police found an e-cigarette in the female star’s bag (e-cigarettes are contraband in Thailand).
An Yuqing was drunk at the time, confused and emotional, and did not carry her passport with her.
The police asked her to provide her passport. Language communication between the two parties was difficult. The actress and her group spoke Chinese, but the police could only use English + gestures. After a long time of difficult communication, An Yuqing finally agreed to let one of her friends bring her passport to the inspection station.
As a result, after waiting for more than an hour, no one came.
The two parties had poor communication and were at a stalemate, and in the end they both became a little annoyed.
As a result, the police officers transferred several people to a nearby police station. After giving them verbal admonitions, they were released without extorting any fees or punishing them.
The above is the statement of the Thai police - to be precise, the Thai police officer involved.
Both sides stated as above, so the question is: Which statement do you think is more reasonable and credible?
Or do you not completely believe both sides?
Let’s use both sides to state the content for the time being and do a little analysis.
There are no obvious loopholes in the Taiwanese actress's statement at first glance. is logically self-consistent with , and the chain is complete. Except that she did not mention that she was drunk, her narrative is relatively close to the Thai routines we know every day.
According to her statement, the reason why the police attacked her was that "visas that are not stamped in the passport are not recognized." According to Thailand's current regulations, foreigners who go out without their passports must either have them brought to them or pay a small fine. As for visas, Thailand does require that electronic visas on arrival be printed in paper form and presented with their passports - so when the police say "visas are not allowed", this may be what they are referring to.
Recently, the Thai police have been randomly checking the passports and visas of foreigners in the Huihuang area. Those who encounter problems with their passports or visas will indeed be fined.
The only incongruous thing is that if the police went to war just because the actress didn't bring her passport, it would seem like it would be a fuss to bother the actress for several hours - even if it was really for extortion, this flaw alone would not seem to be enough for the police to extort such a huge sum of money.
Of course, abnormal blackmail cannot be guessed by common sense. Therefore, there is not much that is difficult to justify in the actress' statement.
As for "e-cigarettes", that's another story.
The police statement is generally logically self-consistent. The main problem for the Taiwanese actress is not that she has a visa problem, but that she was found to have e-cigarettes without her passport.
According to Thai regulations, e-cigarettes are prohibited items, and carrying e-cigarettes can result in a fine of up to 30,000 baht.
However, it is precisely this e-cigarette that makes the police statement slightly incongruous.
Because according to the police, the final result at that time was "no fine at all, and she was released after being educated." If the Taiwanese actress just didn't bring her passport, it is indeed possible that she would just be too lazy to deal with you and let her go; but if she was found to be carrying a prohibited e-cigarette, would the police give up so easily?
Since the police caught the actress in such a bad way, they dragged her to the police station for several hours and finally let her go like this?
Even if you really let him go, wouldn't it be like releasing a trafficker privately, breaking the rule of "mistakes must be punished"...
Regarding the police statement, the Taiwanese actress's reaction was to "categorically deny".
An Yuqing said that she did not drink at all at that time. She could identify the police officer who collected the money at any time, and fiercely accused the Thai police: "Why didn't you show the surveillance video and start messing around?" "Sometimes you said there was no inspection, and the next time you said you didn't take the money?"
"Because it endangers their interests, So talk nonsense!" "The Thai police want to use me to clear their name. I will make it clear to Interpol and then tell everyone..."
According to the driver of the online car-hailing service the actress took that night, the actress got into her car outside the RCA entertainment venue, and the vehicle was stopped by the patrol while passing by the Chinese Embassy. The police politely asked the actress to check, but the actress was drunk and spoke loudly, and the two parties could not communicate smoothly, so they asked the actress to get out of the car for further inspection and communication. The Thai police are currently coordinating the request to the Chinese Embassy to obtain surveillance footage.
The appearance of the driver as a witness was a direct slap in the face for the actress's denial of being drunk, but it is not yet clear what details there were about that night.
Writing comments is not fortune telling. Journalists are not "Internet Conan", so it is best not to speculate on who is right or wrong in matters where the truth is unknown.
However, when both parties express contradictory statements, one party must be lying.
Based on our daily understanding of Thailand’s national conditions, as well as the personal experiences that countless people have told us, those statements are more reasonable, while those statements are somewhat doubtful, and there are still traces to follow.
Here, the old man doesn’t want to speak too plainly, everyone has their own judgment in their hearts.
At the beginning of 2023, the photogenic rate of various Thai police officers was really too high.
First there was the "Nauru Consulate Private Release Case", then the famous "Internet Celebrity Airport Pickup Case", and now the "Actress Blackmail Case"... one after another without stopping.
Originally there was also the "case of the three major generals of the Immigration Bureau", which would have been a big news in ordinary times, but in the end, it was crowded out by other police news, and it had no sense of existence at all.
It’s really sad that good things don’t go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles. The great situation created by Thailand’s “airport to welcome Chinese tourists” was soon covered by various negative news, and hedged .
Of course we know that individual cases do not represent the whole. We also believe that most of the Thai police are good public servants who eliminate violence and maintain good behavior.
However, if a thing fails once or twice, it may be accidental; if it always fails, then there is something wrong.
Today, the person who uses a police car to clear the way for you may also use a police car to escort you to the police station tomorrow.
If the problem is in your own home, you can keep the trouble at peace; but when outsiders come in droves and tourists flock in, it is very likely that outsiders will see it, leading to an uproar.
Nowadays, Thailand is about to usher in a wave of Chinese tourists. If there are some mistakes and we still go our own way, then the probability of "Thailand Social News" becoming an international hot search and becoming a global hit is destined to be high.
If you go to Bangkok at night, it will turn into a "night tour to the police station" at any time; one second the police will clear the way, the next second the police station will report. If things go on like this, Thailand's reputation will only get worse.
No matter how many MVs he shoots, how many road shows he does, and how many foreign influencers he invites to experience publicity, he may not be able to withstand the "negative news" that will explode at any time like a time bomb, round after round.
So, for the sake of Thailand, let’s deal with some things quickly.
After the arrival of 110 million tourists, if you continue to do this every day, you are embarrassed to make trouble, and we are embarrassed to report it... (The article only represents the author's personal opinion, and does not represent the official position of Thailand's Headlines News Agency. In addition, the pictures are from the Internet, and the news materials are synthesized from ch7hd_news, tnamcot and other media)
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