European with Zimmer frame arrested by Chonburi police on overstay

[madmen]

Probably the best outcome for him. Probably doesn't have the 800k and unlikely to have health insurance 

Back home under his social security umbrella is the best result and thais won't have to pick up his medical bill when he deteriorates 

[CGW]

38 minutes ago, SteveK said:

85 days overstay for this guy. He must be spending at least 1200 baht a day on accommodation, food, drinks, transport, medicines, doctors/hospital visits etc - that's 102,000 baht that Thailand is better off.

Yet another example of how little the Thai "government" cares for it's people! for sure this guy was spending money, none of it was filling their coffers though, they simply don't care that "others" were making a living from his spending.

[madmen]

48 minutes ago, SteveK said:

85 days overstay for this guy. He must be spending at least 1200 baht a day on accommodation, food, drinks, transport, medicines, doctors/hospital visits etc - that's 102,000 baht that Thailand is better off.

Your in lala land. Try 4k a month for a room where the owner pays no tax, soup carts where owner pays no tax, no money for visa and 10000% no health insurance 

Overstayers do not have any money, that's why they overstay 

Massive liability 

[transam]

50 minutes ago, SteveK said:

85 days overstay for this guy. He must be spending at least 1200 baht a day on accommodation, food, drinks, transport, medicines, doctors/hospital visits etc - that's 102,000 baht that Thailand is better off.

Let's not jump to conclusions on his being on overstay. I personally know of a few elderly farangs who do not know what day it is, their wives have to keep track of stuff...

[rkidlad]

7 minutes ago, oby said:

?what part of "illegally in country" do you not understand?

i definitely feel safer here than my home country where illegals wander the streets committing crimes 24/7. read the news of any so called first world country which relates to probably over 90% of TV readers.

literally all my farang friends are long term living here because thailand offers a better living environment, myself included.

Of course you feel safer here. There are fewer foreigners on overstay walking around with zimmer frames. Everyone knows this type of criminal is the most dangerous. 

[madmen]

I agree with the rest of the Zimmer frame apologist 

 

IO Should write in his passport.. Falang wit Zimmer frame no need visa can overstay long as he want and when hab stroke and heart attack thai people pay hospital... 

 

There you go all sorted! 

[LawrenceN]

No mention of the BMW smart car? I guess they give the car an occasional day off.

[ChipButty]

Shame them BMW cant spot corruption 

[SupermarineS6B]

Pathetic....... I wonder if they had to chase him with the BMs and shoot his frame from under him.......Looks like a real Dillinger character.........  

[SupermarineS6B]

55 minutes ago, madmen said:

I agree with the rest of the Zimmer frame apologist 

 

IO Should write in his passport.. Falang wit Zimmer frame no need visa can overstay long as he want and when hab stroke and heart attack thai people pay hospital... 

 

There you go all sorted! 

Thai people pay for what ?  My bird in ten years never even bought me a drink, even when i gave her the money........ It's just not in them.......  mind you her mate once bought me a drink, but that's because she was seeing the end of our marriage and she was just casting her bread on the water so to speak........ Tidy bit as well..... Next !  

[Caldera]

It's been a while since an arrest of a REAL foreign criminal has been reported. Too busy hunting for those petty offenders?

 

[Gecko123]

This <deleted> affects morale in the expat community even if your papers are all in order. It creates a climate of not feeling welcome, that the government is looking for opportunities to kick people out of the country, and creates a climate of distrust and paranoia.

 

Many people on retirement visas are getting up there in age. People forget, people get sick, all the paperwork for 90 day reports, TM-30's, bank statements, visa renewals, trips to immigration become more burdensome the older you get. It is stressful to think that if you had a medical or personal emergency or condition that prevented you from fulfilling every last immigration requirement you could be summarily kicked out of the country no matter how long you have lived here or how long you have been in full compliance.

 

The Thai authorities seem to think that there is no connection between expat community morale and the desire for tourists to visit Thailand, when in today's interconnected world there's a close correlation. The covid-19 virus has decimated Thailand's tourism industry and a global economic slowdown is almost certainly looming on the horizon, and immigration is arresting elderly over stayers like there are an endless supply of tourists dying to take their place.

 

I think Western tourism to Thailand has been permanently damaged by the current government. The government has not only killed the tropical retirement dream which drove a great deal of Western tourism, but they have also committed the unforgivable sin of treating Westerners as if they were less desirable guests in the kingdom because they didn't spend as much as visitors from other countries. People don't forget that sort of thing. This resentment is what lies behind so much of the otherwise inexplicable schadenfreude about Thailand's current tourism and economic woes expressed on social media.

 

[RocketDog]

6 hours ago, monkfish said:

They must be really proud of themselves well done chaps! Personally I would have opted out of the photo shoot.

An answer for their kids who ask what Daddy does on the police force. 

[Just Weird]

7 hours ago, Skallywag said:

 They could just visit my condo complex any day of the week and arrest dozens of illegal AirBnB stayers.

Why, are they all on overstay? 

[RJRS1301]

Overstays are overstays, whether zimmerframes, wheelchairs, prosthetic applicances or ablebodied.

Conform to legisalted requirements or leave.

This is irrespective of age, ablity or gender, or nationality

[herwin1234]

i dont get it. sure, its a sad story, i feel sorry for the Belgium guy. But he overstayed, and we dont know the full story, so immigration has every right to arrest him. And seriously, which one of the forum farangs would have helped the Belgium guy anyway? bc its obvious he is in trouble. For all we know, immigration might have carefully studied his case and situation, and determined sending him back to Belgium is the best for him.

[transam]

11 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

Why, are they all on overstay? 

Whether on overstay or just illegal, that is immigration police job to sort out, isn't it...?

[transam]

4 minutes ago, herwin1234 said:

i dont get it. sure, its a sad story, i feel sorry for the Belgium guy. But he overstayed, and we dont know the full story, so immigration has every right to arrest him. And seriously, which one of the forum farangs would have helped the Belgium guy anyway? bc its obvious he is in trouble. For all we know, immigration might have carefully studied his case and situation, and determined sending him back to Belgium is the best for him.

Assumptions....

[stouricks]

7 hours ago, bartender100 said:

57? really?

And the Zimmer looks new as it still has the plastic on the frames. Maybe he knew he was going to be targeted and quickly got the frame, and feigned 'old age'....57.

[SunsetT]

The only falang in Chonburi moving slow enough for them to catch! They just managed to outrun him! 

[Tops]

So Pattaya is safe again.

I don't have to worry getting run over by a 57 year old Belgian with a zimmer frame.

[tifino]

33 minutes ago, stouricks said:

And the Zimmer looks new as it still has the plastic on the frames. Maybe he knew he was going to be targeted and quickly got the frame, and feigned 'old age'....57.

the Harvey Weinstein method for crowd sympathy... 

[elliss]

 

      Not looking forward too old age , and all the mobility problems it brings .

      Land of Zimmers , move along at the front..

 

 

[madmen]

1 hour ago, SupermarineS6B said:

Thai people pay for what ?  My bird in ten years never even bought me a drink, even when i gave her the money........ It's just not in them.......  mind you her mate once bought me a drink, but that's because she was seeing the end of our marriage and she was just casting her bread on the water so to speak........ Tidy bit as well..... Next !  

"Hospitals do get help with the unpaid bills – from taxpayers." 

 

Plenty on the web about it. 

[NoshowJones]

7 hours ago, Sonhia said:

Overstay is overstay, but give the man some dinity. Does such a word exsist in Thai vocabulary? I doubt it...

 

Typical Thai mentallty, shame others, point fingers, but not  at themselves.

 

 

If people become disabled through accident or illness while living in Thailand, why can[t they just give them permanent residency? They are not going to harm anybody.

[RichardColeman]

Thai trophy hunting

[lungbing]

38 minutes ago, oby said:

• Yes, because your home country welcomes permanent   resident status 

• from foreign lands...  555

Yes, regretfully all too often they do.

[phka]

9 hours ago, monkfish said:

They must be really proud of themselves well done chaps! Personally I would have opted out of the photo shoot.

Yea really embarrassing 

[Beggar]

1 hour ago, possum1931 said:

If people become disabled through accident or illness while living in Thailand, why can[t they just give them permanent residency? They are not going to harm anybody.

You are ars right. As long as they fulfill the visa requirements and can pay the hospital bills they should be allowed to stay in this country. But to get permanent residency because of this - are you serious? 

[rvaviator]

I am curios on this - This is reported in the Thai press / online in Thai language .. right ?  What comments, if any are given by Thai people?