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[Tim Drayton]

In an interview published in the Cyprus Mail in 2008, newly appointed Paphos (the place with the largest concentration of permanent British residents) police chief Costas Soteriou said, inter alia:

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/New+polic ... 0185957798

"We don't have any trouble with the British residents; they are financially secure or elderly.”

[Paphitis]

Just checked the first of Paphitis' links purportedly referring to criminal activity by British residents of the Republic of Cyprus, with the shock headline:

"Cypriot slain by Britons"

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1 ... 62,6105787

If you check the article, you will see that it dates from 1956 and refers to a killing committed by the British army at the time of the EOKA campaign. If you are you including such incidents among your data, you had better precisely define the scope of your allegations, because the RoC did not exist in 1956. Better still, maybe you should attend a basic literacy course first and come back to this forum once you have learned to read properly.

Sorry, I was in a mad rush.

You can exclude the above link due to oversight. There were 2 links posted over the same incident as well.

But do you have a good enough explanation for the 5,000 odd Brits in possession of illegal stolen property in occupied Cyprus? I don't think so!

[Paphitis]

No country in their right mind would dispatch a Tactical Response Group or Star Force with Chopper over such trivial matters.

The UK does it on a regular basis....

Well in Australia, Tactical Response Teams are usually only ever deployed due to terrorism, biker gangs, underworld activity, public shooting rampages and other similar serious crime. If these guys are out, something serious is going down. This is the way it should be!

[Paphitis]

In an interview published in the Cyprus Mail in 2008, newly appointed Paphos (the place with the largest concentration of permanent British residents) police chief Costas Soteriou said, inter alia:

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/New+polic ... 0185957798

"We don't have any trouble with the British residents; they are financially secure or elderly.”

Did he include the 5,000 Brits in possession of illegal property?

[rigsby]

Well if you are going to include the carpet baggers in the north, although they have not been convicted of anything "yet",you should include all the T/C,s and Turks living in G/C property

[Paphitis]

Well if you are going to include the carpet baggers in the north, although they have not been convicted of anything "yet",you should include all the T/C,s and Turks living in G/C property

That won't be necessary and I will explain why.

Firstly, TCs will need to live somewhere while this current situation persists. As long as they fully understand and respect the fact that the property does not belong to them and that they are using it as temporary accommodation just like some GC refugees are utilizing TC owned property in the Government controlled areas for the same purpose, then that is probably OK.

However, any TC who has benefited from the sale of GC owned property or has developed GC owned land is committing a crime under RoC law.

[denizaksulu]

Well if you are going to include the carpet baggers in the north, although they have not been convicted of anything "yet",you should include all the T/C,s and Turks living in G/C property

That won't be necessary and I will explain why.

Firstly, TCs will need to live somewhere while this current situation persists. As long as they fully understand and respect the fact that the property does not belong to them and that they are using it as temporary accommodation just like some GC refugees are utilizing TC owned property in the Government controlled areas for the same purpose, then that is probably OK.

However, any TC who has benefited from the sale of GC owned property or has developed GC owned land is committing a crime under RoC law.

Nice to see common sense prevailing Bafidis. (as usual)

[Paphitis]

Just done a quick search on Australians who get arrested while holidaying abroad. Shock ... horror ... it seems some of these sqeaky clean people do naughty things while on holiday (note for the mentally challenged: this sentence involves irony). Just look at the figures:

http://www.news.com.au/more-aussie-tour ... 5713844463

THE number of Australians arrested overseas is expected to surpass 1000 this year, say experts.

And merely the headline of the following article says it all:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/au ... 5692836512

Aussies abroad: it's an ugly picture

The simple truth is that there exist criminal and socially deviant elements in all societies, and any country that experiences mass foreign tourism is going to find that some of its citizens fall foul of the law in the countries to which they travel. So relax. I am not going to start some half-brained thread full of lurid examples of Aussie excess and misbehaviour in foreign lands.

Can you tell us how many Aussies are in possession of GC owned property? Not many if any, is that right?

Now what does this say about the quality of Brits in Cyprus?

[Tim Drayton]

In an interview published in the Cyprus Mail in 2008, newly appointed Paphos (the place with the largest concentration of permanent British residents) police chief Costas Soteriou said, inter alia:

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/New+polic ... 0185957798

"We don't have any trouble with the British residents; they are financially secure or elderly.”

Did he include the 5,000 Brits in possession of illegal property?

Anybody who follows my frequent posts on this forum will be aware that:

1- I strongly oppose the sale to foreigners of usurped property in the part of Cyprus that is under Turkey's control,

2- I strongly oppose the way that the north of Cyprus serves as a haven for wanted criminals,

3- Oppose the continued presence of British military bases along with British sovereign territory on the island, and so do not wish to have large numbers of British service personnel here and

4- Think that it is inadvisable, to say the least, to promote Agia Napa as a 'yob resort'.

I do not see what connection there is between crimes committed under any of the above categories and the legal permanent British residents of the Republic of Cyprus who either, like my parents, retired here prior to 2004 under an officially sanctioned scheme permitting foreign retired people to settle on the island or who, like myself, came here with the aim of working or setting up businesses after Cyprus joined the EU. To suggest that any of the odium associated with purchasers of illegal property or rowdy tourists and squaddies should rub off on respectable permanent residents is to engage in the most vile, racist act of stereotyping possible.

If you think that large numbers of British permanent residents are involved in crime, start a thread to prove it then. Show us how much you know about Cyprus. As a matter of interest, how many days of your life have you spent on the island?

[vaughanwilliams]

Well if you are going to include the carpet baggers in the north, although they have not been convicted of anything "yet",you should include all the T/C,s and Turks living in G/C property

That won't be necessary and I will explain why.

Firstly, TCs will need to live somewhere while this current situation persists. As long as they fully understand and respect the fact that the property does not belong to them and that they are using it as temporary accommodation just like some GC refugees are utilizing TC owned property in the Government controlled areas for the same purpose, then that is probably OK.

However, any TC who has benefited from the sale of GC owned property or has developed GC owned land is committing a crime under RoC law.

I think you'll find your last paragraph reflects the current situation by a large majority.