Pattaya — A 24-year-old Jordanian man was arrested at a local fitness center in Pattaya for overstaying his visa by over 490 days.

Chonburi Immigration officers successfully arrested Mr. Yaha Abdel Rauof Yahya Alsakran, a 24-year-old Jordanian national, for overstaying his visa by 490 days on October 16th. The arrest took place at a fitness center in the Khao Phra Tamnak area in Pattaya.

The arrest followed a tip-off from concerned citizens who reported that a Jordanian man with an expired visa frequently visited a fitness center to hang out with his foreign friends.

Officers surveyed the area before spotting Mr. Yaha, who matched the concerned citizens’ description. They then approached and requested to check his passport and travel documents. 

 

By Aim Tanakorn

 

 

Full story: THE PATTAYA NEWS 

-- 2024-10-18

 

 

 

Bye Bye! Have a nice trip home after deserved detention. 

He must have really annoyed the "concerned citizen" to get grassed up. Wonder who she was? 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The arrest followed a tip-off from concerned citizens who reported that a Jordanian man with an expired visa frequently visited a fitness center to hang out with his foreign friends.

Otherwise his holiday would have continued..

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The arrest followed a tip-off from concerned citizens who reported that a Jordanian man with an expired visa frequently visited a fitness center

 

How could this concerned ctizen know anything about his  visa?

33 minutes ago, watchcat said:

 

How could this concerned ctizen know anything about his  visa?

Might the gym have asked to see his passport at some point?

I have often felt hotel reception (for eg)  check such status, as there might be a little kickback  from immigration if they report an overstayer. 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The arrest followed a tip-off from concerned citizens

It's never police work that highlights the crime.  How do local police fill their day when there are no tips or gambling old ladies?

3 minutes ago, mikebell said:

How do local police fill their day when there are no tips or gambling old ladies?

They used to sit in the Lek Hotel lobby enjoying the AC and TV years ago. Nowadays, I suspect their phones are involved. 

15 minutes ago, mikebell said:

It's never police work that highlights the crime.  How do local police fill their day when there are no tips or gambling old ladies?

 

Many officials run, or are involved in, business ventures on the side.

I was a tad amused a while back when the army were asking for a bigger budget and the response from the Finance Ministry was 'concentrate on your golf courses etc and make the money there'.

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Might the gym have asked to see his passport at some point?

I have often felt hotel reception (for eg)  check such status, as there might be a little kickback  from immigration if they report an overstayer. 

Or maybe just concerned about not wanting an illegal in their country

maybe they should check out his friends too

 

how did he 'survive' here ?  

Surely knowing he was on 'overstay' he would have, or should have kept a more clandestine existence!

6 minutes ago, Smokey and the Bandit said:

Surely knowing he was on 'overstay' he would have, or should have kept a more clandestine existence!

 

Or maybe a lot of these guys are just playing the long game, where they stay until they get caught, why bother with all the paperwork and time spent at immigration?

5 hours ago, watchcat said:

How could this concerned ctizen know anything about his  visa?

Scorned lover.

 

Throw the book at him!

9 hours ago, watchcat said:

 

How could this concerned ctizen know anything about his  visa?

According to another news source, he was kind of prone to bragging about  getting away with it. Never a good idea.

I truly wondered how many overstay visitors or tourists does Thailand actually have if the police and immigration did their assigned duties???