Immigration with metal prods arrest Finnish pensioner on 3,246 days overstay in NE - he's a "threat to society"

[webfact]

Sanook Thai Caption: On overstay of 3,246 days and he likes to make trouble
 

Immigration in Udon Thani, north eastern Thailand were called to Kut Chap sub-district in Kut Chap district where a belligerent foreigner was making trouble.

 

Sanook reported that complaints were received after the man - a 74 year old Finnish national - was causing a frequent nuisance.

 

When the immigration police arrived at a rented property he was waving a stick about menacingly.

 

The media said he was a danger to society who was noisy and argumentative. 

 

Picture: Sanook

 

He was now resisting arrest.

 

He needed to be subdued with metal prods before he was taken away to Kut Chap police station.

 

He was found to be on overstay of 3,246 days.

 

Picture: San ook

 

He'd arrived in Nong Khai on January 5th 2014 and was given permission to stay for a year until January 5th 2015.

 

He seems to have done nothing about his visa after that. 

 

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[steven100]

I'd say he's finnished from Udon Thani.

[Robin]

Local Police really on the ball?  Nearly 9 years overstay.  Where will they deport him to?

[KhunBENQ]

3246 days since Jan 5th 2015?

Thai mathematics?

 

Anyway: off to Finnland.

[ThailandRyan]

Oh Kut Chap couldn't cut the chap any slack...no money in the pocket.....so now he will be sent to IDC and then back to Finland where he may have no one...

[KhunBENQ]

4 minutes ago, Robin said:

Local Police really on the ball?  Nearly 9 years overstay.  Where will they deport him to?

Will we ever get to know the truth?

9 years or since 2015? ????

Edited November 26, 2022 by KhunBENQ

[Bert got kinky]

He was found to be on overstay of 3,246 days.

Glad to see that the systems ion place (TM30 & TM47) are doing their job. ????

 

[proton]

Sounds like his neighbours will be glad to see the back of him, noisy and argumentative is a job reserved for Thai ????

[internationalism]

"frequent nuisance" doesn't equates to "threat to society".

 

[Olmate]

"Huckelberry" maybe!! 

[mikeymike100]

11 minutes ago, Bert got kinky said:

He was found to be on overstay of 3,246 days.

Glad to see that the systems ion place (TM30 & TM47) are doing their job. ????

 

Absolutely and looks like the 90 day reports work too?????

[roo860]

Gottfrid probably bubbled him, thought he was a Brit.

[brianthainess]

They should give TAT back their calculator.

31 minutes ago, webfact said:

was given permission to stay for a year until January 5th 2015.

= 2882 days overstay, it seems they have added the 365 days since he got permission to stay. but reporting actual facts in Thailand seems very difficult. 

[OneMoreFarang]

There are easy ways to solve this problem.

 

 

[bob smith]

those metal monkey rods are barbaric. another one of big jokes legacies?

[BangkokReady]

I'm not one of these "you're a guest in the country" types, but at least be nice to your neighbours if you're on years of overstay!

 

Maybe he's gone a bit senile.

[toofarnorth]

Nice to see the guy in the blue in the second pic holding his hand.

[ezzra]

53 minutes ago, internationalism said:

"frequent nuisance" doesn't equates to "threat to society".

 

Still, if you know you're staying very illegibly in the country, the most you can do is behave and not be a nuisance to the locals right? could it be that the man doesn't play with full deck of cards any longer.?..

[ThailandRyan]

3 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Still, if you know you're staying very illegibly in the country, the most you can do is behave and not be a nuisance to the locals right? could it be that the man doesn't play with full deck of cards any longer.?..

Maybe his memory is fading and he has dementia and alzheimers

[Olmate]

39 minutes ago, bob smith said:

those metal monkey rods are barbaric. another one of big jokes legacies?

Never felt a tayser then Smithy? 

[Denim]

45 minutes ago, bob smith said:

those metal monkey rods are barbaric. another one of big jokes legacies?

I think you have misunderstood. They are not anally inserted. They just pin people down.

[PJ71]

Having to use these methods to subdue a 74 year old man is pathetic.

 

Hardly crime of the century.

[JCCR6]

Off to Finland at this time of the year… poor guy

[worgeordie]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

 

The media said he was a danger to society who was noisy and argumentative. 

Something you don't do when on a long overstay like that , If 

he had kept his head down and gotten along with other people

he could have lived his life out here. 

 

regards Worgeordie

[Gerard052]

3 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Will we ever get to know the truth?

9 years or since 2015? ????

That is 7 years, 10 months, 3 weeks or 2882 days.  That goes to show you what a grade 5 education can do for you and that's a smart Cop.

[AhFarangJa]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The media said he was a danger to society who was noisy and argumentative. 

Well, if the society was noisy and argumentative then I would be pi**ed off too.

By the way my calculations, allowing for leap years is 2887. Seems like he missed at least 32 ninety day reports...................

[Lemsta69]

37 minutes ago, JCCR6 said:

Off to Finland at this time of the year… poor guy

Hopefully he's got the dosh to buy a flight home otherwise he'll be in IDC for a wee while.

[Neeranam]

3 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

I'm not one of these "you're a guest in the country" types, but at least be nice to your neighbours if you're on years of overstay!

 

Maybe he's gone a bit senile.

More likely drunk. 

I worked in Finland, never seen a higher proportion of alkies. 

[Neeranam]

11 minutes ago, Gerard052 said:

That is 7 years, 10 months, 3 weeks or 2882 days.  That goes to show you what a grade 5 education can do for you and that's a smart Cop.

Blame the journalist, or translator

[Lemsta69]

1 hour ago, PJ71 said:

Having to use these methods to subdue a 74 year old man is pathetic.

 

Hardly crime of the century.

In one of the pics he's got a big ol' stick in his hand. Most other countries he'd be tasered, shot, or wrestled to the ground with a knee in his back.

 

What did you expect them to do, give him a six-pack of Leo and tell him to carry on his merry way?