Lacessit Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 I'd like to know why Interpol is allowing itself to be used for political purposes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razek Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Excellent news. God bless the judge if there is a god 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy chappie Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 (edited) 48 minutes ago, samran said: He checked with authorities three, I repeat, three times before he travelled, and the authorities assured him it was okay. On another note, you must be fun at parties. If I was a refugee on the Interpol red most wanted list I would of at least checked for myself I was off it before stepping out of Australia.even then its its not a good idea until you have an Australian passport.hes now set a president that if your a wanted criminal just make your way to a safe country and claim asylum.seems to fit the picture of being able to kick a football about but that's as smart as they get. Edited February 11, 2019 by happy chappie 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post darksidedog Posted February 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2019 An inflammatory post with racist content has been removed, as has a quite good reply to it. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dundas Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Well, if anything good has come out of this, is that it has put the focus of the world on the junta and its dealings with suspect middle eastern countries. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainarong Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 The out come was the best for all concerned , however it shouldn't have escalated to the height it did , the main concerning factor was in the past Thailand has erred on the side of dictators or totalitarian governments when making decisions about refugee people or groups, leaving western nations scratching the heads as to what direction Thailand is heading. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBrit Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Brilliant news. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post anchadian Posted February 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2019 Jonathan Head - Thais say Hakeem is a free man. He’s due to fly out tonight on a ticket bought by the Thai government. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post simple1 Posted February 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2019 (edited) 36 minutes ago, happy chappie said: If I was a refugee on the Interpol red most wanted list I would of at least checked for myself I was off it before stepping out of Australia.even then its its not a good idea until you have an Australian passport.hes now set a president that if your a wanted criminal just make your way to a safe country and claim asylum.seems to fit the picture of being able to kick a football about but that's as smart as they get. It would be great if members fact checked before posting. Given Bahrain's treatment of pro democracy dissidents it is highly likely the charges were false. Bahrain was in breach of Interpol's own rules for issuing a Red Notice for someone who had been granted refugee status by Australia due to the Bahrain dictatorship abuse and torture. Thailand was in breach of Interpol rules to arrest and detain him. It has taken a ridiculous amount of time to free the guy for alleged reasons we cannot discuss on this forum. Edited February 11, 2019 by simple1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Artisi Posted February 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2019 1 hour ago, VYCM said: I may not be an expert, but I do have common sense. I suppose you would have travelled being in his situation....that tells me a lot. Tells and shows you know little.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orchis Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 finally something good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scorecard Posted February 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2019 14 minutes ago, dundas said: Well, if anything good has come out of this, is that it has put the focus of the world on the junta and its dealings with suspect middle eastern countries. Well the only thing that surprises me is that eric loh wasn't ahead of you on this comment... 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Lacessit said: I'd like to know why Interpol is allowing itself to be used for political purposes. Is it / was it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malzy Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Probably never going to leave Australia again, from fear of it happening again. there go's an International football career. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Lawrence Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 ruined the honeymoon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar501 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 The balance of international diplomacy at work here. Thailand has its embassy in Canberra and consulates in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Australia has its embassy in Bangkok and consulates in Chiang Mai and Phuket. Australia has no embassy in Bahrain, and Bahrain has no embassy in Australia. Very little mutual love. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oziex1 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 At last. What a bunch of over officious bureaucrats, they really don't get it do they. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSheyla Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Bluespunk said: He checked with the Australian authorities and was told he was ok to travel. Yeah, then wasn't it was Australian authorities that tipped them? off hahaha just like the Bali 9?. Tipped Indonesian government off that Aussies were taking drugs out of their country knowing they would die instead of arresting them on home soil. Not condoning them for what they did they knew the rules and completely different circumstances but its a bit like your own family turning on you. Not the Australia I once knew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thechook Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 I think its wrong. This guy is a convicted criminal and a fugitive. Next every piece of garbage on the run will see Australia as the place to seek refuge from justice. I dont believe australia should be harboring fugitives 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickymouse1 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Why he was always held tight by two officers all the time despite being shackled? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MikeN Posted February 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2019 3 hours ago, VYCM said: who were the authorities, what credentials - out of a corn flakes box. He had no residency, would you have travelled? According to what I read coming out of Australia, he asked the Thai Embassy, the AFP, and Customs and Immigration officials.....enough for you ? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy chappie Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 1 hour ago, simple1 said: It would be great if members fact checked before posting. Given Bahrain's treatment of pro democracy dissidents it is highly likely the charges were false. Bahrain was in breach of Interpol's own rules for issuing a Red Notice for someone who had been granted refugee status by Australia due to the Bahrain dictatorship abuse and torture. Thailand was in breach of Interpol rules to arrest and detain him. It has taken a ridiculous amount of time to free the guy for alleged reasons we cannot discuss on this forum. So what facts have I got wrong.we know Arab countries do play by the rules,look at the Jamal khashoggi incident.we know about the human abuse.all I'm saying he must of known he was on the Interpol red list and didn't even spend one minute to check himself if his name was removed from the list.less face the fact that he ain't the sharpest knife in the draw. I didn't actually say he was a criminal but was pointing out the fact anyone coming from these countries can commit a crime in their country and run to a safe country and claim asylum. it would be interesting to know if Australia contacted Bahrain about the alleged offence or if they just took his word for it,oh I was playing football at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bill Miller Posted February 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2019 3 hours ago, VYCM said: I may not be an expert, but I do have common sense. I suppose you would have travelled being in his situation....that tells me a lot. You continue to blather with an apparent complete lack and disregard for anything factual. Several people have now mentioned Hakeem's Australian Resident status and the fact, as reported, that he had cleared his status to travel. What a really sad life you must lead, tilting at windmills of ignorance. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post somo Posted February 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2019 (edited) This is the second time this year that Thai immigration has been left with egg on its face(s). If they only followed basic common sense and the rule of law then both cases need not have caused them such international ridicule. Edited February 11, 2019 by somo 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 4MyEgo Posted February 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2019 BEST news I have heard all day, that should stick it up all those anti his release, go back to Oz mate and start kicking balls again, and avoid this place like the plague !!! Wonder what happened with the Attorney General and the ones above, was it getting a little warm was it ? I predicted they would release him, going to buy me a lottery ticket ending with 416 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroveHillWanderer Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 (edited) 52 minutes ago, Thechook said: I think its wrong. This guy is a convicted criminal and a fugitive. Next every piece of garbage on the run will see Australia as the place to seek refuge from justice. I dont believe australia should be harboring fugitives He was convicted of an offence that he almost certainly didn't commit, given that his lawyers apparently have evidence that he was playing in a televised football match at the time the crime is supposed to have taken place. I'm not sure if you are familiar with Bahrain's execrable human rights record of persecuting (and prosecuting) members of the Shia community that al-Araibi was a member of during the pro-democracy protests of 2011/12, often arresting them on totally trumped-up charges for no other reason apparently, than the fact that they were daring to demand more representation for the Shia majority. Such arrestees were usually tortured after their arrests. Even the Independent Commission of Inquiry established by King Hamad (head of the ruling Sunni minority) in its report released on 23 November 2012, confirmed "the Bahraini government's use of systematic torture and other forms of physical and psychological abuse on detainees, as well as other human rights violations". Edited February 11, 2019 by GroveHillWanderer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sanemax Posted February 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2019 1 minute ago, 4MyEgo said: BEST news I have heard all day, that should stick it up all those anti his release, go back to Oz mate and start kicking balls again, and avoid this place like the plague !!! Wonder what happened with the Attorney General and the ones above, was it getting a little warm was it ? I predicted they would release him, going to buy me a lottery ticket ending with 416 Why not just appreciate Thailand releasing him ? Thailand just followed international law and it took a few days to get sorted out . Appreciate that the Thai justice system worked so quickly and efficiently 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Artisi Posted February 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2019 3 hours ago, Misterwhisper said: What "situation"? You mean his "situation" of traveling - as a bonafide resident of Australia just a couple of months short of being granted citizenship - to Thailand with his newlywed bride to spend his honeymoon there? Or his "situation" of visiting Thailand at all, let alone any other travel destination in the world? He was obviously unaware that Bahrain had applied to Interpol to have a Red Notice issued on his person. A non valid Red Notice. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 4MyEgo Posted February 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2019 2 minutes ago, sanemax said: Thailand just followed international law and it took a few days to get sorted out . If Thailand followed International Law, it would have released him as soon as the red notice was withdrawn, instead, it decided to want to play the big card and try to use it's own law to sort it, and they came off 2nd best, I wouldn't be surprised it they asked Bahrain to drop the charges due to the mounting pressure, and probably told Bahrain that they had no choice, once they woke up to the fact that International Law is above their own, e.g. the guy had "refugee status" in Australia, he has permanent residency in Australia and is 3 months off applying for citizenship if he wants it, 6,2,1, half dozen the other. I hate it when people such as yourself try to protect those that are clearly at fault, i.e. Bahrain for applying for a red notice and Thailand for not recognising that he had "refugee status" which is a gold pass under International Law. Can you count, I ask that because you may have trouble digesting what transpired ? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Artisi Posted February 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2019 20 minutes ago, happy chappie said: So what facts have I got wrong.we know Arab countries do play by the rules,look at the Jamal khashoggi incident.we know about the human abuse.all I'm saying he must of known he was on the Interpol red list and didn't even spend one minute to check himself if his name was removed from the list.less face the fact that he ain't the sharpest knife in the draw. I didn't actually say he was a criminal but was pointing out the fact anyone coming from these countries can commit a crime in their country and run to a safe country and claim asylum. it would be interesting to know if Australia contacted Bahrain about the alleged offence or if they just took his word for it,oh I was playing football at the time. Why would he be on any red list, he has refugee status that over-ride a red notice - but don’t let that small point interfere with your flawed analysis of the story. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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