Chinese man created fake Thai ID in name of Thai snooker ace

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Chinese man created fake Thai ID in name of Thai snooker ace

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

BANGKOK: -- A Chinese man arrested for pretending to be a Thai chose the name of Thai snooker ace Wattana Phu Ob-orm.

 

Wattana Kaewwichit was arrested on a Bua Yai warrant yesterday by tourist police in the Huay Kwang area of Bangkok.

 

His real name is Chern Liang - he is the front man in a Chinese tour group company.

 

Some 22 years ago he found out via relatives of a corrupt local authority in Lao Khwan district of Kanchanaburi who would arrange a Thai ID for him.

 

He went there and one of the officials put him on the house registration documents of a local family - Chalong and Prasit Kaewwichit and their son Panya.

 

When contacted by authorities the suspect's "mother" said that she only had one son - and he was not him!

 

She had never heard of anyone called Wattana as Panya was her only child.

 

Wattana was listed as being born in 1969 - before she was even married.

 

Chern told police that he chose the name Wattana after the snooker player he liked. Wattana Phu Ob-orm or "Tong" was Thailand's most famous snooker player in the 1990s who once made the semi finals of the world championships in England.

 

Chern was acting as a nominee for a Chinese tour company though he denied he had anything to do with the firm though he took a 28,000 baht monthly salary.

 

Investigations continue.

 

Source: Thai Rath

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-10-04

[rkidlad]

I might do the same, but I'll be much smarter and use a normal name that won't raise any suspicion. 

 

No one will ever know. 

 

[trogers]

2 hours ago, rkidlad said:

I might do the same, but I'll be much smarter and use a normal name that won't raise any suspicion. 

 

No one will ever know. 

 

Thaksin?

[tailor ali]

Kancnaburi is heaven for making fake id cards see some guys cant even speak thai but the have thai id cards amazing Thailand .Don't know when Thai authorities will be able to check these selfmade thai's

[Nemesis7]

i thought thai ids are really hard to get

[jimster]

Look forward to him being deported. This guy makes a mockery of the whole citizenship process.

 

In time, this whole thing will be prevented by the use of biometrics. Currently all foreign labourers from Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos are having their biometric details taken, while I believe the same is being done for Thai citizen ID card holders.