Hotel guest in Thailand jailed for defamation after posting bad online reviews

Post by visarga » Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 5:15 AM UTC

hu3 wrote: post #61

dhruvrrp wrote: post #23

Link to the resort’s response from twitter https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VZCwyULmkLpZ7y5nT5wsaX0mn8w... Seems like a messed up situation and i would like to side with the guest, but given I don’t have a culture frame of reference I wouldn’t be too fast to judge the resort.

"There are 3 main reasons that forced us to file a complaint – We are not suing him for just a single bad review: 1. He left fabricated stories on his reviews on TripAdvisor and Google that included xenophobic connotations, accusations of slavery and even comments that could mislead readers to associate our property with the Coronavirus. 2. He had been posting reviews roughly 1-2 weeks apart with obvious defamatory i…

Post by Gigablah » Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 5:21 AM UTC

philliphaydon wrote: post #144

Gigablah wrote: post #132

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On the other hand, one of the laws that nobody bothers to enforce in Singapore is jaywalking.

I’m unsure why you’re being downvoted. But it’s true. Unless you’re jaywalking in a busy area and causing distribution to traffic. The police don’t really mind if you jaywalk providing it’s safe for you to do so. Edit: I guess the truth doesn’t matter on HN.

Post by taneq » Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 6:02 AM UTC

MiroF wrote: post #34

altacc wrote: post #30

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The people you’re dealing with and owning these places are not necessarily poor. There are many poor people in Thailand but many very, very wealthy people and you might not be able to recognise which is which. The wealth divide is very big.

> There are many poor people in Thailand but many very, very wealthy people and you might not be able to recognise which is which. The wealth divide is very big. Of course - this is true of most countries in the global south since the 80/90s.

Post by aidenn0 » Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 6:04 AM UTC

pmachinery wrote: post #39

INTPenis wrote: post #8

I'm not surprised. I had some crazy experiences in Thailand. Once the floor dropped out in our bungalow, as I was stepping on it. Sheer luck that I didn't fall through and cut myself open on the exposed building material. Trying to explain this to the owner and they accused us of breaking the floor and wanted to charge for it. Another time we wanted them to order a cab for us but they insisted we use their limo servi…

> raising your voice and gesticulating in their culture is really frowned upon. Where do people not frown upon that? Would you like someone raising their voice and waving their arms around in front of you? > It can get pretty frustrating communicating with someone who doesn't understand. Did you try speaking their language?

Post by aidenn0 » Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 6:14 AM UTC

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dehrmann wrote: post #70

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> know the local laws I've been to Singapore. There's the ones everyone knows about like the drug laws, not spitting, littering, or chewing gum. The one people don't mention is that cars also have the right of way over pedestrians, so be extra careful when crossing the street.

Pedestrians have right of way at pedestrian crossings. Cars have right of way elsewhere. https://sso.agc.gov.sg/SL/RTA1961-R24?DocDate=20190131#pr4- This is pretty standard, and Singapore is way safer for pedestrians than virtually any Asian country outside Japan.