Arrested Thai students arrive home from Pakistan

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Five Thai students released by Pakistan

BANGKOK: -- Five Thai students arrested at Lohore airport in Pakistan when one of them was found to have gun in possession on June 8 have been released, the Thai Foreign Ministry said today.

The ministry said the five students were freed on June 22 and embassy officials have escorted them from the police station in Lahore at 5 pm Bangkok time.

They boarded a THAI flight at Lahore airport yesterday at 11.40 pm and arrived in Bangkok at 6 am today.

The ministry said now they were back to their home provinces in the South.

For the legal case that the student is facing the ministry said the Thai embassy in Pakistan was tasked to coordinate with the Pakistani authorities to take care of the ongoing legal procedure until the case is finished.

The students were in Pakistan to study Islamic religion.

(Photo : Thai PBS File)

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/five-thai-students-released-by-pakistan

-- Thai PBS 2015-06-25

[trogers]

What kind of religious studies teaches one to carry a gun?

[pitrevie]

What kind of religious studies teaches one to carry a gun?

Well the religious do seem to have a penchant for guns.

[colinneil]

Must be related to the ex- police chief from Bangkok!!!

We are above the law. ha ha bloody fools.

[Crossy]

Frankly I'm amazed that they effectively let a potential terrorist go, and then allowed him on a plane.

[halloween]

Could the Nation please publish their dates of birth? Gotta be good for lottery ticket numbers.

[saakura]

Must be related to the ex- police chief from Bangkok!!!

We are above the law. ha ha bloody fools.

Indeed they seem to be above the law as they have been allowed to leave the country.

[halloween]

Frankly I'm amazed that they effectively let a potential terrorist go, and then allowed him on a plane.

Probably no seats left on the Lahore -BKK bus.

[elgordo38]

What kind of religious studies teaches one to carry a gun?

Its called ISIS. After you graduate they give you a free machete.

Edited June 25, 2015 by elgordo38

[Pimay1]

Frankly I'm amazed that they effectively let a potential terrorist go, and then allowed him on a plane.

I wonder if they brought the gun with them. It seems not to be a problem on a Thai flight.

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Thais caught with gun in Pakistan return home

BANGKOK: -- A group of Thai students who were detained in Pakistan after one of them was caught carrying a gun through Lahore airport returned home Thursday after officials secured their release.

Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the students -- who all hailed from the kingdom's Muslim-majority deep south -- left Lahore late Wednesday evening.

The Thai government has said the students are not linked to any insurgent groups including in Thailand's conflict-plagued south where ethnic Malay Muslims have been fighting for a level of autonomy.

"All the Thai students are in good health and good spirits as they have returned to their respective hometowns," the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry did not say whether any deal was struck to secure the group's release or whether they still faced any charges.

The five students were detained by Pakistani police on 8 June after a handgun and bullets were found in one of the Thais' luggage as they checked in for a flight at Allama Iqbal International Airport.

The group's release comes as a former senior Thai policeman was arrested earlier this week in Japan after he was caught carrying a loaded pistol through Narita airport.

Comronwit Toopgrajank, a former Bangkok police chief, was detained on Monday as he tried to fly back to Thailand.

Officials stationed at the airport discovered a revolver with five live rounds in the 60-year-old's suitcase and arrested him on the spot on suspicion of violating gun laws.

Thai junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha has ordered officials to investigate whether Comronwit was able to take the pistol through Thai airport security before flying to Japan.


-- (c) Copyright AFP 2015-06-25

[Alwyn]

What kind of religious studies teaches one to carry a gun?

Islam

[chainarong]

No-body has mentioned how one carries on-board, a gun , on the Thai flight at place of origin.

[malathione]

What kind of religious studies teaches one to carry a gun?

Islam

Gosh darn, that must be the religion of Arizona!

[Alwyn]

What kind of religious studies teaches one to carry a gun?

Islam

Gosh darn, that must be the religion of Arizona!

Never mind Arizona, we could include New Orleans and every city in the USA too! Or is that just mad white supremacists I wonder?

[oneday]

I don't believe it. I don't think they are really home. I think they are pulling our legs again.

[ALLSEEINGEYE]

Does this happen a lot? Because I never hear of anyone else getting caught trying to get guns on a plane.

Yet here we have 2 different incidents in as many weeks of Thais taking guns on planes. Is this Thainess or just stupidness to the extreme?

And how in hell do they keep getting released? Maybe ignorance really is an excuse?

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Thais caught with gun in Pakistan return home
AFP

BANGKOK: -- A group of Thai students who were detained in Pakistan after one of them was caught carrying a gun through Lahore airport returned home Thursday after officials secured their release.

Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the students -- who all hailed from the kingdom's Muslim-majority deep south -- left Lahore late Wednesday evening.

The Thai government has said the students are not linked to any insurgent groups including in Thailand's conflict-plagued south where ethnic Malay Muslims have been fighting for a level of autonomy.

"All the Thai students are in good health and good spirits as they have returned to their respective hometowns," the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry did not say whether any deal was struck to secure the group's release or whether they still faced any charges.

The five students were detained by Pakistani police on 8 June after a handgun and bullets were found in one of the Thais' luggage as they checked in for a flight at Allama Iqbal International Airport.

The group's release comes as a former senior Thai policeman was arrested earlier this week in Japan after he was caught carrying a loaded pistol through Narita airport.

Comronwit Toopgrajank, a former Bangkok police chief, was detained on Monday as he tried to fly back to Thailand.

Officials stationed at the airport discovered a revolver with five live rounds in the 60-year-old's suitcase and arrested him on the spot on suspicion of violating gun laws.

Thai junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha has ordered officials to investigate whether Comronwit was able to take the pistol through Thai airport security before flying to Japan.

Channel 3 television Thursday quoted Thai officials at Suvanabhumi aiport saying they were adamant no sign of a weapon was picked up when Comronwit passed through security.


-- (c) Copyright AFP 2015-06-25

[BigBadGeordie]

Thai officials at Suvanabhumi airport said they were adamant no sign of a weapon was picked up when Comronwit passed through security.

This must be a first, Thai officials admit they f4ck3d up!

[Skeptic7]

What kind of religious studies teaches one to carry a gun?

yeah, couldn't be Islam...they don't waste time on puny handguns. they teach how to "carry" suicide vests

[mancub]

Thai officials at Suvanabhumi airport said they were adamant no sign of a weapon was picked up when Comronwit passed through security.

This must be a first, Thai officials admit they f4ck3d up!

Nah, what they're actually saying is that he couldn't possibly have taken the gun out past them.

[Travelman868]

What kind of religious studies teaches one to carry a gun?

Islam, where you been ?. Why do we have to accept these people back.

And what do they study:- man goes to cave meets someone who says his name is Gab and he is a friend of God. Now God was busy so when Gab said he had been talking to some bloke in a cave God said you deal with it. So he meet cave man and gives him a list of instructions.

Now this is where it all gets a bit messy coz neither of them have paper or a pen not that it matters to the cave man coz he don't write. 3 years later someone wrote some stuff down but all they could remember was kill people, treat women like 2nd class citizens and kill some more.

It's strange how few Muslim countries actually make anything. In fact if they had no oil what would they do.

[thhMan]

I view muslims with the respect their bible teaches them to treat non - muslims....

I neither have time for them and wish they where wiped off the face of the earth

[tominbkk]

No-body has mentioned how one carries on-board, a gun , on the Thai flight at place of origin.

More than enough Christians in America that luuuuuuuv their guns.

[tominbkk]

I view muslims with the respect their bible teaches them to treat non - muslims....

I neither have time for them and wish they where wiped off the face of the earth

No worse than the Christian bible.

[Si Thea01]

What kind of religious studies teaches one to carry a gun?

Its called ISIS. After you graduate they give you a free machete.

Don't forget the AK 47, and the 72 virgins waiting for them at the pearly gates should they be martyred in the name of the cause.

[halloween]

Don't forget the AK 47, and the 72 virgins waiting for them at the pearly gates should they be martyred in the name of the cause.

I'd bet that western converts are really disappointed when they find out its a herd of goats.