Banged up: Thai prison nightmare exposed by British tourist

[tjintx]

1 hour ago, Will B Good said:

 

 

If it's still going at least you can get a seat at the bar now.

 

Or three.

[proton]

28 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

What excuse might be seen as an acceptable excuse???

Just curious.

 

 

How about- I asked my agent to get the extension and was still waiting when arrested, my prostitute girlfriend informed on me as I had run out of cash for the business she wanted to start up which was massage shop/bar/beauty shop, restaurant/coffee shop?

[KhunHeineken]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Two officers ambushed me in a public toilet and beat me.

Some people pay good money for that service in a public toilet.  

 

Sounds like they knew their target, and already knew he was an overstay. 

 

The ex will sell the bar and pocket the cash.  Then go back working in a bar again, looking for the next victim. 

[NativeBob]

2 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

Yes, but it is an officially pardoned reason for overstaying, with proof, of course. 

yes, there're specially assigned "nurses" at BH and BRG for paperworks. However some other, cheaper hospitals are not that much cooperative. Ad yes, can do. 

[bannork]

Has our ex squaddie hired a ghost writer for the inevitable novel yet, describing his two weeks of 'hell'?

Don't forget to include:

1. It was the trip of a lifetime

2. Squaddie used to light up the room

3. Squaddie was living life to the full.

 

 

[ikke1959]

There is even a movie about Bangkok Hilton with Nicole Kidman, and even now it seems that nothing changed in all the years.. Sadly people in prison are humans too and need to be treated a bit decently. Of course Most of them are not for nothing in prison, although punishments are often, as we can read several times, being money or being jailed.  Especially when you don't have money you will end in jail, and I know from a ex prisoner that things they want to buy are extreme expensive. 

 

Human Right Watch is right that things have to some things have to change in Thailand and this is one of it.. a little bit humanity would be normal

[Joe Farang]

4 hours ago, The Old Bull said:

Sounds a little harsh for a few days overstay. Maybe the old squeeze has contacts in the BIB and contrived to do him in.

His Thai adventure began with hope and ambition in April of the previous year, as he planned to settle and start a business. However, his dreams crumbled in November"

 

Maybe an overstay of 18/19 months if his adventure started early in the previous year.

[KhunLA]

2 hours ago, Jonathan Swift said:

Have you ever been in a jail? In the US? I have. For drunk driving. Gang members put a hit on me because they thought I was an informant, and I got out on bail just in time. The cops deliberately set your bail high so they can keep you jailed for a month until you get an arraignment and bail hearing. There are crooked guards that will put you in solitary if you cross them, with a light that's always on and one outdoor break for one hour every day. The beds are flat steel. It's not Thailand, but it's far from comfy. So if you're going to comment about the world, do your homework first and you won't embarrass yourself by sounding like an  ignoramus. 

You story has a few holes in it.  Most states, DUI is a misdemeanor.

 

Police don't set bail, a judge does.  You wouldn't get put in general pop at country jail for traffic ticket.

 

Nice try ... not really 

[richard_smith237]

5 hours ago, Will B Good said:

 

Well if anyone was wondering where all the snacks went.........

Is this why MaclomB has been quiet on the forum recently??? 🫣

[richard_smith237]

This is an overstay…

… the hang’em high crowd are peeing their knickers !!! 
 

The guy was silly - locking people up in those conditions is inhumane & should only be reserved for the inhumane crimes… 

[KhunLA]

It's the DailyMail, from anonymous source 

 

Photos from inside the prison, with a stack of snacks no less 🙄

[ChaiyaTH]

Seems there is details missing to this story, to just be beaten up in a public toilet out of nowhere sounds like BS. Even if you came across of those random general rogue cops you would likely be able to pay them a bit.

[MangoKorat]

You guys crack me up. The guy was locked up for a short overstay - let us not forget that there are people with money in Thailand that have committed murder and never done a day in jail.

[Mason45]

8 hours ago, KhunHeineken said:

I have a feeling there's more to the story.

He probably roughed up the girl friend and she used her contacts to get him roughed up.

[Moonfire]

9 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Probably in the minority, but IMHO, that's exactly how prison should be.  Punishment, not the comfy stay like in the USA.

 

 

The punishment is being away from family and friends and unable to do what you want. Anything less than how a normal human being should be treated is wrong. Somehow, many think being confined and tortured should go hand in hand; sad for those folks. 

[terryofcrete]

10 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Probably in the minority, but IMHO, that's exactly how prison should be.  Punishment, not the comfy stay like in the USA.

 

 

And in Ireland we think US prisons are barbaric...

[Joe Boy Walton]

I did a 2 day overstay in 2020, (holiday traffic to the airport took 12 hours instead of 5), 1000 baht paid, good to go. There is a deeper reason for this guy getting that treatment.

[hotchilli]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

A British tourist revealed the grim conditions banged up abroad in a Thai prison and issued a chilling warning to fellow travellers about the reality of being detained abroad

[PeeJayEm]

9 hours ago, proton said:

 

Where does it say a few days over? could have been months or over a year. Thailands treatment of illegals is better than the UK's as it's far more effective, apart from the odd idiot who thinks the rules don't apply to them.

Read before you comment and with your attitude I hope you get to experience it sometime yourself.

[What to do now]

10 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

They should show these pictures to all arrivals at the airport. Behave! Or else... 

I've been saying this should happen. 

 

But unfortunately the only thing Thailand seems to go after on a steady basis is if you're a farang not wearing a helmet. 

[RT555]

Something else had to be going on

I have overstayed at least 10 times since 2000....be polite and don't be a Limey.. Pay the fine... be polite... Shut your mouth... Sounds Fishy to me. 

[bluemoon58]

11 hours ago, webfact said:

Picture courtesy of The Daily Mail

 

by Bob Scott 

A British tourist revealed the grim conditions banged up abroad in a Thai prison and issued a chilling warning to fellow travellers about the reality of being detained abroad.

 

The 29 year old former soldier, who wished to remain anonymous, endured a 15-day ordeal in two police cells and a Bangkok deportation centre after overstaying his visa, a blunder he deeply regrets.

“The only way I can describe it is hell.”

 

Held with 130 other people in a stifling room devoid of ventilation, he added, “We could only go out for an hour a week.”

The grim picture didn’t end there. Guards would distribute food in trays washed on the filthy bathroom floor using cold water.

 

“Everywhere I stayed was infested with fire ants and cockroaches. The rubbish just piled up in a corner.”

 

Pictures courtesy of The Daily Mail

His Thai adventure began with hope and ambition in April of the previous year, as he planned to settle and start a business. However, his dreams crumbled in November when a spat with an ex landed him in hot water in Pattaya.

Police, alerted to his visa status, arrested him and dragged him to court, claiming he had overstayed by a few days.

 

“The police were very violent. Two officers ambushed me in a public toilet and beat me. They threw me onto the flatbed of a truck and cuffed me to the side.”

 

Dazed and disoriented, the British man suspected he suffered a concussion and was left in the dark about his fate until Russian cellmates enlightened him about the process.

 

“They lent me money to pay my court fine, otherwise, it would have been much worse.”

 

Packed into a cramped police cell measuring six-by-four feet alongside eight other inmates, he resorted to bribery to make life fractionally more bearable.

 

The prisoners jostled for space and struggled to rest, with no room to lie down properly.

 

“There was a pregnant girl from Laos who was really struggling, always crying with her head on the floor. It was horrible, especially as another cell, the same size, was packed with 13 people.”

 

After eight gruelling days in Pattaya, he was moved to Bangkok’s deportation centre, where behaviour worsened. Sharing four grim toilets with 130 detainees, they relied on a bucket of cold water for cleaning and bathing.

 

Weekends granted an hour of fresh air in a roofless, barred area, barely a respite.

 

“A guy sold pot noodles in one corner. That’s all I’d eat.”

 

 

His mother fought tooth and nail with the British embassy to secure his release, eventually getting him flown home. It cost 500 baht (£11.94) per night for his stay at the deportation centre, plus airfare.

 

Remarkably, the British tourist managed to smuggle a phone inside, hidden in baby wipes, to capture the conditions, the Daily Mail reported.

 

“Once you’re locked in, you have zero contact and no way to access money. Someone outside must fight for you. I’m fortunate I sneaked my phone inside and my mum contacted the embassy, otherwise, I’d still be stuck there.”

His experience served as a stark warning to travellers.

 

“Don’t risk overstaying your visa thinking it’s just a small fine. It’s not worth becoming a victim of this.”

 

 

Bitter from his ordeal, he declared he would never return to Thailand. He criticised the system as a “cash-making scheme” for the government, claiming that tourism, the backbone of Thailand’s economy, exploits foreigners through such detentions.

 

The former soldier’s ordeal serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of visa lapses and the stark realities lurking behind Thailand’s tourist veneer, urging cautious adherence to immigration laws to avoid a similar nightmare.

 

 

 

Source: The Thaiger 

-- 2025-01-20

 

 

Hey ho! Do the crime... etc etc! Bit of a non-story really! 

[ronster]

Fairytale me thinks !! 

[Jim Blue]

All I know is a mate told me it was the worst nick he'd ever been in !!!!

[SiSePuede419]

Now review the prison in Old Blimey. 🏓

[edwinchester]

12 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Probably in the minority, but IMHO, that's exactly how prison should be.  Punishment, not the comfy stay like in the USA.

 

 

Hardly a deterrent though is it as Thailand has one of the world's highest rates of incarceration full of repeat offenders.

[Merrill]

Looks ok I mean it is prison after all and an Asian one. Clean mats cold water perfect in40c who could use hot. As to the over stay a little harsh I have been two days over getting to the correct passport centre from Nongbue to Udon to Nakhon phantom a fine slap on the wrist. Didn’t know it could be gaol time. Possibly stitched up 

[James105]

11 hours ago, KhunHeineken said:

You guys can't even house your own criminal citizens. 

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1jxmrk11yo

 

Thats because we give them nice comfy individual prison cells.   If we doubled or quadrupled cell occupancy then there would be plenty of room.   

[Andre0720]

11 hours ago, KhunHeineken said:

Strange how the descendants of 1945 are treating the Palestinians at this very moment. 

 

A sitting Prime Minister has an international warrant for war crimes, yet, just like in 1945, governments / people sit back and do nothing.  UN stands for "Useless Numpty's." 

 

Over 45 thousand dead, mostly women and children, in an area 40kms x 20kms.  The Gaza Strip is nothing more than a kill zone.   

 

There's no hope for humanity.  We will always repeat the past. 

So just have a look at what is really happening in Palestine right now.

Palestine is fueled by hatred, which leads to its desire to more and more war.

As long as kids will be taught to 'hate' as well, no peace will happen there....

And as long as hate is kept as a primary emotion in Palestine, history will indeed repeat itself...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CClvwPz43mc

 

[Andytheburiramman]

He's probably going to write a book about his prison experience and end up a 15 minute celebrity on day time tv shows.