Popular Post Salerno Posted March 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 29, 2023 (edited) 10 minutes ago, jacko45k said: Darn that is horrific, guess he was stateless. Nope, pressure from the Chinese allegedly, his family had already been dragged back, not a pleasant story and around 50 others still held. Edit: tracked down a report on it, his brother was taken back but his wife and kids made it to Turkey apparently (from memory I thought they'd been dragged back too) https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2023/02/24/death-of-uyghur-muslim-held-by-immigration-aziz-abdullah/ Edited March 29, 2023 by Salerno 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazykopite Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 I would think he could claim political asylum as he is from Iraq but there again this is Thailand I don’t think they know the meaning the guy should have headed to France paid his dues and landed on the shores of Dover 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy one Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 3 hours ago, hotchilli said: The shock of going back to Iraq and his goat herd, No doubt his favourite goat has a new husband 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 2 hours ago, mikebell said: After not doing 90 day reporting for 8 years, why did IOs turn up at his house? Maybe neighbours ratted him out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 11 minutes ago, Grumpy one said: No doubt his favourite goat has a new husband Several I should imagine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcpattaya Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 6 hours ago, webfact said: it was feared he might turn to crime. Feared by who? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NanLaew Posted March 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 29, 2023 2 hours ago, mikebell said: After not doing 90 day reporting for 8 years, why did IOs turn up at his house? Are 90-day report procedures applicable to tourist visas? 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proton Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 2 hours ago, Cadan said: Deportation assured paid by the Iraqi government ? No mercy for overstayers - he may get asylum in Germany where he can have a comfortable life paid by tax payers. Overstaying 8 years x annual agents fees I assume the total loss for agent and immigration to be over 200,000 baht He needs to get on a boat to the UK from France, up to a 5 star hotel stay, free food, free internet, free health care and 40 quid a week pocket money to buy sweets for the schoolgirls they stalk, almost no chance of being denied 'asylum' ???? 1 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post transam Posted March 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 29, 2023 This case, and I guess a zillion others, just shows that Thai immigration needs a massive shake-up. Immigration spends hours on daft stuff paperwork for nothing, 90 day reports etc, yet they cannot keep track of the info in all that paperwork. Farangy's that have been married here for many years must be treated like children every year with nonsense paperwork, crazy stuff. Their time would be better spent looking out for the real dodgers, which they don't, they rely on folk grassing-up for a few bahts..... 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 13 minutes ago, NanLaew said: Are 90-day report procedures applicable to tourist visas? If he ever did have a tourist visa, it was well expired and irrelevant. I expect we can simply say he was on overstay......perhaps even had an expired passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2baht Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 2 hours ago, brianthainess said: Is that his wife ? Why don't you ask her! ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 4 hours ago, hotchilli said: The shock of going back to Iraq and his goat herd, I think after 8 years all his goats have been eaten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLSEEINGEYE Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 And the Academy Award goes to........?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 17 minutes ago, steven100 said: I think after 8 years all his goats have been eaten. He had a billy and a few nannies and could have survived for years.... It is a bit sad really..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Old Croc Posted March 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 29, 2023 A lot of nonsense written here. If the guy entered legally all those years ago almost certainly it would have been as a tourist. He never would have started with the TM30 or 90-day reporting regime, so likely was not recorded anywhere. I don't know if Thailand compares arrival and departure records to pick up overstayers, I would guess not. If you keep a low profile and are supported by somebody (wife), as this character apparently did, you could stay off the radar for a long time. However, there are always some people who will report somebody they dislike for any of a thousand reasons. The dob-in is a major way long term overstayers get caught, despite agencies here claiming it's because of their sterling work. Foreigners are disliked by many locals and can stand out in Thailand. Don't like this guy's future, I can understand his distress at getting caught. He probably has little money, no passport, no prospect now of being picked up as a refugee by a western country and has a bleak future if returning to Iraq. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nahkit Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 8 hours ago, webfact said: However as soon as the police team showed up at his house where he was sitting in front he turned pale and fainted and was immediately given first aid. Must of fainted twice because that picture looks a lot like the office of a police station. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 This fellow must have been rich when he arrived in Thailand or how else did he stay in the country for so long. A follow up story may be quite interesting to read. 52 years old and able to not work but able to stay in a foreign country for 8 whole years. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PremiumLane Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 4 hours ago, Cadan said: where he can have a comfortable life paid by tax payers Personally I don't mind my taxes going to help people, and not to rich corporations or the mega wealthy. But then again, I am not stupid enough to believe the claptrap the press say about asylum seekers. I mean, you do know they can and do work once processed, right? Or, shall we talk about the huge net financial benefits that immigrants bring to countries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 2 hours ago, steven100 said: I think after 8 years all his goats have been eaten. Spit roasted? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menken Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 I bet they'll size him up, take the 20k if they can get it and let him go either way. They might let westerners sit in jail but you can't get blood from a stone. No sense in letting him sit more than six months for lesson learned. Released, banned. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsari Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 From all the folders on view in the photo of inside his house must mean he is in business Unless it is all the Thai immigration rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 By the look of his immaculate office, where he was obviously earning a few quid, caused the faint, as it all came to an end shock.............???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CFCjeff Posted March 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 29, 2023 (edited) Good job immigration, now hunt down all the riff raff who use agents to stay here illegally, this country wants quality expats with the required funds in their own bank account, not the cheap charlie pot noodle balloon chasing wife beating vest brigade. Edited March 29, 2023 by CFCjeff 1 2 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Swift Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 From Iraq, too bad he didn't just seek asylum. I think stupid and careless, but harmless. Sad story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nong Khai Man Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 6 hours ago, mikebell said: After not doing 90 day reporting for 8 years, why did IOs turn up at his house? Somebody " Grassed " Him Up,Maybe ?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nong Khai Man Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 3 hours ago, proton said: He needs to get on a boat to the UK from France, up to a 5 star hotel stay, free food, free internet, free health care and 40 quid a week pocket money to buy sweets for the schoolgirls they stalk, almost no chance of being denied 'asylum' ???? 40 quid a week pocket money....<deleted> That I'm Not going back,I Got told it was 35 Quid A Day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew65 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 A sterling-effort, well done that man. I think the best I've heard of was 12 years???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quake Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Should have gone to the uk. Would have, free money, free accommodation, free health care. family over as well, by now. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quake Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 2 hours ago, CFCjeff said: Good job immigration, now hunt down all the riff raff who use agents to stay here illegally, this country wants quality expats with the required funds in their own bank account, What makes you think I'm a quality Expat. , 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post d4dang Posted March 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 29, 2023 Last of the Sadam look-a-likes? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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