American couple extorted in Thailand or?

American couple extorted in Thailand or?

The Bangkok Post Spectrum section ran a story about how two Americans said they were abused by Thailand legal system and a dodgy landlord.

I can not write the whole story here but basically it comes down to bad lawyers, bad translators, no interest from the US Embassy, corrupt system and bad luck.

I do not know if they burned down their house themselves or the electric did it. But they should instead of just pay pay pay gone down to Phuket to find out what really happen with the house.

Most of the time when you rent a house the house owner avoids tax and dodge the whole contract. They never take insurance and leave it to the person who rents the house to do it. If you bring this up in court you will see the owner backing down. The problem is when the owner see the couple locked up and in weak state he use it and people around him see a chance to make some money, lawyers included.

I have no idea why they agreed to pay him the money they should just take it to civil court and left the country if they felt they been swindled.

I can not answer if they police wanted extra money but I can tell you at least 10 people that I know in persons that had to pay extra money to the police and I am sure everyone does when they have been living in Thailand for a while.

The American couple have started a donation site to try to get back some of the money they lost and if you want to support them or read the full story you do that here.

http://landoftrials.wordpress.com/

Comments (4)

  1. Mindstream

    July 14, 2009
  2. David Wenman

    July 10, 2009
  3. Mindstream

    July 8, 2009
  4. David Wenman

    July 4, 2009

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