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Most-hated German in Thailand with big foot returns to begging in Hong Kong

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webfact Grand Master Member

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Most-hated German in Thailand with big foot returns to begging in Hong Kong
By Coconuts Bangkok

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Benjamin Holst, the infamous German beggar, was spotted in Hong Kong on Saturday. Photo: Ann Wannipha Suwanlert

BANGKOK: -- Remember when this guy was rescued from sleeping rough on Khaosan Road and he spent the THB50,000 donation cash partying with bar girls in Pattaya?

Universally hated German Benjamin Holst, who made Thailand wary of helping foreigners, was recently spotted begging near Wan Chai subway station in Hong Kong this weekend.

A photo of him begging by the station circulated on Facebook after it was posted by a concerned Thai woman. “The big-footed guy is in Hong Kong. He has been sitting at exit 1 of MTR Wan Chai Station for two days,” Wannipha Suwanlert wrote.

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2016/03/14/most-hated-german-thailand-big-foot-returns-begging-hong-kong

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-- Coconuts Bangkok 2016-03-14

Hedghog Gold Member

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Good luck to him.

Looks like he has got some new threads

Better dressed than some foreigners I see here.

bannork Ruby Member

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I remember the story of an English woman,pregnant and walking with her 2 year old son in the hot sun in Hong Kong, sitting down for a rest in the shade on the steps of a bank. Within 5 minutes an official came out and told her to move on.not sure it's the most lucrative place for our globe trotting ( in a manner) friend.

shunter Explorer Member

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And what or who decided to give this fellow his title.Perhaps those who wrote the article should look into a mirror , they may well not like what the see judgmental third class social misfits.

Bangkok Coconut is hardly the most respected member of the fourth estate here in Thailand or elsewhere for that matter.Bangkok Coconuts makes the Scum Sun news news sheet in the U.K look positively intellectual.

Viewing his FB page he seems to be living the good life.

Most-hated German in Thailand with big foot returns to begging in Hong Kong
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worgeordie Star Member

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I dont hate him,never met him,but good on him if he can

get people to give him money for a big leg,wonder if it

would work with a big belly?

regards Worgeordie

P.S. doubt he will get many donations in HK,people are too

busy rushing about to even take notice

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leeneeds Senior Member

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If he can get enough money for a trip to India, he will be well looked after as an oddity / god

He looks content , clean , and is no harm to anyone ,

a beggars licence may not be needed in HK ?

Thian Gold Member

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He is a disgrace for all Germans/Westerners in Asia.

Why the german consulates don't pick him up and deport him home where he can get surgery or whatever he needs to become healthy again?

Germany might not even be aware of him but this is taking too long. He's harming their reputation more than it costs to bring him home and help him.

DM07 Silver Member

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One would think, there would be another guy, who is the most hated German.

But a) he is Austrian and b ) he get's chicken- shops and school- parades and a supporting- role in an educational government video, in this country! coffee1.gif

Scouse Twoccer Rookie Member

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Why the german consulates don't pick him up and deport him home where he can get surgery or whatever he needs to become healthy again?

Because it's not under Germany's jurisdiction. Since when can a country deport someone from another sovereign nation?

jimmybkk Silver Member

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Can't say I ever stumbled upon this fella in Pattaya (no pun intended), but just curious to know if anyone ever met the Indian kid with the huge foot who used to hang out at the Taj Mahal around the mid-late 90's. He was fairly well known at the time. Looked like someone had stuck a bicycle pump into his big toe and just pumped & pumped & pumped... it didn't really extend into his calf like this fella, but it was a seriously huge foot. But what a lovely kid he was (at least when me and my mates met him). For the price of a beer he gave us a good tour and was full of the joys of spring. Looking back, maybe he felt he was blessed that his deformity set him apart from the coupla hundred other kids begging around there...

DavidOxon Gold Member

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More hated than Angela Merkel? etc etc ? He's certainly not universally hated, i don't hate him, nor do the rest of my family.... They've never heard of him! Stupid headline!

Thian Gold Member

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Why the german consulates don't pick him up and deport him home where he can get surgery or whatever he needs to become healthy again?

Because it's not under Germany's jurisdiction. Since when can a country deport someone from another sovereign nation?

The ambassador can just talk with him and offer him help. I'm pretty sure he would love to have healthy legs and an income one way or the other.

Germany helps a few hundred thousand refugee's in their own country so what difference would it make to help him as well?

Wuvu2 Silver Member

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"Most-hated German in Thailand"

Really?

That is quite a lofty title for which there is a tremendous amount of competition.

Serious journalists - like those at Coconuts Bangkok - should take care before awarding the "most hated" title.

We need to reserve a little hatred for the next guy who murders his date and tries to bury her in a suitcase.

klauskunkel Ruby Member

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He is actually a travel writer for Lonely Planet:

"How to do the Philippines, Thailand and Hong Kong on One Foot"

and

"Living Foot to Mouth in Southeast Asia"

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