March 20, 200719 yr The new Thai government, installed by military coup last September, has had enough of foreigners setting up home in Thailand illegally and pushing up property prices. Under the previous regime, rules were lax and loopholes could be exploited. Now property laws are being tightened and the maximum stay on a tourist visa is limited to 90 days in any 180-day period . Thousands of semi-retired Western men, once able to live indefinitely in the Kingdom of Smiles simply by making 'visa runs' to Cambodia every few months, have had the smiles wiped off their faces. All of which is bad news for that most bizarre of literary circles - the writers of hard-boiled Bangkok crime novels. Even if the authors now leave the country, having done their 'research', who will be left to read their work? http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=2&subID=1547
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