[mumblerino]

Regardless of what you said about “those guys,” which is barely relevant to the story, if we are to believe the business owners, they’re right in suing for defamation (the guy left 3 reviews out of spite)

However the problem is that the police considers this a good enough reason to jail someone working there legally after picking him up from his workplace.

I don’t think that’s fair.

[stephenr]

> someone working there legally

There is literally zero evidence that he's working here (Thailand) legally. The article only says he works here, at a school.

That immigration police arrested him rather than "regular" police, suggests that his employment may not be above board.

[mumblerino]

They took him 250km away to where the hotel is and imprisoned him there. Does that sound like he was arrested for immigration troubles or this specific defamation suit?

Thai police can't speak English, so it wouldn't be out of the ordinary to ask the immigration police (which, by definition, deals with foreigners) to do it.

[stephenr]

> Thai police can't speak English

You can say the same about a good portion of the Thai immigration police.

[eric4smith]

It’s not fair and I agree with you.

But it’s the law in Thailand. And sometimes “those guys” believe that the laws in other countries don’t apply to them because they think it’s “not fair” and not the same as the laws in their countries.

[mumblerino]

Again here you're just venting about "those guys." Some laws are "the law" in Nazi Germany too (not to cite more modern examples), so it's perfectly fine to call them out.