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Ex-Olympic champion nabbed for working without a permit

By The Nation

 

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A New Zealand national, Marc Ryan, aged 37, was arrested on Friday (December 27) at Bangkok Get Fit cycling studio in Sukumvit 26 for working without a permit, said Immigration Police chief Lt-General Sompong Chingduang. Ryan is a biking coach and a former Olymic champion.

 

Earlier, police were informed that foreign coaches were instructing clients at the studio.

 

Police found that Marc entered Thailand on a tourist visa and had not applied for a work permit.

 

The coach was charged with working illegally in the country and transferred to the custody of Immigration Police.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30379919

 

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if he wanted to stay in Thailand should have applied at lest for a work permit.except he  chose to be on facebook and do it that way.easy for the police to catch anyone,just look on FB and see who is promoting themselves

Posted (edited)
27 minutes ago, bristolgeoff said:

if he wanted to stay in Thailand should have applied at lest for a work permit.except he  chose to be on facebook and do it that way.easy for the police to catch anyone,just look on FB and see who is promoting themselves

Have to have a name to search for first, and not all persons are on FBook

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Posted
6 hours ago, sanemax said:

I dont think that it would have been possible for him to get a work permit for doing the job that he was doing 

Depends, in many cases the job title can be the key to getting the permit, e.g. 'manager of coaches' or something similar.

Posted
7 hours ago, Seismic said:

Foreigners who engage in work without a Work Permit can be punished by imprisonment of a term not exceeding five years or a fine ranging from 2,000 Baht to 100,000 Baht – or both. Any foreigner who violates the conditions of his work as described in his Permit can be punished by imprisonment of a term not exceeding three months or a fine of up to 20,000 Baht.

Foreigners who do not have their Work Permit with them while working can be punished by imprisonment of a term not exceeding three months or a fine of up to 10,000 Baht.

An employer who permits a foreigner to work in his compnay without a Work Permit or to act in violation of the nature of the work specified in the Permit can be fined from 10,000 baht up to 100,000 baht.

Besides that, anyone committing a crime in Thailand can be blacklisted on a case-to-case basis, that means he has to leave the country and is not permitted to re-enter, even as a tourist.

 

If memory serves, changes in the law in 2018 or 2019 eliminated the prison time for work permit violations.

 

Posted (edited)
14 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Snitch!!!

My thoughts too, this seems too complex to only catch a spinning coach, the poster makes it look he was running a drug cartel or human trafficking scheme. He clearly upset someone big time. 

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Posted

blabla ...he should have

 

will you invest 2 million baht and hire 4 thais, for your coaching ?

 

pay them salary, social security, etc...

 

he got caught... he should not have "worked"

 

thai snitch for sure, do they still give some reward for this stazy practice ?

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9 hours ago, Seismic said:

Foreigners who engage in work without a Work Permit can be punished by imprisonment of a term not exceeding five years or a fine ranging from 2,000 Baht to 100,000 Baht – or both. Any foreigner who violates the conditions of his work as described in his Permit can be punished by imprisonment of a term not exceeding three months or a fine of up to 20,000 Baht.

Foreigners who do not have their Work Permit with them while working can be punished by imprisonment of a term not exceeding three months or a fine of up to 10,000 Baht.

An employer who permits a foreigner to work in his compnay without a Work Permit or to act in violation of the nature of the work specified in the Permit can be fined from 10,000 baht up to 100,000 baht.

Besides that, anyone committing a crime in Thailand can be blacklisted on a case-to-case basis, that means he has to leave the country and is not permitted to re-enter, even as a tourist.

 

The penalties listed here are out of date. They were repealed by Decree in March 2018 and replaced with lower financial penalties and they no longer include imprisonment.

 

https://home.kpmg/th/en/home/insights/2018/08/tax-news-flash-issue-44.html

 

 

 

Posted
14 hours ago, spiekerjozef said:

He should sue Zuckerberg for getting him in trouble...

No one is required to have a facebook account;
I never had one and don't want one and it doesn't stop me from living properly.

Posted
16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The coach was charged with working illegally in the country and transferred to the custody of Immigration Police

And the owner of the business gets away scot-free for employing someone without the required documents.

It's a two way street, hit the employers too!

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Many countries  round the world require wo4k permits for foreigners 

 

Trying to do on the cheap

 

Why the gym not ask for his permit?

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Have they nabbed that gang of Nigerians who work illegally selling cocaine from outside Spankey's bar in Sukhumvit Soi 13 yet?

 

Or maybe the have work permits for that already?

 

Or maybe the coach wasn't contributing to their salaries?

 

 

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