That might be right, except he won't be resident in Thailand any more and banned for probably 10 years, therefore he's lost out even though he saved £££.
He broke the law, probably has done no harm to anyone, for all you know he may have done a lot of good, calling him a scumbag is a bit over the top.
And before you fire back, I don't agree with his actions.
And do you honestly think that the money spent by the US playing military games is for the benefit of Thailand. The US are only interested in any country / area that is to their short term benefit and will turn their back on it the minute things don't work out for then.