Israeli with Omicron who fled quarantine hotel flown back to Bangkok

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The Israeli man who fled a Sukhumvit Road hotel before waiting for a Covid-19 test result and subsequently tested positive for the Omicron variant has been flown back to Bangkok.

 

Ohad B. was arrested at a restaurant at Bang Rak beach in Bo Phut on the holiday island of Koh Samui in the south of Thailand.

 

Immigration and tourist police took him into custody from a field hospital and they flew to Bangkok on Bangkok Airways flight PG 172 yesterday evening, reported Daily News. 

 

The suspect had tested negative on his three latest tests. 

 

He now faces charges in Thong Lo district of the Thai capital after an arrest warrant was issued for breaking Article 9 of the emergency decree. 

 

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[RandiRona]

He paid his dues I guess...he is going home.

[HappyExpat57]

Was he the only one on the flight or did he put a plane load of folks at risk?

[SmokeandIce]

2 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Was he the only one on the flight or did he put a plane load of folks at risk?

He has tested 3 times in Koh Samui and been negative all three times

Edited December 28, 2021 by SmokeandIce

[mancub]

8 minutes ago, RandiRona said:

He paid his dues I guess...he is going home.

I rather think he's going there to face the music for whatever "charges" they want to press.

 

[ezzra]

So what is it than? tested positive and than tested negative in 3 separate tests? like a dog with a bone they wouldn't let go, let's make an example out of him to deter others from doing the same is what the police is all about now, pity, this is not how the Thai police should act, they're better than that, this is pure cruelty, let the man go, i'm sure he and many others got the message...

[RichardColeman]

10 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Was he the only one on the flight or did he put a plane load of folks at risk?

I do not think Idiocy is transmissible 

[RandiRona]

13 minutes ago, mancub said:

I rather think he's going there to face the music for whatever "charges" they want to press.

 

I doubt they are sending him to Jail. Thailand is visited by lot of Israelis and since Israelis usually visit places they can trust , it would hurt Thailand's Image. He would be fined and sent back home , possibly blacklisted. Plus his actions were stupid and idiotic, not sure I would term them criminal.

[cocoonclub]

19 minutes ago, SmokeandIce said:

He has tested 3 times in Koh Samui and been negative all three times

Which has nothing to do with putting dozens or hundreds of people at risk of infecting them. 

[cocoonclub]

3 minutes ago, RandiRona said:

his actions were stupid and idiotic, not sure I would term them criminal.

Hint: A criminal action can be stupid and idiotic and a stupid and idiotic action can be criminal. 

[cocoonclub]

14 minutes ago, ezzra said:

So what is it than? tested positive and than tested negative in 3 separate tests? like a dog with a bone they wouldn't let go, let's make an example out of him to deter others from doing the same is what the police is all about now, pity, this is not how the Thai police should act, they're better than that, this is pure cruelty, let the man go, i'm sure he and many others got the message...

The message of “you can ignore the law and infect others because in the end we won’t do anything about it to please the ThaiVisa farangs”? 
 

He broke the law and put the people around him at risk. Coming from a rich first world country that can afford a 4th jab while many people in Thailand still didn’t receive their first and second jab and are even more vulnerable just makes it worse. He’s a criminal and also a selfish, arrogant <deleted>. He deserves to be punished. 

[SmokeandIce]

11 minutes ago, cocoonclub said:

Which has nothing to do with putting dozens or hundreds of people at risk of infecting them. 

If he has tested 3 times negative for COVID, what us he infecting people wirh ? (Besides arrogance and stupidity)

[cocoonclub]

5 minutes ago, SmokeandIce said:

If he has tested 3 times negative for COVID, what us he infecting people wirh ? (Besides arrogance and stupidity)

With Covid. He tested positive. 
 

Would you sleep with a girl who has Chlamydia if she tells you “oh don’t worry, I’ll take some antibiotics next week and test negative”? 

Edited December 28, 2021 by cocoonclub

[mtls2005]

Sheesh, can we just move past the mob-justice and get to the press conference where he apologizes, acknowledges that what he did was wrong, and that he is sorry.

 

 

[mtls2005]

10 minutes ago, cocoonclub said:

Would you sleep with a girl who has Chlamydia if she tells you “oh don’t worry, I’ll take some antibiotics next week and test negative”? 

Why are you sleeping with a "girl" whom you know has Chlamydia?

 

[taotoo]

I'm reserving judgement until I've seen the reenactment.

[RandiRona]

42 minutes ago, cocoonclub said:

Hint: A criminal action can be stupid and idiotic and a stupid and idiotic action can be criminal. 

If you take emotions out of it, His iditotic act isnt worth for Thailand govt to hurt its image amongst countries which are still friendly to it. Also Israleis are known to take care of their own. I hear you that you think he should be punished so we shall see!

[mancub]

50 minutes ago, taotoo said:

I'm reserving judgement until I've seen the reenactment.

Especially the "escaping" part !  

[khunPer]

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

So what is it than? tested positive and than tested negative in 3 separate tests? like a dog with a bone they wouldn't let go, let's make an example out of him to deter others from doing the same is what the police is all about now, pity, this is not how the Thai police should act, they're better than that, this is pure cruelty, let the man go, i'm sure he and many others got the message...

It's not about the test, it's about that he fled the quarantine hotel before the test arrived, and thereby broke the rules in a pandemic emergency decree, which is a serious crime in any country.

[richard_smith237]

2 minutes ago, khunPer said:

It's not about the test, it's about that he fled the quarantine hotel before the test arrived, and thereby broke the rules in a pandemic emergency decree, which is a serious crime in any country.

Potentially this is the major point of contention.... It is reported that he ‘escaped’ quarantine.

 

Yet elsewhere it is reported that he completed 24 hrs and then walked out of the hotel with his baggage at 2pm the following afternoon, no one stopped him. 

 

Did he ‘flee’ quarantine or was he told he could leave and now there is a great deal of ‘face saving’ going on ????

 

Was there a miss communication ??? we only have the ’Thai side’ of the story - it would be interesting to know whether it was this guys intention to flee or if he was just naively stupid. 

 

 

 

[Sheryl]

15 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Potentially this is the major point of contention.... It is reported that he ‘escaped’ quarantine.

 

Yet elsewhere it is reported that he completed 24 hrs and then walked out of the hotel with his baggage at 2pm the following afternoon, no one stopped him. 

 

Did he ‘flee’ quarantine or was he told he could leave and now there is a great deal of ‘face saving’ going on ????

 

Was there a miss communication ??? we only have the ’Thai side’ of the story - it would be interesting to know whether it was this guys intention to flee or if he was just naively stupid. 

 

 

 

It was reported several times that he left without his passport, and had trouble checking into other hotels as a result.

 

If true then certainly not a normal check-out.

[richard_smith237]

21 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

It was reported several times that he left without his passport, and had trouble checking into other hotels as a result.

 

If true then certainly not a normal check-out.

Was it ???

 

I have read reports that he was refused from checking into one hotel in Pattaya because he did not present his passport. Does that mean he left his passport at his ‘Test & Go’ hotel in Bangkok ???

 

I have never had to leave my Passport with any hotel - AQ, Sandbox, Test & Go (I’ve quarantined under all conditions), also I’ve never had to leave a passport with a decent quality hotel under normal conditions

 

That said, in younger years I have been asked to leave a passport with a ‘cheaper hostel type hotel’ - I refused and went elsewhere - Could this have been the case here ???

 

 

Again (as I’ve pointed out in other threads on this subject) - I’m not defending this guy. But, I do see scope for naive stupidity rather than criminal intent to ‘escape’ quarantine.

 

 

I’m not getting on the ‘hang him high’ bandwagon because I can see how easily this could be a very naive mistake. 

 

Of course, IF Baruch deliberately and knowingly excepted his ’Test & Go’ hotel he deserves a legal response. 

 

[vandeventer]

4 hours ago, RandiRona said:

He paid his dues I guess...he is going home.

I think he's there just to show the police how easy it was to escape?

[mancub]

54 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

It was reported several times that he left without his passport, and had trouble checking into other hotels as a result.

 

If true then certainly not a normal check-out.

Don't believe he left without his passport, simply as he would need it to fly out at some point. Perhaps he just gambled on the test being negative (given the time elapsed), in which case, probably no further action would ever have been taken. 

 

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, RandiRona said:

He paid his dues I guess...he is going home.

I wonder if he enjoyed his vacation?

[IAMHERE]

5 hours ago, cocoonclub said:

Which has nothing to do with putting dozens or hundreds of people at risk of infecting them. 

If he was negative then how did he risk other people ?  Many would conclude the first test was faulty by design or implementation. There has got to be some false positives and so far none of those have been publicized.

[PETERTHEEATER]

7 hours ago, cocoonclub said:

Would you sleep with a girl who has Chlamydia if she tells you “oh don’t worry, I’ll take some antibiotics next week and test negative”?

Yes, as long as she doesn't snore or ask for sex.....????

[RobU]

10 hours ago, ezzra said:

So what is it than? tested positive and than tested negative in 3 separate tests? like a dog with a bone they wouldn't let go, let's make an example out of him to deter others from doing the same is what the police is all about now, pity, this is not how the Thai police should act, they're better than that, this is pure cruelty, let the man go, i'm sure he and many others got the message...

He is a self important fool who thought he was above the law. Such people would see any 'mercy' as encouragement to continue to break the law in future since there would be no penalty. He should be prosecuted with full force of the law to send a message to prevent other idiots like him taking the risk.

[Jingthing]

7 hours ago, Sheryl said:

It was reported several times that he left without his passport, and had trouble checking into other hotels as a result.

 

If true then certainly not a normal check-out.

Almost definitely not true.

[cocoonclub]

13 hours ago, RandiRona said:

If you take emotions out of it,

The nice thing about laws is that they are completely unemotional. In fact, that’s the purpose of having laws: so that they apply regardless of individual feelings. 

 

13 hours ago, RandiRona said:

His iditotic act isnt worth for Thailand govt to hurt its image amongst countries which are still friendly to it. Also Israleis are known to take care of their own. I hear you that you think he should be punished so we shall see!

Please leave the emotions out of it and let’s just follow the law.