Brits, French among 61 foreigners arrested for overstay in Thailand

[oldlakey]

24 minutes ago, Tchooptip said:

Sparrow's brain they did cross the border absentmindedly, a little understanding toward them please! 

You have misjudged him 5555555

You need to read much earlier threads on Big Jokes activities to understand

I believe I did read an earlier post in this thread which gave a pointer unless I am mistaken

[whaleboneman]

9 hours ago, Cereal said:

I've made my opinion quite clear on this.

Well that clears that up then.

[yrag]

Good guys in

Bad guys out...

Bottom Line

[rtr4]

Is it some kind of obsession to having a press conference in middle of the night? It cannot wait until morning?

[bermannor]

4 hours ago, rtr4 said:

Is it some kind of obsession to having a press conference in middle of the night? It cannot wait until morning?

No, must get into the paper next morning.

 

[Lunchbob]

I wonder why they decided to crack down lately.

Edited August 3, 2018 by Lunchbob

[kannot]

20 hours ago, watcharacters said:

 

YES!

 

Those wotten waskels.

 

[William C F Pierce]

Thais being honest with their numbers at last or have they finally learnt to count. Only 73 out of a target of 75. Should congratulate the officer on his maths skills. Nearly as educated as the Prime Minister. In 12 years I have never been stopped in Thailand. Two years ago I got lost in Kiev in the Ukraine and asked a couple of policemen the way. They immediately wanted to check my passport, which was OK. Then they offered me a lift back to my hotel. A much better service than Uber and it was free.

[THE REVERAND]

Amazing there are people over staying. What about the rich and famous who slipping out (maybe under staying)   

[alfalfa19]

yawn.  perhaps they could have a parade to prolong their glory. 

[maccastime]

Great effort get rid of all the people who have entered and overstayed. Many more I feel must be glancing over their shoulder. What no picture of this culprit and the police pointing the dreaded finger?

[LukKrueng]

16 hours ago, Happyman58 said:

I think they thought that story would stick given the intelligence of this government

seems like the intelligence of this government is than theirs afterall

[blackcab]

An off topic post and replies to it have been removed.

[lvr181]

17 hours ago, apophyss said:

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 ?

That's taking it a bit too far 

[AlQaholic]

He was probably illegally working, like cleaning cars and mowing lawns and stuff like that, stealing valuable jobs from honest Thai workers...

[masuk]

17 hours ago, Lampang2 said:

oh, really ?

I thought it was a dam.

It's also a washing machine.  I
Could never understand why my UK neighbours always referred to cleaning their pool as 'Hoovering".

With a washing machine??

[steveyinasia]

Always a big fan fare over these findings, how about doing a better job at taking out corruption....oh that would mean cleaning up the most corrupt first and there would br no one left to arrest the others.

[stanleycoin]

42 minutes ago, AlQaholic said:

stealing valuable jobs from honest Thai workers...

Wot,   .  

[3421abc]

I can't believe these bozos hold a press conference to announce such a important matter. Is the crime rate in Thailand that low that they have to put all these resources in hunting visa overstayers? I wonder if the Thai population cares about this.

[Khun Paul]

Anyone who overstays , really needs to spend 30 days in Bangkok Hilton and then deported, I bet he will not do that again anywhere. 

[Old Croc]

I note that some of the British on this forum are already trying to downplay the actions of one of their own by belittling his breach of the law.

He figuratively gave Thailand his middle finger by deciding the rules didn't apply to him and overstayed by nearly three years. It wasn't an illness or memory slip that precipitated his lengthy overstay, it was a deliberate decision for reasons unclear to the observer. 

He's 53, which means he was eligible to apply for a  retirement extension before he became illegal. Why didn't he? No money, a criminal background, or just couldn't be stuffed following the rules of the country?  He's almost certainly been working at the expense of a local (If he's the one I'm thinking of, his job could have been a Thais. I won't expand because I might have the wrong person in mind)

 

As someone who's made this country his home (however tenuous) and jumped through all the financial and reporting hoops, I feel only delight that another who has helped create those hoops will now find the next part of his life very uncomfortable.

Edited August 4, 2018 by Old Croc

[smotherb]

19 hours ago, Chassa said:

In the UK it's a damn vacuum cleaner.

Everyone is not in the UK, for which I am sure many are grateful. " . . . Many things are called by the wrong name but everyone understands. e.g. Hoover is a vacuum cleaner!"

[toofarnorth]

2 hours ago, THE REVERAND said:

Amazing there are people over staying. What about the rich and famous who slipping out (maybe under staying)  

Understaying is an understatement as far as you know who with his dented Italian sports car.  Must keep giving him priority posting.

[smotherb]

Why is it they are looking at so many schools for illegals--just work permits?

 

Oh, I see, it says students with ED visas at the language schools.

Edited August 4, 2018 by smotherb

[smotherb]

1 hour ago, masuk said:

It's also a washing machine.  I
Could never understand why my UK neighbours always referred to cleaning their pool as 'Hoovering".

With a washing machine??

It's also a former president of the US and a former FBI director, but I thought it was a slang term for a girl who gave oral sex.

[toofarnorth]

Ok , second pic with Bj in the middle , There is hand on the left with the missing TM 7 in it , who does this hand belong to , is it important , should I find a better way to pass my time ?

[twig]

What a horrific crime!

An old man and other great apes crossed an imaginary line drawn by two armed gangs of other great apes in brown shirts, AND STAYED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE IMAGINARY LINE WITHOUT PAYING TO ONE OF THE BROWN-SHIRT GANGS FOR MORE THAN 1000 REVOLUTIONS OF THIS PLANET!!!

 

This is an outrage! Only stray dogs, and other lesser animals or apes should be allowed to cross imaginary lines throughout the jungles without permission or consequences!

 

The apes of the sheeple species, simply cannot be allowed to cross imaginary lines without paying brown-shirted sheeple apes for it!

The dangerous consequences of such unspeakable crimes are simply too great to contemplate!

 

[OmarZaid]

19 hours ago, JTXR said:

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.

 

Indeed

[FitnessHealthTravel]

You too will get caught...eventually hahaha

[smotherb]

18 hours ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

Is it the tourist police's job to round up overstayers?

 

Thought it may be to look after the welfare of tourists and deal with crimes committed against tourists.

 

Silly me.

Taking illegals out of the tourist swamp does benefit the welfare of legal tourists--and remember, even those of us with long-term visas are no better than tourists.