Dutch Woman Arrested at Phuket Airport for Entering and Staying in Thailand Without Proper Documents

[webfact]

 

By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Phuket – A Dutch woman was arrested at the Phuket International Airport for entering and staying in the Kingdom of Thailand without a proper permit or visa.

The Immigration Office at the Phuket International Airport told the Phuket Express that over the past weekend they arrested a woman whose full name was not given, 28, a Dutch national.

 

Full story: https://thephuketexpress.com/2023/03/27/dutch-woman-arrested-at-phuket-airport-for-entering-and-staying-in-thailand-without-proper-documents/

 

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[Cricky]

Mmmm, seems a tidy sort.

 

Poor girl, off to those stinking cells.

I'm sure a few of the boys here would offer her to join them on a marriage visa.

 

 

[ukrules]

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It was unclear how she had originally entered Thailand.

I'm going to need more information here, until I get it I'm working on the assumption that immigration made a mistake and are now blaming the tourist.

 

[StayinThailand2much]

39 minutes ago, webfact said:

(...) entering and staying in the Kingdom of Thailand without a proper permit or visa.

Sounds strange. Did she arrive by yacht, just hopping onto the beach, or did she walk across the Mekong river bed? I mean, she's not Burmese, but Dutch...

[Pique Dard]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

 

Phuket – A Dutch woman was arrested at the Phuket International Airport

arrested?  it seems to me  she is giving a press conference surrounded by her bodyguards

[Joe Farang]

1 hour ago, ukrules said:

I'm going to need more information here, until I get it I'm working on the assumption that immigration made a mistake and are now blaming the tourist.

 

You are not Columbo. There is also no need for you to make any assumptions.

[Old Croc]

1 hour ago, ukrules said:

I'm going to need more information here, until I get it I'm working on the assumption that immigration made a mistake and are now blaming the tourist.

 

I'm going to make the assumption that she made a mistake by entering without being processed and Immigration quite rightly detained her for further investigation. 

Shouldn't take long to find the truth.

[ikke1959]

First question that comes in  mind is how did she enter Thailand with no visa??? help from from who and why so stupid to leave at an airport where everything is checked?? Something else is why are these people seen as crimininals??? 

[2baht]

1 hour ago, Old Croc said:

I'm going to make the assumption that she made a mistake by entering without being processed and Immigration quite rightly detained her for further investigation. 

Curious, I think Thailand is over rated! Not worth going to this length to get in! Are Dutch not visa exempt?

 

 

[Lemsta69]

1 minute ago, ikke1959 said:

First question that comes in  mind is how did she enter Thailand with no visa??? help from from who and why so stupid to leave at an airport where everything is checked?? Something else is why are these people seen as crimininals??? 

Dutch passport holders don't need a visa to enter the Kingdom. 

[RichardColeman]

She was arrested at the Immigration Checkpoint in the International Departure Terminal at the Phuket International Airport.

 

I mean seriously, what was the point ? Unless she was taking a friend to the airport, it appears she was leaving the country from the story and would be gone. Just seems to be revenge to me.

 

 

[ukrules]

35 minutes ago, Joe Farang said:

You are not Columbo. There is also no need for you to make any assumptions.

Thanks for the tip but I'm going to just go ahead and do whatever the <deleted> I want.

[Cricky]

6 minutes ago, ukrules said:

42 minutes ago, Joe Farang said:

You are not Columbo. There is also no need for you to make any assumptions.

Thanks for the tip but I'm going to just go ahead and do whatever the <deleted> I want

Didn't take long for the bickering to start up. ????

 

Seems to be the only thing consistent on AN forums. ????

[Andycoops]

36 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

First question that comes in  mind is how did she enter Thailand with no visa??? help from from who and why so stupid to leave at an airport where everything is checked?? Something else is why are these people seen as crimininals??? 

Clearly nothing was checked properly when she entered, unless of course she came over a land border illegally.

[RandiRona]

She was doing some James bond kind of stuff...MI6 will get her out soon in his Majesty service...Andrew that is..not Charles!????????

[smedly]

43 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

First question that comes in  mind is how did she enter Thailand

does it matter, seems she was leaving, why is this even news, pay 20k and let her leave, stupid nonsense 

[Menken]

13 minutes ago, smedly said:

does it matter, seems she was leaving, why is this even news, pay 20k and let her leave, stupid nonsense 

Yes, why is this news.

 

It's not even a full story so there is a huge question why even after the story was written why they would put it up on aseannnow??

[Celsius]

Looks like a preview episode of Blacked 

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, Old Croc said:

I'm going to make the assumption that she made a mistake by entering without being processed and Immigration quite rightly detained her for further investigation. 

Shouldn't take long to find the truth.

Quote from the link:

She was arrested at the Immigration Checkpoint in the International Departure Terminal at the Phuket International Airport

 

Seems she had already stayed in Phuket and was in the departure terminal ?

I wonder how she entered Phuket to start with, possibly via road from another province then was trying to fly home?

 

 

[ChipButty]

The story is no good with out the facts, 

[ChipButty]

All sounds Double Dutch to me 

[VinnieK]

1 hour ago, Andycoops said:

Clearly nothing was checked properly when she entered, unless of course she came over a land border illegally.

I don't know abt other land crossings but at Sadao/Dannok, you can walk across either way, without any problems.

Way too much foot and vehicle traffic and no controls at the main gate.

 

 

[BritManToo]

45 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Seems she had already stayed in Phuket and was in the departure terminal ?

I wonder how she entered Phuket to start with, possibly via road from another province then was trying to fly home?

She flew in for a holiday, immigration forgot to stamp her passport, no thinking required.

[Smokey and the Bandit]

3 hours ago, ukrules said:

I'm going to need more information here, until I get it I'm working on the assumption that immigration made a mistake and are now blaming the tourist.

 

Yes, how did she get into the country? If immigration made a mistake, surely its their mistake?

Will they admit it, never!

[hotchilli]

13 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

She flew in for a holiday, immigration forgot to stamp her passport, no thinking required.

Thanks for clearing that up.

[roo860]

4 hours ago, Cricky said:

Mmmm, seems a tidy sort.

 

Poor girl, off to those stinking cells.

I'm sure a few of the boys here would offer her to join them on a marriage visa.

 

 

You been on the sauce, again?????

[Old Croc]

If it was something as simple as a missed stamp on arrival it would have easily been checked and proven at the airport and she would have departed on her flight.

The arrest shows there is more to the story than that.

 

The thread headline states she entered without proper documents.

Interesting travel outfit.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Dutch PP didn't belong to her.

[Old Croc]

2 hours ago, 2baht said:

Curious, I think Thailand is over rated! Not worth going to this length to get in! Are Dutch not visa exempt?

I wouldn't give 2 satang for that gem of a post.

[RuamRudy]

2 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

First question that comes in  mind is how did she enter Thailand with no visa??? help from from who and why so stupid to leave at an airport where everything is checked?? Something else is why are these people seen as crimininals??? 

Reminds me of this from a decade ago:

No Visas: Immigration Arrested Honest Couple

An international row has erupted over the arrest of a young French couple and their 22-month-old child. The family arrived on a flight at Phuket International Airport and left the terminal without being processed by Immigration... The blunder was only discovered days later when the honest French couple, on their first trip overseas, took the trouble to return to Phuket airport so the error could be corrected.... The couple were later made to appear in court, fined and sentenced to a suspended jail term,

[2baht]

1 hour ago, Old Croc said:

I wouldn't give 2 satang for that gem of a post.

Opinions are like belly buttons, everyone's got one!