Foreigners who join anti-govt protests face deportation and blacklist: Thai police

[webfact]

 

Picture: INN

 

Foreigners in Thailand have been warned to steer clear of anti-government protests and rallies which have been taking place in Bangkok and other areas of the country. 

 

On Wednesday (Sept 8), Pol Maj Gen Piya Tawichai, deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) said foreigners who join the protests will be prosecuted and face deportation and would also be blacklisted from Thailand, INN reported. 

 

Pol Maj Gen Tawichai was speaking following the arrest of 195 people who took part in recent demonstrations in Bangkok. 

 

Pol Maj Gen Tawichai added that those who join the protests increase the risk of spreading COVID-19 are in violation of the Emergency Decree and Communicable Disease Control Act.

 

One of the people arrested was found to be a Cambodian national, which prompted the police to issue the warning to foreigners in Thailand.

 

Pol Maj Gen Tawichai said that those arrested will be charged with violating the Emergency Decree and Communicable Disease Control Act.

 

He said that if those arrested are found to be juveniles, their parents also face being prosecuted.

 

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[ben2talk]

So publicly they are saying they will punish anyone who excercises freedom of speech, there is no right to a POV, there's no right to complain....

 

Only the right of the regime to demand impunity and take down anyone that threatens it...

 

[Pravda]

You got it. Not my country anyway.

 

[Will B Good]

Whoops.

 

I was badgering the wife to let me go and have a shufti. Think I will give it a miss now.

[petermik]

I think being a visitor to the country we should respect their laws....whether we agree with them is another matter.

[Mr Meeseeks]

Foreigners protesting are the least of their worries.

 

Can't blame it on the foreign bogeymen this time, chumps.

[ThailandRyan]

So I can be a television star in my own version of "The Blacklist", will I be an FBI informant...asking for my neighbors pet goldfish.......

 

Anyone who joins in is a fool to begin with. Almost got caught in the middle of one when I went for an evening run down Ploenchit a few weeks back. Glad the parks are open again.

[tonray]

The only protest I get excited about is when Tops market stops its Buy One Get One in the snack aisle.....then I'm going in !

[Nojohndoe]

If for no other reason it will be an attempt to avoid international outcry if a foreigner is killed when tactics get more nasty. It has precedent. I wonder what the approach is to foreign Journalists this time around?

 

[keith101]

TIT .

[Whale]

13 minutes ago, webfact said:

One of the people arrested was found to be a Cambodian national, which prompted the police to issue the warning to foreigners in Thailand.

That does not make sense. By all means arrest him/her for breaking covid rules but what has their nationality got to do with anything and why do they have to "warn" foreigners specifically? 

 

 

[ThailandRyan]

3 minutes ago, keith101 said:

TIT .

Did you miss the s on the end,they come in pairs I believe.

[SiamAndy]

Pathetic excuse of a government. A government who threatens their citizens and their guests is not a legitimate government.

[WhiteBuffaloATM]

Avoid here all politics, drugs, police, violence, bad guys, visa overstays, arguments, defamation, etc Stay Out of Trouble !

Incentivise yourself by checking out Thai Bangkok Prison Conditions & stories from foreigners released/ home transfered  after 1-5 years in the monkey house….. behind LOS Amazing TL mask, its very ugly indeed…….

[Bluespunk]

33 minutes ago, webfact said:

On Wednesday (Sept 8), Pol Maj Gen Piya Tawichai, deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) said foreigners who join the protests will be prosecuted and face deportation and would also be blacklisted from Thailand, INN reported. 

Pesky foreigners-I bet that ONE protester found so far [if indeed they were protesting rather than standing by watching or just going about their daily life] is the tip of a foreign plot to overthrow Thai society.

 

Be vigilant Thailand, the foreigners are trying to trick you into democracy...

 

Shouldn't need to say this, but sarcasm alert  

Edited September 9, 2021 by Bluespunk

[DrJack54]

33 minutes ago, ben2talk said:

So publicly they are saying they will punish anyone who excercises freedom of speech, there is no right to a POV, there's no right to complain....

 

Only the right of the regime to demand impunity and take down anyone that threatens it...

 

Did you miss the word "Foreigners"

[Will B Good]

30 minutes ago, petermik said:

I think being a visitor to the country we should respect their laws....whether we agree with them is another matter.

True to a degree. 

 

I just wonder if there even is a law? 

 

This sounds like policy on the hoof (I recognize it, coming from the UK)

[vinci]

its amazed me of some of these farang in here and their mind set, their entitlement, freedom of speech, their right, last time i check YOU ARE A GUESTS, "facepalm", just speechless 

[Neeranam]

41 minutes ago, ben2talk said:

So publicly they are saying they will punish anyone who excercises freedom of speech, there is no right to a POV, there's no right to complain....

The Thai Constitutional laws are not for foreigners, only Thai nationals. 

[BE88]

But I do not protest I follow the traffic with the car and I was blocked by the traffic and no idea why all the people shouting in Thais that I did not understand why they were all shouting then the police came to arrest me because I had stopped.

Edited September 9, 2021 by BE88

[Will B Good]

10 minutes ago, BE88 said:

But I do not protest I follow the traffic with the car and I was blocked by the traffic and no idea why all the people shouting in Thais that I did not understand why they were all shouting then the police came to arrest me because I had stopped.

Nice try.....flight is in 20mins...off you go.

Edited September 9, 2021 by Will B Good

[ezzra]

Not surprise at all, didn't expect any other statement to come out the mouth of a Thai official, been here long enough to be told several time that this is Thailand, not your country, so again, typical Thai attitude toward foreignness...

[WhiteBuffaloATM]

British Consulate says Thai Govt. (not Embassy) is responsible for safety of Brits here here. That protection would be conditional upon Brits complying with thai laws and with thai govt. application of those laws.

[Rimmer]

Off topic post removed

[WhiteBuffaloATM]

Such govt. warnings are within thai law. All Foreigners are guests here. 

Follow the rules, or else. Do not interfere. Mind your own business.

“We are NOT in Kansas now  Dorothy…..” ( Wizard of Oz). “This is Sparta !! “( 300 film).

[Gandtee]

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

So I can be a television star in my own version of "The Blacklist", will I be an FBI informant...asking for my neighbors pet goldfish.......

 

Anyone who joins in is a fool to begin with. Almost got caught in the middle of one when I went for an evening run down Ploenchit a few weeks back. Glad the parks are open again.

So you did a runner.

 

[robblok]

7 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Not surprise at all, didn't expect any other statement to come out the mouth of a Thai official, been here long enough to be told several time that this is Thailand, not your country, so again, typical Thai attitude toward foreignness...

Like or not they are right. Not sure why foreigners think they got the right to protest and all kind of other rights not to follow certain rules for covid as an example. They always seem to think they are special want to stand up for their rights. What rights.

 

I mean you know what kind of country this is you either accept it or leave trying to change it can cause you serious trouble.

 

I might not like a lot of the rules but I am not stupid enough to make a fuzz at officials or cause scenes. Its not as if you have power. Only thing is vote with your feet deprive them of your spending.

 

Al we can do is vent a bit on a forum and that is it.

[BobinBKK]

1 hour ago, Pravda said:

You got it. Not my country anyway.

 

I agree 100% Personally I don't care what these people do, not my problem and doesn't effect me one way or the other. I respect their laws and go on about my merry way living an easy life and doing what I came here for.

[Will B Good]

1 minute ago, robblok said:

Unfortunately many protests always seem to end up with some kind of violence

It is in the nature of the beast...throw in a few agent provocateurs and one or two hot heads......light the blue touch paper and stand back.

[Gandtee]

What about us foreigners who express their view on various news websites like this one? If so, these sites won't be worth following and the rascals who have said naughty things about the government will be sent packing. To leave their wives and children to the mercy of the thought police for attitude adjustment. Many of us rascals have lived here from long before most of the protesters were born and maybe have a better perspective as to why they are protesting. Thailand = Freeland= oxymoron.