German Fugitive Nabbed After Fleeing Thai Airport

[BookMan]

I have had a bit of trouble sleeping. I might see if I can get one of those jobs.

We hired a night time security guard and he turned up on the first night with a pillow! When asked he said it was so he could sleep comfortably. When it was made clear he was expected to GUARD, he quit! 9000 a month to sleep?

Classic

[Sing_Sling]

I have had a bit of trouble sleeping. I might see if I can get one of those jobs.

We hired a night time security guard and he turned up on the first night with a pillow! When asked he said it was so he could sleep comfortably. When it was made clear he was expected to GUARD, he quit! 9000 a month to sleep?

You foreigners are weird . . . importing strange ideas

[belg]

so if the guards were not asleep, how did he evade ?

was he not shackeled down some table, chair, whatever?

did he have money to take a taxi or did he run on the highway ?

[axact]

"Australian immigration chiefs have denied Thai media reports that the two guards, from a private firm that runs Australia's immigration security, were asleep when he got away.

so they watched him walk away?

I love how the Australian immigration chiefs are so confident their guards weren't sleeping. I have never heard of someone being escorted beyond loading them on a plane in a deportation case and in an extradition case it is usually the requesting country who sends reps. to pick them up. The U.S. sent a private jet to pick up Victor Bout.

No need to handcuff his ankle to the chair then.

Quite surprising he was able to get away, clear immigration, get transport into Bangkok and stay in a hostel (possibly after a night on Patpong and some personal fun), and still have enough money left over to pay a 6000 baht fine. Who said prices are going up....... or is the trade in value for a pair of shackles more than I thought!

So you actually know he has 6000 baht to pay the fine or is this just another stupid comment picked out of the air ? As to the money, would have been easy to take from a drunk farang who is so busy posting all sorts of allegations based on nothing onto Thaivia he wouldn/'t have noticed a few thousand Baht go from his pocket, have you checked your pockets ????

[chooka]

so if the guards were not asleep, how did he evade ?

was he not shackeled down some table, chair, whatever?

did he have money to take a taxi or did he run on the highway ?

private security gaurds are not permitted to restrain a person unless of course they are waiting for police to arrive. Security gaurds cannot possess things such as handcuffs batons etc.

[nullx8]

Australian immigration chiefs have denied Thai media reports that the two guards, from a private firm that runs Australia's immigration security, were asleep when he got away.

sleep or not .. the main question should be "how the hell did he get out of the Transit area ?"

on a "normal" Airport its just impossible to leave the transit without being detected, also entering the country would require immigration process as well, and beeing a International Fugetive means in thailand that the immigration wont issue the VOA.

police escort / sleeping or awake cops makes no real difference. since leaving the transit area AND entering the country should be impossible to manage.

Edited May 31, 2013 by nullx8

[Maggusoil]

"Australian immigration chiefs have denied Thai media reports that the two guards, from a private firm that runs Australia's immigration security, were asleep when he got away.

so they watched him walk away?

No they were watching tv

[DRONGOH]

"Australian immigration chiefs have denied Thai media reports that the two guards, from a private firm that runs Australia's immigration security, were asleep when he got away.

so they watched him walk away?

I love how the Australian immigration chiefs are so confident their guards weren't sleeping. I have never heard of someone being escorted beyond loading them on a plane in a deportation case and in an extradition case it is usually the requesting country who sends reps. to pick them up. The U.S. sent a private jet to pick up Victor Bout.

You haven't seen a thing about Oz. The Aust. commisioner for taxation has the power to rewrite history! Really!

[chooka]

Australian immigration chiefs have denied Thai media reports that the two guards, from a private firm that runs Australia's immigration security, were asleep when he got away.

sleep or not .. the main question should be "how the hell did he get out of the Transit area ?"

on a "normal" Airport its just impossible to leave the transit without being detected, also entering the country would require immigration process as well, and beeing a International Fugetive means in thailand that the immigration wont issue the VOA.

police escort / sleeping or awake cops makes no real difference. since leaving the transit area AND entering the country should be impossible to manage.

They weren't cops they were civilians

[Joe Mamma]

I have more German blood than that smuck. Shame they don't mention his origin country and leave Germany out of it.

[Payboy]

so if the guards were not asleep, how did he evade ?

was he not shackeled down some table, chair, whatever?

did he have money to take a taxi or did he run on the highway ?

private security gaurds are not permitted to restrain a person unless of course they are waiting for police to arrive. Security gaurds cannot possess things such as handcuffs batons etc.

They don't need them, they've got whistles.

[Grumbles]

"Australian immigration chiefs have denied Thai media reports that the two guards, from a private firm that runs Australia's immigration security, were asleep when he got away.

so they watched him walk away?

I love how the Australian immigration chiefs are so confident their guards weren't sleeping. I have never heard of someone being escorted beyond loading them on a plane in a deportation case and in an extradition case it is usually the requesting country who sends reps. to pick them up. The U.S. sent a private jet to pick up Victor Bout.

They weren't Australian Immigration employees they were civilian employees of British company Serco. Civilians do not have the same powers as the police and it wasn't an extradition. There was no extradition order and the courts definately would not place the defendant into the custody of a civilian security company he would be placed into the custody law enforcement.

The guards were Australian employees of the Australian operating company of a group that is owned by a company registerd in Britain. Right? They were chosen as suppliers by the Australian employees of the Australian Immigration department. This Australian operating company also has other contracts from parts of the Australian government. Right? This Australian operating company is also well known for cock ups. Right?

The link you posted to a Perth news report also uses the word "extradite" rather than deported. There is no reference to the German authorities requesting extradition or the German police being involved. The Thai police were not informed of the transition through Suvanhabumi.

The Australian civilian security guards allowed their charge to escape, although what powers they actually had to stop him I don't know.

This looks like one big Aussie cock up.

"The Australian civilian security guards allowed their charge to escape, although what powers they actually had to stop him I don't know."

Handcuffs?

Surely if the company, (regardless of nationality) sends 2 'guards' then they should know how to stop him. If not the government should be able to cancel their contract on the grounds of ineptitude. If you are paying for security and not getting it the company has broken their contract. Problem solved.

[Tomtomtom69]

It gets worse as IN Channel is reporting he had B3,000 in his possession at the airport so was able to take a taxi into Bkk, where he found a German restaurant and used their bank account for his sister to transfer B15,000 to him. Why would a prisoner en route from Australia to Germany have Thai currency in his possession ? He was supposedly arrested outside the German Embassy.

Today he is being taken back to the airport to go through the much loved re-enactment routine which could really embarrass airport security.

Easy, either he used one of the foreign currency ATMs at Brisbane airport to withdraw Thai Baht, he exchanged some Baht at Brisbane airport's moneychangers or perhaps at one of the moneychangers inside Bangkok airport...duh...the only thing which baffles me is in the original report it stated he originally had US$100 on him. Why would anyone travelling from Australia to Germany via Thailand need US$? Don't they know that AUD can be exchanged everywhere in Thailand? Or how about giving him Euros, the currency of the country he will be going to? I would never bring US$ for exchange if I'm travelling from a country that has a perfectly good hard currency such as Australia.

[lemoncake]

Well, what to say.

First it was a gang leader, then a drug dealer and now also a thieve.

He was NOT nabbed, but he himself went to German embassy to surrender.

He is now trully an international criminal, convicted in 3 countries, may be this was what he was looking for.

[sirchai]

Kohl told police he had stayed in a guesthouse in a backpacker district in the city following his escape.

Seems that he was related to Helmut Kohl.

​Don't they sell wigs and Rastafarian dread locks at Khao San Road? A German prison is more comfortable than most hotels in Cambodia. He'll be back soon.

[sirchai]

It gets worse as IN Channel is reporting he had B3,000 in his possession at the airport so was able to take a taxi into Bkk, where he found a German restaurant and used their bank account for his sister to transfer B15,000 to him. Why would a prisoner en route from Australia to Germany have Thai currency in his possession ? He was supposedly arrested outside the German Embassy.

Today he is being taken back to the airport to go through the much loved re-enactment routine which could really embarrass airport security.

Easy, either he used one of the foreign currency ATMs at Brisbane airport to withdraw Thai Baht, he exchanged some Baht at Brisbane airport's moneychangers or perhaps at one of the moneychangers inside Bangkok airport...duh...the only thing which baffles me is in the original report it stated he originally had US$100 on him. Why would anyone travelling from Australia to Germany via Thailand need US$? Don't they know that AUD can be exchanged everywhere in Thailand? Or how about giving him Euros, the currency of the country he will be going to? I would never bring US$ for exchange if I'm travelling from a country that has a perfectly good hard currency such as Australia.

I'm irritated. Did you respond to a different post?-