After 30 years in Phuket, Cambodian man arrested with fake Thai ID card

By The Phuket News

 

Mr Gim's arrest was announced in Bangkok earlier today (Jan 24). Photo: Immigration Bureau

 

PHUKET:-- A Cambodian man who lived in Phuket for 30 years, most of that time by using a fake ID card, has been arrested for illegally staying in the country, Immigration Bureau Chief Pol Lt Gen Sompong Chingduang announced at a press conference in Bangkok today (Jan 24).

 

Lt Gen Sompong identified the Cambodian man only by his nickname “Gim”.

 

Exactly where and when Mr Gim was taken into custody was not explained, but Lt Gen Sompong noted that Mr Gim was employed by a restaurant in Kalim, on Phuket’s west coast.

 

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/after-30-years-in-phuket-cambodian-man-arrested-with-fake-thai-id-card-74521.php

 

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Smart car or bio metric failure; really 30 years someone must have dobbed him in.

If you have lived there for 30 years and been crime-free, you deserve citizenship.

That's right DoctorG. With such news police is wasting their time, if a person lived in a place for 30 years he is automatically assimilated and deserves a citizenship.

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

using a fake ID card

Why do people assume he lived a crime-free life??

 

Yes, I'm sure, besides the false identity and his past which led to faking an ID and all that...he lived really a life like Jesus.   come on...

Well played if he was a normal woking guy ! ????

Not that surprising or difficult, loads of them in the country. Just got much more difficult recently only so I am afraid we will hear about it more.
Agree with other posters here though, he deserves citizenship. Most likely has been hard working and doing jobs Thais are often too lazy to do.

15 hours ago, Ventenio said:

Why do people assume he lived a crime-free life??

 

Yes, I'm sure, besides the false identity and his past which led to faking an ID and all that...he lived really a life like Jesus.   come on...

I don't see anybody assuming anything.

Yes, 30 years of breaking the law, he deserves to be granted citizenship!

He was probably propping up the Thai economy and supporting a village in Issan.

16 hours ago, legend49 said:

Smart car or bio metric failure; really 30 years someone must have dobbed him in.

It's because he looked asian, we don't have that advantage.  Much harder for us to hide.  Everyone now is turning us in and easier to spot. 

7 hours ago, mike787 said:

It's because he looked asian, we don't have that advantage.  Much harder for us to hide.  Everyone now is turning us in and easier to spot. 

Maybe in Nakon Nowhere but not here. At Karon you would have difficulties to find an asian in under 15 minutes lol.

8 hours ago, mike787 said:

It's because he looked asian, we don't have that advantage.  Much harder for us to hide.  Everyone now is turning us in and easier to spot. 

Who is 'we'?

Do you have any idea how many people of Asian origin are posting here?

He should be awarded honorary citizenship!

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30 years to discover that a Cambodian is using a false Thai identity card;
Ah! The Thai police in all its splendor ...

On 1/25/2020 at 7:56 AM, DoctorG said:

If you have lived there for 30 years and been crime-free, you deserve citizenship.

????Yes I like to follow that idea but not only for Cambodians????