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Brits, French among 61 foreigners arrested for overstay in Thailand

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Searches net 61 foreigners on visa and other charges

By The Nation

 

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Pictures: Thai Tourist Police Bureau

 

Sixty-one foreigners have been arrested for overstaying their visa and other charges after tourist police and other agencies carried out searches nationwide.
 

Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpal, deputy tourist police chief, held a press conference in Bangkok's Bang Kapi district to announced the results of the operation at 1.30am on Friday.

 

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He said tourist police and other agencies searched 75 locations around the country throughout Thursday and made the arrests.

Ten foreigners were found to have overstayed their visas, including two Vietnamese, two Myanmar, two Britons, one Nigerian, one Lao, one Indian and one Malaysian.

 

Surachet said 42 foreigners were arrested for having sneaked into the kingdom, including 12 Laos, 10 Indians, nine Myanmar, five Cambodians, two Vietnamese, two French, one Chinese and one Nigerian.

 

He said nine other foreigners were arrested on other charges. They are three Indians, two Myanmar, two Laos, one Kazakhstani and one Vietnamese.

 

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Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30351355

 
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-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-08-03
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  • If these same people were overstaying in your home countries you would be screaming out loud and clapping for the police. What hypocrites you are when you criticize the thai police for doing their job

  • Rather like the millions heading across the Mediterranean, ending up in Calais etc. It's illegal.   Many of these guys are probably walking-disasters anyway. "I knew I was on overstay, but I

  • Move 'em on, head 'em up Head 'em up, move 'em on Move 'em on, head 'em up Rawhide Cut 'em out, ride 'em in Ride 'em in, cut 'em out Cut 'em out, ride 'em in Rawhiiiiiiiiiiiide

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3 minutes ago, webfact said:

Surachet said 42 foreigners were arrested for having sneaked into the kingdom,

The filthy swine!

 

How dare they do this. 

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2 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

The filthy swine!

 

How dare they do this. 

 

YES!

 

Those wotten waskels.

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Why the sudden change?

Up until recently it wasBig Joke did this, Big Joke did that, suddenly it is Police Major General Surachet.

It that because his actions, or actions of his minions was just making him look like a Big Joke?

Edited by colinneil

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50 minutes ago, webfact said:

Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpal, deputy tourist police chief, held a press conference in Bangkok's Bang Kapi district

while doing a Tommy Cooper impression (photo #1). He said, " I caught them all - just like that."

 

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3 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

The filthy swine!

 

How dare they do this. 

Rather like the millions heading across the Mediterranean, ending up in Calais etc. It's illegal.

 

Many of these guys are probably walking-disasters anyway. "I knew I was on overstay, but I was too mean 

(or broke) or lazy, or stupid, or I must couldn't be bothered to do a visa run".

 

No sympathy.

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1 minute ago, Andrew65 said:

Rather like the millions heading across the Mediterranean, ending up in Calais etc. It's illegal.

 

Many of these guys are probably walking-disasters anyway. "I knew I was on overstay, but I was too mean 

(or broke) or lazy, or stupid, or I must couldn't be bothered to do a visa run".

 

No sympathy.

Yeah. These guys are probably the scum of the earth.

 

Why else all the publicity, eh...

 

Pure filth I’m sure. 

I've made my opinion quite clear on this.

3 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

Yeah. These guys are probably the scum of the earth.

 

Why else all the publicity, eh...

 

Pure filth I’m sure. 

Nah, just too <deleted> stupid to stay legal!

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2 hours ago, Andrew65 said:

Nah, just too <deleted> stupid to stay legal!

I agree. 

 

I also think the whole xenophobic hoopla around each arrest by the joke is <deleted> stupid. 

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Should be more concerned with Thais sneaking out, at least 2 this week to Cambodia.

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I am afraid the rules can be inconvenient but if you wish to stay off the radar then you Dumbo's need to respect their Law's.

 

Visit every 90 days say hello smile end of exercise!

 

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There are times IMO when the British authorities could learn a thing or two here in LOS. 

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My kids used to show the same enthusiasm, and proud boastfulness, in making their bed and brushing their teeth allllll by themselves.  3 cheers and a group hug...

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He's at it again!

 

Never sleeps..

 

This chap is pure kryptonite!

 

(err..whatever that is..)

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5 hours ago, colinneil said:

Why the sudden change?

Up until recently it wasBig Joke did this, Big Joke did that, suddenly it is Police Major General Surachet.

It that because his actions, or actions of his minions was just making him look like a Big Joke?

Maybe he realised that joke  in English it means a farce …. He is Big Jok ( rice gruel )

 

Jok (โจ๊ก, pronounced joke), or the Thai version of congee also known as rice porridge,

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5 hours ago, colinneil said:

Why the sudden change?

Up until recently it wasBig Joke did this, Big Joke did that, suddenly it is Police Major General Surachet.

It that because his actions, or actions of his minions was just making him look like a Big Joke?

Maybe he got fed up with folk shouting " I have ploblem I need BJ "

What would happen if they give statistics of all in passports but never flew out case ?

 

Hope their computers and servers in the Airport works ? ?

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32 minutes ago, Jimbo53 said:

No such thing as a Retirement Visa!

OK ! A retirement extension of stay. A rose by any other name.............

Many things are called by the wrong name but everyone understands.

e.g. Hoover is a vacuum cleaner!

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Brit caught in Phuket for over 1,000 day visa overstay

By The Phuket News

 

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Tourist Police Bureau deputy commissioner Pol Maj Gen Surachate Hakparn (centre) speaks after the coordinated police raids on several premises in Bangkok and other provinces early today (Aug 4). Photo: Tourist Police Bureau

 

NATIONWIDE: A British national was arrested in Phuket in the early hours of this morning when he was found to have overstayed his visa for more than 1,000 days.

 

Christopher Michel, 53, was caught after it was found he had overstayed his visa by 1,077 days.

 

Michel was one of 62 foreign nationals detained in the latest police ‘outlaw tourists’ raids early this morning (Aug 4), which this time targeted 75 locations across the country.


Read more at https://www.thephuketnews.com/brit-caught-in-phuket-for-over-1-000-day-visa-overstay-68113.php#sVlUVObmov1p6jYK.99

 
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Move 'em on, head 'em up
Head 'em up, move 'em on
Move 'em on, head 'em up
Rawhide
Cut 'em out, ride 'em in
Ride 'em in, cut 'em out
Cut 'em out, ride 'em in
Rawhiiiiiiiiiiiide

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20 minutes ago, Chassa said:

OK ! A retirement extension of stay. A rose by any other name.............

Many things are called by the wrong name but everyone understands.

e.g. Hoover is a vacuum cleaner!

oh, really ?

I thought it was a dam.

Good job 

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1 minute ago, Lampang2 said:

oh, really ?

I thought it was a dam.

In the UK it's a damn vacuum cleaner.

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The two French guys were just misunderstood. They were actually working for the French Government sneaking into the country to spread the news  France had just won the world cup in football due to the media bans being imposed by this government. That is what I heard they told the big joke. I think they thought that story would stick given the intelligence of this government

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Smoke 'em out. Round 'em up. The police are doing a good job for once.

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If this BIG JOKE so good to find people out of the rules,

why he not show to the road-police how to do their job ?

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If these same people were overstaying in your home countries you would be screaming out loud and clapping for the police. What hypocrites you are when you criticize the thai police for doing their job. 

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on the 12th day of xmas big joke sent to me..

12 Laos, 10 Indians, nine Myanmar, five Cambodians two French and one Chinese

 

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I've got no sympathy for those arrested and deported.  Easy enough to play by the rules.  Those that don't give other foreigners a bad name.  Good riddance.

 

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