Tourist Police seeks tighter visa screening of Ugandans, Nigerians

By The Nation

 

 

Police will propose tighter visa screening of Ugandans and Nigerians after another two Ugandans were arrested on charges of romance scamming, a senior police officer said on Wednesday.

 

Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpal, deputy commissioner of the Tourist Police Bureau, went public with his proposal at a press conference held to announce the arrest of the two Ugandans and a Thai accomplice.

 

Surachet told reporters at the Royal Thai Police headquarters that Rogers Kyeyune, 31, Emmanuel Kasoma, 37 and a Thai woman, Wilaiwan Phetthong, 24, were arrested on Koh Samui on June 30.

 

The three were arrested by Samui police while withdrawing cash from ATM machines on the island, said Surachet, adding that the two Ugandans were also found to be overstaying their visa.

 

The two were charged with allegedly deceiving at least four Thai women to wire them over Bt800,000. They allegedly used handsome western men as their Facebook profile photos.

 

They told their targets that they had mailed them romantic gifts but the presents were being kept by Customs officials. They requested the Thai women wire them money so they could get a Customs clearance for the gifts, said Surachet.

 

He added that the Thai suspect claimed to know nothing about the romance scam, and had merely been hired to open bank accounts for the two Ugandans. She got Bt4,000 for each account, she reportedly told police.

 

Surachet said he would soon consult with the Foreign Ministry on measures to more tightly screen visas for Ugandans and Nigerians, citing a large number of recent arrests for romance scans by citizens from the two African nations.

 

Surachet said the results of the negotiations would be soon known.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30349296

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-07-04

I hope that "tighter screening" is a euphemism for a single "rejected" stamp.

Extreme vetting..

God, bet that stunk in that room.

The guy on the far left,  is still holding his breath.

As a Nigerian prince I oppose this move. 

Removed a troll post.

22 hours ago, webfact said:

Tourist Police seeks tighter visa screening of Ugandans, Nigerians

A statement of the bleeding obvious I would have thought.

Where are these visas being issued from and by whom? Shouldn't be hard to find out who's making a nice little sideline business of this. 

I nominate Big Joke to investigate the Immigration authorities and expose any scams if they are there.

I look forward to Immigration Officers being paraded in front of the TV cameras and the lights like all his other villains. Or are corrupt government officials out of bounds for him?

not before time

6 hours ago, malco said:

not before time

Plus g

Ghana, Cameroon etc, plus Belarus Iran Lithuania and any of the 'stand.

Why only Uganda and Nigeria? 

18 minutes ago, The Deerhunter said:

Plus g

Ghana, Cameroon etc, plus Belarus Iran Lithuania and any of the 'stand.

plus uk ,americans and europe

On 7/4/2018 at 8:41 AM, webfact said:

He added that the Thai suspect claimed to know nothing about the romance scam, and had merely been hired to open bank accounts for the two Ugandans

Liar. 

On 7/5/2018 at 10:12 PM, mentalcolonization said:

plus uk ,americans and europe

Ausies are all good guys eh?