Mekong

allistar

I learned many years ago to separate emotions from factual or one would lose the argument, the same as losing ones temper in negotiations will lose you your advantage.

I never actually considered taking up law until a project manager I was working with at the time suggested it, he had his first degree in computer science back in the 60's and got into law in the 80's and he told me "M" law and computing are so similar, If/ Then, What / If etc are the basics, referral to previous cases in law is like a subroutine in computing, i wasn't driven as such but just took the old mans advice on how to further my career as I said one can either go sand crazy in Saudi or do something useful.

As for your comment about a fool defends himself, I am not the defendant i am the plaintiff, no way would I ever defend myself even I am not that egotistical but being the plaintiff I know my case better than I could ever explain to my legal representation and as such am fighting it myself with support from a Thai lawyer.

Thanks for your "good luck" comment, I know I will need it, but as I said the criminal court have already accepted my cases against her 3 hours into the hearing, I think the judge had seen enough and was hungry. Her defense lawyer tried to hit me with a bombshell and I replied with evidence I had previously withheld that had him running around the courtroom like a headless chicken until he stated "No Further Questions" the judge decided there and then she had a case to answer.

My soon to be ex's problem is overconfidence, as Sun Tzu taught anyone in "The Art of War" (read my tag line) NEVER UNERESTIMATE ONES ENEMY, she thought that because I allowed her to take care of all financial dealings and later destroyed my records that I would have no case against her, she thought I was incapable of finding the evidence, stupid mistake on her behalf but working to my advantage. She thought she was the perfect woman who could rip me off and could never meet another Thai female as good as her, oops I met one better.

I have admitted on this forum that I am an alcoholic, even though I have been through detox and have not touched a drink in 10 months now I tell myself everyday I am an alcoholic who cannot allow myself to slip back into remission, she never believed I could do it, but now she is on the back foot.

Her defense lawyer has already offered via my lawyer. 60% of what i am asking for, no way did we accept, they are running scared now and don't even know 25% of the evidence I have against her. My evidence has all been obtained via court orders and as such is admissible evidence, even if I was to accept 2 out of 3 criminal cases I have against her are incompoundable which means even if I was to drop the charges the state prosecutor could still continue, in fact the state has already asked me to allow them to take on the criminal case, I was like "No Thanks" I want to send the bitch down.

I have found where she has hidden the money at last so I will be recompensated if I win the case.

The battle has started but the war is not over, in fact it has only just begun so not only am I not counting my chickens before the eggs have hatched in fact the eggs have not been laid yet.

If people are interested I will continue to post updates, if all I get is sarcastic snide comments from certain BM's I will keep it to myself.

Komg

From what I've read, having an LLB degree cuts one year off of the 3 year JD degree programs in the U.S. Plus, its been 30 years since you took those courses toward an LLB degree. You must be an extremely quick study to overcome those odds.

allistar I would not know about the US system being a Brit myself, I didn't start my LLB until my mid 30's less than 15 years ago via Open University, which is a well respected UK based "Distance Learning" establishment, just did the course work and research from home then to the UK for the exams. I was in Saudi at the time and one can either go sand crazy or do something useful, I chose the later.

I have never professed to be a lawyer, I have always stated that I am an engineer who happens to have a law degree which means I can be also utilized as a contracts administrator, there is a lot of litigation on the projects I work on, I have never taken the bar exam and never intend to so as such I am not allowed to practice law in the UK. In Thailand I am not allowed to represent myself in a criminal case but under family and civil cases the courts have accepted my credentials and I am allowed to represent myself.

Previously I have only been involved in contractual negotiations, this will be a first for me cross examing the defendant (my soon to be ex I hope) in a court of law, hell yes I am shitting myself but I also like to take on a new challenge.

I hope this clears up a few facts.

Cheers

Kong

OK another update, of course now the proceedings are underway I will have more to update.

Whilst sat in the back of a taxi last friday I was continuing to study "Thai Civil and Commercial Code" on my iPad, yes I do use it for more than reading emails surfing for porn or posting crap on here, and came across an article which stated "Plaintiff can submit a written testimony to the court on the day of the hearing and it the court accepts such only face cross examination from defendants lawyer" I was like "wow fuck man" I can do that. So since Friday night I have been working on my written testimony.

The testimony itself is easy, it is ensuring that references to all court documents, evidence list and witnesses list are correct, I would look a fool if I stated in Sect 2.1 para 3 of the defendants counter claim when it was actually para 4, or if I was to quote wrong bank account numbers or incorrect evidence to support my testimony any good defense lawyer would jump on that, this is what takes time. Hard work but I am doing it with a smile on my face since I know I have her. Even if the court do not accept my written testimony and want me to be questioned by my Lawyer at least doing this he will have a list of questions to ask and hopefully I will have all the right answers and have my evidence in the right order.

My Desk now looks like a bomb has hit it, files and folders everywhere, but it's often said that a tidy desk is the sign of a small mind, as messy as it may seem I can find anything within 5 seconds, the girlfriend now understands "DON'T TOUCH", clean the rest of the house sure but leave my workspace alone, here's 40 THB fuck off and get some Som Tam or something and leave me alone, I always have been a big spender.

So if some of my latest postings have come across as "some twat of a lawyer speaking" now you know the reason, most of my time is spent working on my case now and I only pop in here occasionally at the moment and cannot tune out 100%.

The Battle has Started

I have been in many places, but I've never been in Cahoots.

Apparently, you can't go alone. You have to be in Cahoots with someone.

I've also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there.

I have, however, been in Sane. They don't have an airport; you have to

be driven there. I have made several trips, thanks to my friends,

family and work. I live close so it's a short drive.

I would like to go to Conclusions, but you have to jump, and I'm not

too much on physical activity anymore.

I have also been in Doubt. That is a sad place to go, and I try not to

visit there too often.

I've been in Flexible, but only when it was very important to stand firm.

Sometimes I'm in Capable, and I go there more often as I'm getting older.

One of my favourite places to be is in Suspense! It really gets the

adrenalin flowing and pumps up the old heart! At my age I need all the

stimuli I can get!

And, sometimes I think I am in Vincible but life shows me I am not.

People keep telling me I'm in Denial but I'm positive I've never been

there before!

I have been in Deepshit many times; the older I get, the easier it is

to get there. I actually kind of enjoy it there.

So far, I haven't been in Continent; but my travel agent says I'll be

going soon.

Here is a song you might want to add.

I'm not sure on doing the you tube link thing.

So you can post it if you believe it fits for all going on.

Tom Petty, "I wont back down"

PT

I posted the Eddie Vedder / Pearl Jam version of that tune on 7th June, I think the acoustic version does it more justice, and trust me it does fit like a glove.

Oh

One thing I forgot to mention, in the criminal hearing her lawyer requested to see my passport, obviously for visa reasons, I used my right and refused his request but allowed him to call Immigration as a witness to check out my paperwork. Immigration verified that I am here on a non-imm B visa and have paid not only my own taxes but also my employees Social Security, I am 100% legitimate businessman (farking good agent I use) so I now have a certified court judgement stating I have legal right to live here. Is this all she can try against me?

Well I sent you all four secttions of the Thai Civil and Commercial plus a full document on Thai Criminal Code and you backed down. WHY?

Thai Courts are great, it's the lawyers who can lose you the case, never trust a lawyer toninvestigate, you have to do it yourself, I just counted tonight I have 96 court orders against her, this means getting.a judge to accept ones request, deliver to the recipient then take signed part of document back to issuing court, attached to form 40 as required. Bloody hard work when 3 courts involved.

For some reason this tune is in my head, and I have just sent the translator mad playing it 4 times at home

Led Zep. Your Time

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qZVsGxa_Vzk

I apologies if I post too many YouTube links, but anyone who knows me recognizes me as a failed musician who went into engineering, my guitar follows me all over the world. I just pick up on tunes that fit my mood the document she submitted is now worth to me over 5 Million Baht, hence why I call her "Stupid Girl"

This may get very interesting over the next few weeks, her lawyer dropped her and now we are entering Family and Civil cases I am now allowed to present my own cases, a farang lawyer is not allowed to take on a criminal case that's all, now I can start to play with her.

Stay tuned for further updates, or even a slight musical moment that passes my mind

I confess that I am 95% sure I may lose, how many freaking farangs take on hiso Thai families and win? But even if I do lose I go down fighting, I won't back down.

So far it's looking 65% in my favour, my lawyer first stated 90% I was like fuck off man I pay you for truth not bullshit so he told me

Straight eventually. I answered 97.5 correct but the 2.5% you missed out may be critical, good point, I have a lot more reading to do.

Even when I act as my own plaintiff attorney in the civil cases I am not allowed notes since I will be on the stand, but I can use my translator to ask me questions, we have over a dozen pages already and we have only just started.

It's going to be an interesting few weeks coming up, and I will try to keep you all updated so long as i make no libelous statements

PS My translator has lived with me for more than a year now!

Stay tuned guys, welcome back my friends to the show that never ends!

I have just finished analysing a document I alledgedly signed in 2004.

I went through it with a Thai Contracts Lawyer even though I primarily work in contract law myself, I wanted back up to my opinion and I was spot on, he will only charge me 2K baht for his time today and to testify on my behalf in court.

I don't know why her lawyer submitted the document , only one tune came to mind was

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9-7VCSYJkdw

WF

We have met up in Bangkok and Madrid and i hope you enjoyed our time together as much as I did.

As you can confirm I am probably one of the most laid back guys going, unless some bitch stomps on my rice bowl, But I am a fighter if someone pisses me off, long haul nearing completion

Thanks for the wishes

Ratchada,

Glad to have revived your greying memory cells I saw the Karn Evil 9 set in the UK before they took it stateside and it blew me away, I suppose it is one of those "you had to have been there" moments that stay with us throughout life.

As Passingthrough stated the first four lines say it all

Welcome back my friend,

To the show that never ends

So glad you could attend

Come inside come inside!

Legal update, she offered me 5 million Baht cash today in front of the judge, I laughed in her face, I agreed to allow her to use Sin Somros (joint) assets for her 10 million baht bail on the condition that if she fails to comply with terms and conditions of bail the money is void and handed to me and also any court ruling that puts me in excess of 10 Million the bail money is awarded to me before I have to sequester her assets. She has spent 3 nights in jail now and accepted my terms just to get out of the shithole.

I am never one to count my chickens before the eggs have hatched but I reckon that within the next few weeks and three court cases against her she will crack.

Wish me luck guys, it's been an 18 month struggle often placing a strain on my current relationship, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now, just hope it's in my advantage and not a goods train she hits me with.

Time will tell!

So, assuming you will win your case, I take it you'll be sponsoring a good night of fun someplace along Sukhumvit

HH

HH if and when I win the case I am going to relax for a couple of years, Royal Dutch Shell who I have worked for on contract numerous times in the past are negotiating with me about a position in Iraq 28 days on 28 days off in Basra seem more appealing to me right now.

The hearing was last Friday and since Monday was a holiday here I heard nothing until Tuesday, the court "Mah thini Mah Thini now" you need to apply for her arrest warrant, so off I trotted out to Talin Chan again. damn I was in my 90's ripped jeans my Technics T-Shirt and a pair of trainers, who do I see the freaking judge, he couldn't have cared less and then proceeded to show me his trial notes. A few things that stood out for me were:-

The plaintiff was asked if he could read and write Thai, which he denied but stated he could speak a little. The only time he used his translator was to have Thai documents read to him in Thai. I was like "Holy Fuck" I spent 3.5 hours getting grilled on Thai Law in Thai?

The next one was when I said the equivalent to " Why the fuck is her lawyer taking so long to look at evidence that by law had to have been submitted 7 days before the hearing, could he not of come before and looked? His trial notes said " The Plaintiff asked the defense attorney why he was taking so long to review evidence, I agreed and just warned Khun M Jai Yen na khrup.

The last one was when he threw in a piece of evidence, a document I had signed in 2547 (2004) of course I said "I have never seen it before" with a few choice words, the court record stated "The defense offered new evidence to the Plaintiff and the Plaintiff within his right stated he would reply in 7 days time to the validity of said document"

Anyway fast forward to Wednesday evening, I got a phone call from her brother "You Bastard, You have a warrant out against my sister" I did war him that communications between plaintiff and defense were illegal and I was recording his call, I also told him that if he checked the last email I sent him it said "Tell your sister to play ball or face the consequences' That was Feb 2554 (2011) no reply.

He sent me an email later,"My Sister has been arrested and you won't let her post bail" of course I ignored it but now I know she has at least 10 Million Baht of mine.

Is it cheap? Selective comment, I have probably shelled put approx. 1.2 Million over the past 12 months, plus my loss of earnings, but no way is she getting away with this, I set up Thai Company for a Non-Imm B pay all my taxes and insurance payments for my employees, rent on home and office on time, TOT, AIS, True Vision, MEA, I am a perfect citizen as far as credit is concerned. No way would I ever consider myself as a Rich Man, but it does take a fair bit of baht and balls to see it through

To end on musical note, which I often do, My "Translator" let me go out early on the premise that I met her at 10PM at a local bar of ours that has an open mike night. When I arrived at 10;20 (Thai Traffic great excuse) i was a little shocked to see my Gibson J-200 there, this is 15000 Euro of Guitar but she just told me to play.

This is the Eddie Vedder / Pearl Jam version from 2006, I was playing it like this in 1999, Eddie Vedder does Mekongs take on Neil Young

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wkxAmQo-Vw&list=FLFWZpKEX7DM6XenySpZylTw&index=1&feature=plpp_video

PT I hope she does make you wear headphones for this, listen to the words man

Yes, Was a damm good tune. Never heard the extended version with the drum solo.

My wife though not being a rock nd roll person. kinda shook her head when I played it twice..

Keep going strong and do not let go with the bite you have on her now

You have never listened to the full version then

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwTAXVcK1JA

Damn!

 

Don't ever let me get on the wrong side of you

Come on Coss I am one of the most mellow guys you have ever met, just don't break the law against me or my employees

OK,

I admit that my secondary degree is in law hence the reason I am a bit of an asshole

Interesting saga, Khun Mekong. Looking forward to future advisements. Just out of curiosity (in case I might have missed it), what are the charges against her?

 

HH

On the Criminal Case three charges

Section 137 Whoever, giving any false information to any official, and is likely to cause injury to any person or the public, shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding six months or fine not exceeding one thousand Baht, or both.

Section 267 Whoever, notifying the official doing oneself's duty to make any false entry in the public or official document for the aims to be used as evidence, shall be imprisoned not out of three years or fined not out of six thousand Baht, or both.

Section 352 Whoever, being in possession of a property belonging to the other person, or of which the other person is a co-owner, dishonestly convert s such property to himself or a third person, is said to commit misappropriation, and shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding three years or fined not exceeding six thousand Baht, or both. If such property comes under the possession of the offender on account of being delivered to him by the other person by mistake by any means whatever, or being a lost property found by him, the offender shall be liable to one-half of the punishment.

My Family case (divorce case) in 5 weeks and my Civil Infringement case a week later

 

 

Now the big question is, will she shell out the baht / flee/ or go to jail??

She cannot shell out herself, all monies in question are "Sin Somros" (Married assets) and as such she needs my permission to use the assets to make her own bail.

Fleeing is not possible her passport was proffered as security yesterday and is now held by the the court

Most probably a member of her family will put up the monies to keep her arse out of jail for now,

Good tune though wasn't it!

Round one to Mekong.

Had the preliminary criminal hearing at Dusit Kwaeng court today and blew her defense to pieces.

Brief synopsis, her family lawyer for over 25 years resigned from the defense and she now has 7 days to post bail. Judge S asked me if I wished for the public prosecutor to peruse her or if I wanted to do it myself (wink wink) I will take out a warrant for her arrest next week and bail is set at 10 Million Baht.

It has been a long hard battle lasting for over a year now but I am finally seeing results, let the show go on,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeQsZOQqO6I

The Economists view on Scottish Independence

Guitar amp pioneer Jim Marshall dies aged 88

Guitar amp innovator Jim Marshall, dubbed "the Father of Loud" for creating kit used by some of rock's biggest names, has died aged 88.

Mr Marshall, who originally owned a music shop in London, founded Marshall Amplification 50 years ago.

He had suffered several strokes in recent years, and developed cancer at the end of 2011, his son said.

A statement posted on the company's website called him a "legendary man" who led a "truly remarkable life".

Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain are among the musicians who used Marshall amps.

Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash tweeted: "The news of Jim Marshall passing is deeply saddening. R & R will never be the same w/out him. But, his amps will live on FOREVER!"

Motley Crue bass player Nikki Sixx also paid tribute on Twitter, saying Marshall was "responsible for some of the greatest audio moments in music's history - and 50% responsible of all our hearing loss."

Speaking to Radio Four's Front Row programme on Thursday, musician Paul Weller said he used a Marshall amp that was "at least 40 years old and still sounds fantastic".

"For me it's the exactly right amp for the job," said the former Jam and Style Council frontman. "I don't know if anyone's particularly improved on it, to be honest."

Jim Marshall began building amplifiers in the early 1960s, using the Fender Bassman amp as a model, creating what later became known as "the Marshall sound".

After talking to Pete Townshend and Ritchie Blackmore, who were customers at the shop, he realised there was a gap in the market to make a cheaper alternative to the other models available at the time.

It took him six attempts to create an amp he was happy with.

As the company grew, Mr Marshall expanded his product range, unveiling the Master Volume Marshall amps and the classic JCM800 split channel amps.

"Jim rose to become one of the forefathers responsible for creating the tools that allowed rock guitar, as we know and love it today, to be born," the statement said.

"In addition to the creation of the amps, chosen by countless guitar heroes and game changing bands, Jim was also an incredibly humble and generous man who, over the past several decades, has quietly donated many millions of pounds to worthy causes."

Marshall amplifiers were such a fixture of the rock scene that they featured prominently in the spoof documentary This is Spinal Tap.

In a famous scene from the film, guitarist Nigel Tufnel proudly showed off his Marshall stack which went up to 11. He explained it was "one louder" than usual amplifiers.

In 2003, Marshall he was given the OBE for his services to music and charity. He was a regular supporter of Macmillan and the Willen Hospice.

He also donated money to the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore, where he was treated for tuberculosis as a child.

The Marshall Amps company, which is now based in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a tribute concert at Wembley Arena.

Iron Maiden, Slipknot, Whitesnake and The Cult are among the bands who have been lined up to play at the September event.

Mr Marshall will be remembered alongside guitarmakers Leo Fender and Les Paul for shaping the sound of the modern electric guitar.

He is survived by his children Terry and Victoria and step-children Paul and Dawn.

Stevie Wonder is playing his 1st gig in China and the place is packed

to the rafters. In a bid to break the ice he asks if anyone has a request.

One chap jumps out of his seat in the 1st row and shouts at the

top of his voice "Play a jazz chord ! play a jazz chord!"

Amazed that this guy knows about the jazz influences in Stevie's

career, the blind impresario starts to play an E minor scale

and then goes into a difficult jazz melody for about 10

minutes.When he finishes the whole place goes wild. The chap

jumps out of his seat again and shouts "No, no, play a

jazz chord, play a jazz chord".

A bit cheesed off by this, Stevie, being the professional he is,

dives straight in to a jazz improvisation with his band

around the B flat minor chord and really tears the place

apart. The crowd go ballistic with this impromptu show of

his musical expertise. But, still the little Chinese man

jumps up again and shouts "No, no. Play a jazz chord, play a jazz chord".

Stevie is really pissed off now that this chap doesnt seem to

appreciate his playing ability and shouts to him from the stage

" OK smart arse, you get up here and do it".

The little bloke climbs onto the stage,takes hold of the mike and

starts to sing........ ....

"A jazz chord to say , I luv you..."

Last count she had 14 times to show up at 3 courts, no show but the court records show I have been there every time.

Tomorrow is her "Drop dead date" show up or criminal charges are going all the way, mind the doors.

Stupid woman, she knows I have BSe and MSe ENG as well as LLB in Law (hence the reason I am a twat) and she wants to contest me?

As much as I may "Joo Jee" the Thai Judicial system it is actually quite good, I have been able to present my witness list to the courts and the Judge has given me Court Orders to get her bank records etc, can't wait to see her face when she realizes I have them.

Game on!

He's still posting, so at least he is capable of using a mouse.

I can also use a keyboard.

Everything is Thai way Cha Cha Maak, Mediation hearing tomorrow if she shows up.

Alzheimer's Self Test...from WEB-MD

If you are over 45 yrs old, you MUST take this Alzheimer's Test

How fast can you guess these words and fill-in the blanks?

1. _ _NDOM

2. F_ _K

3. P_N_S

4. PU_S_

5. S_X

6. BOO_S

| | | | | | | | | |

Answers:

1. RANDOM

2. FORK

3. PANTS

4. PULSE

5. SIX

6. BOOKS

You got all 6 wrong....didn't you?

You do NOT have Alzheimer's

You are a Pervert!!

simple maths..... 14-2-12=0

No Valentines Card for your Mrs this year then BB?