DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-cum-Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul praised Phuket authorities for quickly revoking a Swiss man’s visa for allegedly kicking a doctor as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Cape Yamu beach and is considering revoking the visa of another Swiss man who assaulted a Thai woman at a Trang hypermart, TV Channel 7 said today (Mar. 7).

 

Mr. Urs Fehr, or David, 45, allegedly kicked Dr. Thandao Chandam, attached to Dibuk Hospital, as she sat on the stairs watching the moon on the night of Feb. 29.

 

Mr. Dieter Matthias Strausmann at Trang police station. Photo: Naewna

 

On Tuesday Mar. 5 Mr. Dieter Matthias Strausmann, 62, who is residing in southern Trang city on a retirement visa, punched up Ms. Natchanan Khikkam, 58, at the hypermart while both of them were shopping there and she now has to undergo month-long medical treatment to recover from her injuries.

 

Anutin said he does not want people who behave in this manner to live in Thailand, pointing out that Thais welcome everyone with friendliness but cannot accept it if they are treated with disrespect.

 

by TNR Staff 

TOP: Mr Urs Fehr clasping his hands in a wai and the order revoking his visa. Photo: Thai Rath

 

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Both need to be sent to trial and hopefully get dealt with severely considering their actions. A nice long stay at the Bangkok Hilton may bring some humility to these two clowns. 

Good bye and good riddance....

Good & deported is the proper route but due to violence it should be after times served

 

On the second Swiss the pics of the Thai lady he mauled was terrible & not a scratch on himself.

I would like to see or hear more about that case as it is extreme & odd at the same time

 

They say no cctv footage available yet say many bystanders saw & testified. That means in today's world there is also a lot

of phone videos. But also makes me wonder how so many could stand by & watch yet not help

1 hour ago, webfact said:

authorities for quickly revoking a Swiss man’s visa for allegedly kicking a doctor as she sat on the stairs

Time to celebrate again. 🥳

 

Liverpool Lou and his negativity on the previous thread, I didn't really enjoy the other nights celebration. 

 

Let's party 🎉

 

 

 

53 minutes ago, pegman said:

Both need to be sent to trial and hopefully get dealt with severely considering their actions. A nice long stay at the Bangkok Hilton may bring some humility to these two clowns. 

  

If this guy's Visa has been revoked, I can't believe there is even a question about whether the 2nd guy's should be as his actions were far, far worse.

 

So far it seems the he (2nd guy) has remained silent about what he did (not much he can offer as a defense really) as he seems to believe if he stays silent he'll just be sent packing, boy is he in for a rude awakening.... Som Nam Naa for those actions.

 

But Switzerland is such a nice country.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Thais welcome everyone with friendliness but cannot accept it if they are treated with disrespect.

Oh really......

1 hour ago, pegman said:

Both need to be sent to trial and hopefully get dealt with severely considering their actions. A nice long stay at the Bangkok Hilton may bring some humility to these two clowns. 

Id  agree if  it was  reciprocal.

Won't he still have a Permission to Stay as there is a court case pending against him?

Great result. This is a guy who has always been he's been making trouble wherever he goes, and it finally caught up to him. Like you said he probably thought she was just some simple peasant girl, when in reality she's probably a very popular doctor with a very decent father, who likely went her overseas to study, has some influence, and does not appreciate a slob kicking his daughter around. Power to him. And they're coming after him, which is wonderful. It's a fantastic finish to a bizarre story that was caused by a man totally lacking in perspective, totally lacking anything in the way of social skills or dignity, unhinged and mad at the world.

 

And totally lacking any kind of gratitude for the life that he's been given. This tiny moron is living beachfront! What is wrong with him? What kind of mental disease does this idiot have? Doesn't he get anything? He likely does now.

 

Well, nothing ever happens in a vacuum. The reaction was intense, but it was at least to some extent prompted by ex-pats who simply do not behave themselves. Most of us treat our hosts, and our host nation with some respect. Granted I do not show much respect to the nation's leaders here on this forum, but that is a different story. They do not deserve respect. Most Thais I know feel the same way. I do show alot of respect and kindness towards most Thais. And that is what counts. They are only asking to be treated with decency and respect. I do not think that is an unreasonable request. And I do not think most Thais are xenophobic. I have felt that before, elsewhere. Believe me, it does not feel like this. I find most Thais to be kind, and hospitable, but they do not have much tolerance for foreigners who behave like total idiots, and there is nothing wrong with that. I don't either. Urs David Fehr was a complete butthead, and proved that over and over again. It is likely even his mother was thankful when he left Switzerland. Now, he may be heading back. I am hoping this publicity follows him around, like white on rice.

15 minutes ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

Id  agree if  it was  reciprocal.

There’s no *if* about it ! There is no excuse for violence , one sees so much of it on TV and in the news. One must ask oneself what sort of man does hit / smack/ hurt a woman, especially for such minor reasons.  What else is such a man capable of ? 

21 minutes ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

Id  agree if  it was  reciprocal.

You advocate putting the victim in jail too... what drugs are you taking that have destroyed your mind to this point?

4 minutes ago, geisha said:

There’s no *if* about it ! There is no excuse for violence , one sees so much of it on TV and in the news. One must ask oneself what sort of man does hit / smack/ hurt a woman, especially for such minor reasons.  What else is such a man capable of ? 

ask the many Thais who do it and often is ignored and much worse than the Swiss  guy.

2 minutes ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

You advocate putting the victim in jail too... what drugs are you taking that have destroyed your mind to this point?

no, thats what you think I mean.

1 hour ago, NickyLouie said:

But Switzerland is such a nice country.

In all my travels around the world, I’ve never had much joy with them. Find them pretty arrogant, but then I could have just been unlucky on every occasion. Thailand does tend to attract the dregs of western society, however (along with decent folk of course) and this a$$ has done us all a disservice. Deport the first, jail the second. 

1 minute ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

ask the many Thais who do it and often is ignored and much worse than the Swiss  guy.

You do not know that for sure. He exhibits rather a short fuse and that could be reflected in his personal life too. 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

 

DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-cum-Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul praised Phuket authorities for quickly revoking a Swiss man’s visa for allegedly kicking a doctor as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Cape Yamu beach and is considering revoking the visa of another Swiss man who assaulted a Thai woman at a Trang hypermart, TV Channel 7 said today (Mar. 7).

 

Mr. Urs Fehr, or David, 45, allegedly kicked Dr. Thandao Chandam, attached to Dibuk Hospital, as she sat on the stairs watching the moon on the night of Feb. 29.

 

Mr. Dieter Matthias Strausmann at Trang police station. Photo: Naewna

 

On Tuesday Mar. 5 Mr. Dieter Matthias Strausmann, 62, who is residing in southern Trang city on a retirement visa, punched up Ms. Natchanan Khikkam, 58, at the hypermart while both of them were shopping there and she now has to undergo month-long medical treatment to recover from her injuries.

 

Anutin said he does not want people who behave in this manner to live in Thailand, pointing out that Thais welcome everyone with friendliness but cannot accept it if they are treated with disrespect.

 

by TNR Staff 

TOP: Mr Urs Fehr clasping his hands in a wai and the order revoking his visa. Photo: Thai Rath

 

Full story: THAI NEWSROOM 2024-03-08

 

- 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.

 

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Good Riddance guys like this ruin it for the rest of us trying to build a peaceful life here in Thailand. Any man that kicks any woman child or human deserves nothing but the worst. Throw the Bum out.

permanently is my vote.

6 minutes ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

ask the many Thais who do it and often is ignored and much worse than the Swiss  guy.

Finger pointing at others in order to justify one's actions is juvenile... that's what johnny does on the schoolyard... and basing the punishment for committing a crime on what other people are doing is so "woke equity thinking" that it is utterly ridiculous... 

6 minutes ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

ask the many Thais who do it and often is ignored and much worse than the Swiss  guy.

But he is here as a guest of the country - doubt you tolerate a guest in your house behavouring like that, but then, maybe you would. 

13 minutes ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

no, thats what you think I mean.

NO that's what "reciprocal" means... 

The Thais that act in such a manner is also very regrettable I agree but it’s their country and their land we’re visiting and perhaps Bums like the “Swiss Kicker” and also another Swiss Brawler who beat up a Thai Lady in the grocery store. Causes other XPats to be so disliked. If I come to your home I should act polite and the same should be expected of us in others.

We are in fact guests like it or not. So please act accordingly.

10 minutes ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Finger pointing at others in order to justify one's actions is juvenile... that's what johnny does on the schoolyard... and basing the punishment for committing a crime on what other people are doing is so "woke equity thinking" that it is utterly ridiculous... 

you like putting words  into my  mouth it seems Im as  anti woke as you can imagine, when they start administering the law equally here I may change my  mind, they currently dont.

2 hours ago, pegman said:

Both need to be sent to trial and hopefully get dealt with severely considering their actions. A nice long stay at the Bangkok Hilton may bring some humility to these two clowns. 

Yes he was totally in the wrong. But what happens when its the other way round. We often hear of  2 or 3 bouncers beat up,  normally quite bad a foreigner , they may or may not loose their job ? Fine, jail ? Never. Dual pricing dual standards. 

8 minutes ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

NO that's what "reciprocal" means... 

No it means that the Thais  should  have an equal punishment when they commit a  similar  crime when often its not, thats what I MEAN.

3 minutes ago, DjSilver said:

Crazy, I would rather have 10 of these guys, than 1 scamming Thai (most of Thais are scammers)

I hope KARMA catches up to you before you continue your xenophobic rage... 

I hope he doesn't  get kicked out and then quietly re-enter on a new passport after a few months 

1 minute ago, findlay13 said:

I hope he doesn't  get kicked out and quietly re-enter on a new passport after a few months 

There are fingerprint readers involved nowadays. I expect his will be on record. 

2 hours ago, pegman said:

Both need to be sent to trial and hopefully get dealt with severely considering their actions. A nice long stay at the Bangkok Hilton may bring some humility to these two clowns. 

Worse than the Bangkok Hilton... send them back home..

They screwed up their lives here let them go make a new one with their home crowd.

36 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Great result. This is a guy who has always been he's been making trouble wherever he goes, and it finally caught up to him. Like you said he probably thought she was just some simple peasant girl, when in reality she's probably a very popular doctor with a very decent father, who likely went her overseas to study, has some influence, and does not appreciate a slob kicking his daughter around. Power to him. And they're coming after him, which is wonderful. It's a fantastic finish to a bizarre story that was caused by a man totally lacking in perspective, totally lacking anything in the way of social skills or dignity, unhinged and mad at the world.

 

And totally lacking any kind of gratitude for the life that he's been given. This tiny moron is living beachfront! What is wrong with him? What kind of mental disease does this idiot have? Doesn't he get anything? He likely does now.

 

Well, nothing ever happens in a vacuum. The reaction was intense, but it was at least to some extent prompted by ex-pats who simply do not behave themselves. Most of us treat our hosts, and our host nation with some respect. Granted I do not show much respect to the nation's leaders here on this forum, but that is a different story. They do not deserve respect. Most Thais I know feel the same way. I do show alot of respect and kindness towards most Thais. And that is what counts. They are only asking to be treated with decency and respect. I do not think that is an unreasonable request. And I do not think most Thais are xenophobic. I have felt that before, elsewhere. Believe me, it does not feel like this. I find most Thais to be kind, and hospitable, but they do not have much tolerance for foreigners who behave like total idiots, and there is nothing wrong with that. I don't either. Urs David Fehr was a complete butthead, and proved that over and over again. It is likely even his mother was thankful when he left Switzerland. Now, he may be heading back. I am hoping this publicity follows him around, like white on rice.

Wow, well said!