Popular Post snoop1130 Posted March 4 Popular Post Share Posted March 4 The Phuket provincial administration has instructed all district officers to check the backgrounds and conduct of foreigners living on the resort island, including the Swiss man who allegedly assaulted a female Thai doctor, to ascertain whether they are members of extortion gangs or involved in organised crime. Phuket Deputy Governor Adul Chuthong said today that Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul ordered an investigation of foreign criminal gangs in Phuket, following the incident last week when the Swiss man, identified only as David, allegedly assaulted a female Thai doctor for allegedly trespassing on his property on Yamu Beach, when she sat the staircase of his rented seaside villa. He said that foreigners found to be involved in illegal activities in Phuket will have their visas revoked, be blacklisted and then deported. The Swiss national, who is facing assault charges filed against him by the doctor, is having his visa and registration with a foundation caring for elephants checked by officials. The man’s visa is due to expire on March 13th and immigration officials are yet to decide whether to extend it. It will depend on the outcome of the alleged assault case. Caption: File photo : Phuket Deputy Governor Adul Chuthong//poc.phuket.go.th Full story: Thai PBS 2024-03-04 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe 2 2 3 4 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Banana7 Posted March 4 Popular Post Share Posted March 4 (edited) Not only check the backgrounds, but also check their motor vehicles, living accommodation, business licenses, visas, language school attendance records, sources of funds, and of course their known Thai associates, telephone calls, etc.. Focus on the Russians, especially the ones that have a Police Officer's phone number in their contacts phone book! Check all people living in villas and big condos. Edited March 4 by Banana7 15 3 1 2 2 2 5 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EVENKEEL Posted March 4 Popular Post Share Posted March 4 56 minutes ago, Banana7 said: Not only check the backgrounds, but also check their motor vehicles, living accommodation, business licenses, visas, language school attendance records, sources of funds, and of course their known Thai associates, telephone calls, etc.. Focus on the Russians, especially the ones that have a Police Officer's phone number in their contacts phone book! Check all people living in villas and big condos. Book'em Dan'O 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Elkski Posted March 4 Popular Post Share Posted March 4 So Thailand. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post worgeordie Posted March 4 Popular Post Share Posted March 4 I expect a few people will be thinking of taking a holiday right now , till it all blows over . regards Worgeordie 1 1 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ukrules Posted March 4 Popular Post Share Posted March 4 What are they going to do, a survey or something? 3 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ryandb Posted March 4 Popular Post Share Posted March 4 1 hour ago, Banana7 said: Check all people living in villas and big condos. Sound a little jealous here 4 1 1 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RandiRona Posted March 4 Popular Post Share Posted March 4 May I suggest throwing all foreigners out of Phuket and let them in after checking their paper. Since everyone is Thailand seems to be up to their neck with Xenophobia, it’s a right time to start with clean slate. 4 1 4 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JRG23 Posted March 4 Popular Post Share Posted March 4 (edited) Why stop at Phuket? Edited March 4 by JRG23 3 1 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1duckyboy Posted March 4 Popular Post Share Posted March 4 I anticipate the results to be "No organized crime here.", similar to no prostitution in Pattaya. 3 1 4 13 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post oustaristocrats Posted March 4 Popular Post Share Posted March 4 10 hours ago, snoop1130 said: The Phuket provincial administration has instructed all district officers to check the backgrounds and conduct of foreigners living on the resort island, including the Swiss man who allegedly assaulted a female Thai doctor, to ascertain whether they are members of extortion gangs or involved in organised crime. Phuket Deputy Governor Adul Chuthong said today that Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul ordered an investigation of foreign criminal gangs in Phuket, following the incident last week when the Swiss man, identified only as David, allegedly assaulted a female Thai doctor for allegedly trespassing on his property on Yamu Beach, when she sat the staircase of his rented seaside villa. He said that foreigners found to be involved in illegal activities in Phuket will have their visas revoked, be blacklisted and then deported. The Swiss national, who is facing assault charges filed against him by the doctor, is having his visa and registration with a foundation caring for elephants checked by officials. The man’s visa is due to expire on March 13th and immigration officials are yet to decide whether to extend it. It will depend on the outcome of the alleged assault case. Caption: File photo : Phuket Deputy Governor Adul Chuthong//poc.phuket.go.th Full story: Thai PBS 2024-03-04 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe That's going to be interesting, Thai police against all the worst species they have first invited, thanks to Mr Shretta's free visa policies with countries no other wants to deal with. It's too late, the disease already spread, businesses taken over, underground is already upperground. 4 1 2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post arick Posted March 4 Popular Post Share Posted March 4 Phuket governor forgets how badly the stunk with corruption 17 years ago 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thesetat Posted March 4 Popular Post Share Posted March 4 9 hours ago, ryandb said: Sound a little jealous here You know how thailand exaggerates things when something happens. Next they will be demanding background checks on all long time visa holders of foreigners and making you get it yourself so they do not have to take their own time in obtaining it. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kerryd Posted March 4 Popular Post Share Posted March 4 Remember the "big crackdown" on "bikers" and how they were going to revoke the visas and deport foreigners that were members of "1%" motorcycle clubs ? I haven't heard of any actually having their visas cancelled (or denied when trying to renew them). There's only what, a few thousand foreigners, living in Phuket. I'm sure it won't take any time at all to run all their names through national and international police databases and weed out all the honest ones from the ones who may be using false names and fake/stolen passports. Or - it's news meant to placate the small crowds of demonstrators who will now go home and put their protest signs in the cardboard recycling pile, content in the knowledge that one foreigner will (might) be deported. 3 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rampant Rabbit Posted March 4 Popular Post Share Posted March 4 10 minutes ago, Kerryd said: Or - it's news meant to placate the small crowds of demonstrators who will now go home and put their protest signs in the cardboard recycling pile, you mean toss into the nearest hedgerow. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted March 4 Popular Post Share Posted March 4 11 hours ago, snoop1130 said: The Phuket provincial administration has instructed all district officers to check the backgrounds and conduct of foreigners living on the resort island, including the Swiss man who allegedly assaulted a female Thai doctor, to ascertain whether they are members of extortion gangs or involved in organised crime. Talk about the cart before the horse... Phipats dream came true when thousands of Russians bolted to Thailand to escape the draft, he claimed his tourism policies were working and attracting foreigners to paradise. Now they are realising what the rest of the world has known for a very long time. 4 2 2 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammerGuy Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 11 hours ago, snoop1130 said: The Phuket provincial administration has instructed all district officers to check the backgrounds and conduct of foreigners living on the resort island, including the Swiss man who allegedly assaulted a female Thai doctor, to ascertain whether they are members of extortion gangs or involved in organised crime. Phuket Deputy Governor Adul Chuthong said today that Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul ordered an investigation of foreign criminal gangs in Phuket, following the incident last week when the Swiss man, identified only as David, allegedly assaulted a female Thai doctor for allegedly trespassing on his property on Yamu Beach, when she sat the staircase of his rented seaside villa. He said that foreigners found to be involved in illegal activities in Phuket will have their visas revoked, be blacklisted and then deported. The Swiss national, who is facing assault charges filed against him by the doctor, is having his visa and registration with a foundation caring for elephants checked by officials. The man’s visa is due to expire on March 13th and immigration officials are yet to decide whether to extend it. It will depend on the outcome of the alleged assault case. Caption: File photo : Phuket Deputy Governor Adul Chuthong//poc.phuket.go.th Full story: Thai PBS 2024-03-04 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe There's always one that's gotta spoil it for everyone else 😒 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mywayboy Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 A lot of long time expats in Thailand I'm sure come here reinvent themselves tell all sorts of lies about their past. Sometimes think half of them are on Interpols most wanted 😂. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HammerGuy Posted March 4 Popular Post Share Posted March 4 11 hours ago, snoop1130 said: The Phuket provincial administration has instructed all district officers to check the backgrounds and conduct of foreigners living on the resort island, including the Swiss man who allegedly assaulted a female Thai doctor, to ascertain whether they are members of extortion gangs or involved in organised crime. Phuket Deputy Governor Adul Chuthong said today that Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul ordered an investigation of foreign criminal gangs in Phuket, following the incident last week when the Swiss man, identified only as David, allegedly assaulted a female Thai doctor for allegedly trespassing on his property on Yamu Beach, when she sat the staircase of his rented seaside villa. He said that foreigners found to be involved in illegal activities in Phuket will have their visas revoked, be blacklisted and then deported. The Swiss national, who is facing assault charges filed against him by the doctor, is having his visa and registration with a foundation caring for elephants checked by officials. The man’s visa is due to expire on March 13th and immigration officials are yet to decide whether to extend it. It will depend on the outcome of the alleged assault case. Caption: File photo : Phuket Deputy Governor Adul Chuthong//poc.phuket.go.th Full story: Thai PBS 2024-03-04 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe It's a piece of red meat to pacify the natives 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wensiensheng Posted March 4 Popular Post Share Posted March 4 Wow, a minor assault charge, to background check on all foreigners in Phuket. That escalated fast. i wonder where the issue of gangsters in Phuket came up? Afaik, there has been no suggestion that the badly behaved Swiss man is a gangster. But in Thailand big announcements rarely lead to any action. And if it did, you can bet your bottom dollar that honest expats will be put through a ton of hoops, while the gangsters just pay their way out of any check. 8 1 4 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nickcage49 Posted March 4 Popular Post Share Posted March 4 More and more this is becoming a police state. This is a good way to drive all the foreigners away and all the money we spend. I'm sure Pattaya is next. 1 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spidermike007 Posted March 5 Popular Post Share Posted March 5 My guess is alot of Russians will be deported. I have spoken to Russians who have told me 90% of Russians with real money are involved in crime. I will certainly not miss them. 7 2 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie999 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 10 hours ago, ryandb said: Sound a little jealous here Yeah, I was thinking he has an agenda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Aussie999 Posted March 5 Popular Post Share Posted March 5 5 hours ago, RandiRona said: May I suggest throwing all foreigners out of Phuket and let them in after checking their paper. Since everyone is Thailand seems to be up to their neck with Xenophobia, it’s a right time to start with clean slate. Perhaps they should sort their own house out first, corruption breeds corruption. 1 2 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ironmike Posted March 5 Popular Post Share Posted March 5 Things are getting really bad when you go to bed and listen to music only to hear Russians selling their services, Building companies, real estate, cleaning, taxis, bar and restaurants, club owners with Russian bimbos, visa services and the list goes on and on. Russian women driving drunk and killing people on bikes, Russians fighting with the wife and killing a Thai women on a bike,, Russian mafia coming to a town near you. And there free visas are still happening it's time Thailand did the same as Sri Lanka and send them all home. 11 2 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyExpat57 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Thanks a LOT Urh ‘David’ Fehr! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabradelmar Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Tough talk. We'll see. It's long overdue. Get the TRD involved too. Criminals should have their entire lives in THA but under a microscope... Visas, drivers license, taxes, background checks... the works. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HappyExpat57 Posted March 5 Popular Post Share Posted March 5 43 minutes ago, wensiensheng said: Wow, a minor assault charge, to background check on all foreigners in Phuket. That escalated fast. i wonder where the issue of gangsters in Phuket came up? Afaik, there has been no suggestion that the badly behaved Swiss man is a gangster. But in Thailand big announcements rarely lead to any action. And if it did, you can bet your bottom dollar that honest expats will be put through a ton of hoops, while the gangsters just pay their way out of any check. The problem with this guy is it's not his first offense. There is video of him blocking an ambulance and giving them the bird. He's the exact kind of turd we DON'T need here cuz his stench taints all expats. 12 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nobodysfriend Posted March 5 Popular Post Share Posted March 5 36 minutes ago, spidermike007 said: My guess is alot of Russians will be deported. I have spoken to Russians who have told me 90% of Russians with real money are involved in crime. I will certainly not miss them. May be they will go the Sri Lankan way in the futrure ...? https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-asia/sri-lanka-russia-tourist-visa-ukraine-war-b2504466.html But , as long as big money is spent by the Russians , and they do not post a threat to the thai mafia , that will be delayed ... 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 12 hours ago, snoop1130 said: The Phuket provincial administration has instructed all district officers to check the backgrounds and conduct of foreigners and Thais living on the resort island There, corrected it. Except it isn't true. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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