Happy New Year....immigration swoop on 83 year old Brit on 4,929 day overstay

[Sticky Wicket]

Just now, baansgr said:

People overstay for various reasons and sometimes its not intended or deliberate. Once on overstay its a dilemma what to do. At his age there could be any number of reasons, yes its wrong to overstay but give the guy a break, you don't know his history.

Yeh, imagine the sort of person who revels in an 83 year old being put in a squalid prison.

Totally repugnant character imo, lowest of the low

[Odysseus123]

1 minute ago, Sticky Wicket said:

Any decent person would have turned the other cheek but not these jobsworths 

Alternatively just put him on the next Thai Airways flight to the UK, there are plenty of empty seats!!

Yes.."jobsworths" is a more than adequate description..

 

I presume that they "swooped" via parachute...all those "wings" the muppets display.

 

 

[Chazar]

3 minutes ago, Sticky Wicket said:

Any decent person would have turned the other cheek but not these jobsworths 

Alternatively just put him on the next Thai Airways flight to the UK, there are plenty of empty seats!!

Better  still round up their elderly parents and see what the Thais  think of  that......respect your elders is their motto but again its  al part of their propaganda

[Sticky Wicket]

"the law is a ass — a idiot. If that's the eye of the law, the law is a bachelor; and the worst I wish the law is, that his eye may be opened by experience — by experience.”

[Old Croc]

As usual the article leaves out the reasons for this character overstaying for so many years.  Everyone assumes the scant, published details are the full story. 

Of course the Thaivisa social workers all presume he is an exemplary character Just because he's achieved great age.

Unless you know him intimately how do you know he's led a good life? His decision to ignore the immigration laws of his adopted country suggest to me otherwise.

Remember the old adage, only the good die young. Some of the most infamous people on the planet reach high age.

[ChipButty]

I know he shouldn't have done it but I do have some sympathy for him at his age and he doesn't have the means to buy a ticket back home + 20,000 Baht his only choice is to be in IDC even if he does manage to get back to the UK what kind of life will he have? Im sure not as good as being here in Thailand, Good luck old man

[Odysseus123]

Just now, Old Croc said:

As usual the article leaves out the reasons for this character overstaying for so many years.  Everyone assumes the scant, published details are the full story. 

Of course the Thaivisa social workers all presume he is an exemplary character Just because he's achieved great age.

Unless you know him intimately how do you know he's led a good life? His decision to ignore the immigration laws of his adopted country suggest to me otherwise.

Remember the old adage, only the good die young. Some of the most infamous people on the planet reach high age.

How old are you?

[thasoss]

35 minutes ago, colinneil said:

How pathetic coming out with a comment like... Got to rid Thailand of criminal elements and foster peace and stability in the Kingdom.????

Silly bug++r is just a long time overstayer, criminal, seriously!!!

yes a pathetic comment by immigration....the old boy had a good run,i dont envy him a return to the Uk,bleak weather and all the rest but at 83 years old would he really care....great memories will have to keep him going.

[thasoss]

1 minute ago, Odysseus123 said:

How old are you?

old enough to know better one would have hoped

[baansgr]

29 minutes ago, Chazar said:

Did  they wrestle  him to the  floor? right after they "swooped"

Yes after the stun grenades and tear gas...

[RichardColeman]

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

to rid Thailand of unwanted criminal elements and foster peace and stability in the kingdom

Yep 83 year doddery old man really fits that description.

Still he's unlikely to ever see Thailand again

[tifino]

34 minutes ago, geronimo said:

Surely if they are online at all exit and entry points, anyone who overstays for even one day would be red flagged by the system.

Unless it was pencils notepads whiteboards and Kalamazoo card filing when he arrived!  and he'did be a little microfiche in the ocean of falangs at the time... 

[newatthis]

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

foster peace and stability in the kingdom.

Thank goodness they caught him before he could join the "Wing Lai Lung" run.

[Old Croc]

19 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said:

How old are you?

I'm 71, why?

 

 

[apalink_thailand]

56 minutes ago, colinneil said:

How pathetic coming out with a comment like... Got to rid Thailand of criminal elements and foster peace and stability in the Kingdom.????

Silly bug++r is just a long time overstayer, criminal, seriously!!!

According to the letter of the law, it is a criminal offence to overstay a visa. I agree, its not a big deal in a case with an 83 year old retired man but the law applies to everyone, not just some. So pass the word. OVERSTAY is a CRIME in Thailand. 

[ChipButty]

At one time the British Embassies used to pay your fare back home maybe the system got abused and they used to take your passport off you until you had paid them back 

[Old Croc]

22 minutes ago, thasoss said:

24 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said:

How old are you?

old enough to know better one would have hoped

What do you mean by that?  What should I know better?

[Odysseus123]

5 minutes ago, Old Croc said:

I'm 71, why?

 

 

So..you didn't die young...????

[apalink_thailand]

I’m guessing that someone made the phone call to the hotline to report him. 

[ezzra]

Not wanting to rat out people in general but yesterday i have been to a very big and famous shopping center in BKK where i saw hundreds if not more of shopkeepers from nepal, Burma and India working in the open without a fear in the world and from what i have seen them over the years, they have been working there for long, long time now... where i'm sure that none of them possess a WP, so go figure...

[Old Croc]

Just to clarify for the singular thinkers here, I don't advocate throwing old infirm people into the hellholes that detention centres here apparently are. All detainees should be treated humanely and with dignity.

However, I don't presume law breakers are lily white based on their birthdates, nor do I think they should get a free pass. 

[thasoss]

9 minutes ago, Old Croc said:

What do you mean by that?  What should I know better?

because your posts are always so judgemental

[Old Croc]

8 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said:

13 minutes ago, Old Croc said:

I'm 71, why?

 

 

So..you didn't die young...????

I answered your question, are you going to answer mine or just make a personal comment?

[unamazedloso]

Swooping takes 13years?... Makes sense.....

[Odysseus123]

Just now, Old Croc said:

I answered your question, are you going to answer mine or just make a personal comment?

"so you didn't die young.."

 

You'll get the joke-and the answer- eventually.

[MadMuhammad]

1 hour ago, geronimo said:

Surely if they are online at all exit and entry points, anyone who overstays for even one day would be red flagged by the system.

The guy entered the kingdom over 10 years ago. I’m sure the system update either hasn’t been updated that far back or it’s a work in progress 

[Old Croc]

14 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said:

"so you didn't die young.."

 

You'll get the joke-and the answer- eventually.

Have you ever considered that I understood what you thought was a joke, but didn't find it funny?

Do you think I asked why you wanted to know my age just so you could amuse yourself with a silly answer?

If you don't have an answer to my question, don't expect respect next time you ask something.

[CharlieH]

Where's the compassion, putting a guy that age in IDC could be a death sentence.

Ok, we don't know the whole story, but for as long as he has been here he's been no threat to the public, been no bother, stick him on a plane and let him go. Catch n release.

 

Victimless crime that shouldn't be shouted about, they should be embarrassed at their incompetence.

Silly old <deleted> probably bragged about it in a bar/noodleshop a was overheard.

[Odysseus123]

1 minute ago, MadMuhammad said:

The guy entered the kingdom over 10 years ago. I’m sure the system update either hasn’t been updated that far back or it’s a work in progress 

"work in progress" sums it all up very nicely...

[Odysseus123]

1 minute ago, Old Croc said:

Have you ever considered that I understood what you thought was a joke, but didn't find it funny?

Do you think I asked why you wanted to know my age just so you could amuse yourself with a silly answer?

If you don't have an answer to my question, don't expect respect next time you ask something.

Oh please,

 

As my dear old dad used to say....

 

"Good lord above send down a dove

with wings as sharp as razor blades.."