Briton in Pattaya arrested for "causing trouble to Thai people" after complaint from army

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Briton in Pattaya arrested for "causing trouble to Thai people" after complaint from army


Image: Chonburi Immigration

CHONBURI: -- Chonburi immigration have announced the arrest of a 52 year old British man after a complaint from the army.

The arrest was announced on their website under the banner "Good guys in, Bad guys out".

Andrew Ronald Mathews was apprehended at View Talay 5 condominium in the Banglamung area.
He was found to be on 587 days overstay.

The complaint that he had been causing trouble for Thai people had been made by soldiers at the Nawamin Rachinee Fort in Chonburi. The military had asked immigration to check on his status in the kingdom.

The "piblics" system revealed he was on overstay. An arrest warrant was issued by a Pattaya court citing "false claims" as well as overstay.

It was found that Mathews was named as a defendant in six cases being considered by Pattaya courts and a directive had been issued to stop him fleeing the kingdom.

No details of the charges against him were available on the website.

He is thought to have been arrested at the end of last month and detained.

-- 2016-07-11

[nev]

Goodbye and good riddance.

[KhunBENQ]

"piblics" system ?

Somewhat "funny":

a directive had been issued to stop him fleeing the kingdom.

Isn't this a license for overstay?

Absolutely stunning when you google for "Andrew Ronald Mathews".

A criminal record going back years.

Already been imprisoned in Thailand.

A word of wars and lawyers with prominent names involved (Andrew Drummond).

A here unwanted source calls him a "keyboard warrior".

Seems like he has defamed/abused Thai persons on the internet.

Silly to read this report like they "just found out".

Edited July 11, 2016 by KhunBENQ

[colinneil]

Causing trouble to Thai people?

He was on overstay, surely he should have been keeping a lowprofile, not upsetting Thais.

Brain dead springs to mind. Idiots like him make things more difficult for all farangs.

Kick him out blacklist him.

[Confuscious]

"It was found that Mathews was named as a defendant in six cases being considered by Pattaya courts and a directive had been issued to stop him fleeing the kingdom."

How can he be in "overstay" if he is not allowed to leave Thailand by a court directive?

Something fishy here.

[Nasrullah]

"It was found that Mathews was named as a defendant in six cases being considered by Pattaya courts and a directive had been issued to stop him fleeing the kingdom."

How can he be in "overstay" if he is not allowed to leave Thailand by a court directive?

Something fishy here.

he's been charged with something it says!!(serious?)......If so a directive can be issued to stop him fleeing(take passport?...whatever)

Defendant in 6 cases?........been in prison before?.......sounds like another quality tourist!!......Not

Edited July 11, 2016 by Nasrullah

[genobkk]

"It was found that Mathews was named as a defendant in six cases being considered by Pattaya courts and a directive had been issued to stop him fleeing the kingdom."

How can he be in "overstay" if he is not allowed to leave Thailand by a court directive?

Something fishy here.

Is this the same guy that claimed he paid bribes to the police or something? He wrote a blog and was on a 24hr per day rant about how evil the police are here, I do forget all the details

[Alan81]

Andy had run ins with brian gouldie who also has a warrent out for his arrest and who will never be back to thailand again.

He was sentanced to 3 years for stealing allot of money from a old american women.

He stole money from Andy also.

Both him and andy are not nice characters.

[Alive]

Seems like there is a lot of opportunity for Thais to crack down on foreigners in Pattaya and other areas. They should ask for criminal background checks from the foreigners home nation before giving retirement and long term stay visas. They could get rid of many people early. They also should investigate who owns the bars in Pattaya and if they are a foreigner if they really are complying with the law in terms of employees and ownership rules etc. Old folks who are sucking off of the Thai government health care should be sent back home to be taken care of or die. Thais shouldn't have to pay for abusers. And that monthly money coming into Thailand for retirement visas should be checked much more thoroughly as well as claims by some of having the hundreds of thousands of baht in their bank account. And on the other end all the Thai over-stayers in other nations should be immediately deported to be fair.

[Berty100]

Causing trouble to Thai people?

He was on overstay, surely he should have been keeping a lowprofile, not upsetting Thais.

Brain dead springs to mind. Idiots like him make things more difficult for all farangs.

Kick him out blacklist him.

He was on overstay because he was not allowed to leave, so his passport would be in the court, and he unable to renew his visa or extensions.

There is no mention in what court cases he was involved, but I'm sure you have also read on this forum about people who are not allowed to leave because the landlord has started a court case.

[Berty100]

"It was found that Mathews was named as a defendant in six cases being considered by Pattaya courts and a directive had been issued to stop him fleeing the kingdom."

How can he be in "overstay" if he is not allowed to leave Thailand by a court directive?

Something fishy here.

he's been charged with something it says!!(serious?)......If so a directive can be issued to stop him fleeing(take passport?...whatever)

Defendant in 6 cases?........been in prison before?.......sounds like another quality tourist!!......Not

Sounds like another TV member who makes ASSumptions without knowing the facts

[Alan81]

You are wrong about him not being able to get a visa.He cant leave the country without permission from the courts but he can get his passport back from the court.

And he can also be kept on given 30 day extensions from immigration while he is waiting for his case.All he has to do is go to the court be given paperwork from the court about his case the dates have it signed by judge only takes a few hours then bring the paperwork down to immigration they will give you visa 30 days each time until case is finished.

Edited July 11, 2016 by Alan81

[OMGImInPattaya]

"Directive to stop him from fleeing the country"...he was on an almost 2 year overstay so I think that's the least of their worries

Oh the shame to end up on that webpage

[gdgbb]

"It was found that Mathews was named as a defendant in six cases being considered by Pattaya courts and a directive had been issued to stop him fleeing the kingdom."

How can he be in "overstay" if he is not allowed to leave Thailand by a court directive?

Something fishy here.

Nothing fishy at all, the probability is that the majority of his 587 day overstay happened a long time before he was banned from leaving.

[OMGImInPattaya]

Seems like there is a lot of opportunity for Thais to crack down on foreigners in Pattaya and other areas. They should ask for criminal background checks from the foreigners home nation before giving retirement and long term stay visas. They could get rid of many people early. They also should investigate who owns the bars in Pattaya and if they are a foreigner if they really are complying with the law in terms of employees and ownership rules etc. Old folks who are sucking off of the Thai government health care should be sent back home to be taken care of or die. Thais shouldn't have to pay for abusers. And that monthly money coming into Thailand for retirement visas should be checked much more thoroughly as well as claims by some of having the hundreds of thousands of baht in their bank account. And on the other end all the Thai over-stayers in other nations should be immediately deported to be fair.

All they really have to do is Google their names...these criminals don't start their careers when they get to Thailand...they've usually left a trail of wreckage and press clippings in their home countries.

[Pattaya28]

Another "gem" of a story. It's "all over the place".

This confusing wishy-washy story is like every sentence stops mid-way.

[bkkcanuck8]

Causing trouble to Thai people?

He was on overstay, surely he should have been keeping a lowprofile, not upsetting Thais.

Brain dead springs to mind. Idiots like him make things more difficult for all farangs.

Kick him out blacklist him.

I would not be surprised if as a "keyboard" warrior he may have made comments online that upset the army

[bkkcanuck8]

a directive had been issued to stop him fleeing the kingdom.

Isn't this a license for overstay?

If he is facing charges in front of the court then they would keep him in the country. I don't know why he would be able to flee the country though, I would have expected him to be detained in either the immigration detention centre or held without bail until the court appearances were held (if at all possible on his dime) then once the court cases are complete -- and potentially he served his time -- then he would be deported permanently (permanent criminal blacklist).

[Mickmouse1]

I have not read how he upset Thai peolle or in what way? The line should read;The army "Ordered" police ,

[GAZZPA]

"It was found that Mathews was named as a defendant in six cases being considered by Pattaya courts and a directive had been issued to stop him fleeing the kingdom."

How can he be in "overstay" if he is not allowed to leave Thailand by a court directive?

Something fishy here.

he's been charged with something it says!!(serious?)......If so a directive can be issued to stop him fleeing(take passport?...whatever)

Defendant in 6 cases?........been in prison before?.......sounds like another quality tourist!!......Not

must be very serious but the authorities are very cautious about saying exactly what those charges are. Might be that he has been using his so called "free speech" and suppression of a foreigner is not something Thailand want to publicise right now.

But whatever the situation it does look like this guy is likely to be one of the "good guys"

[chicowoodduck]

Another quality "knob!" Wish I worked for the local police....I could pick out the over stay and trouble makers in a heart beat....can count them on both hands each day I go for a walk in and around Pattaya.....maybe they wash-up from Pattaya Bay.....?

[Suradit69]

"piblics" system ?

Somewhat "funny":

a directive had been issued to stop him fleeing the kingdom.

Isn't this a license for overstay?

Absolutely stunning when you google for "Andrew Ronald Mathews".

A criminal record going back years.

Already been imprisoned in Thailand.

A word of wars and lawyers with prominent names involved (Andrew Drummond).

A here unwanted source calls him a "keyboard warrior".

Seems like he has defamed/abused Thai persons on the internet.

Silly to read this report like they "just found out".

"A word of wars and lawyers with prominent names involved (Andrew Drummond)."

Not sure if "prominent" is the right word to use for Andrew.

[bkkcanuck8]

"It was found that Mathews was named as a defendant in six cases being considered by Pattaya courts and a directive had been issued to stop him fleeing the kingdom."

How can he be in "overstay" if he is not allowed to leave Thailand by a court directive?

Something fishy here.

he's been charged with something it says!!(serious?)......If so a directive can be issued to stop him fleeing(take passport?...whatever)

Defendant in 6 cases?........been in prison before?.......sounds like another quality tourist!!......Not

must be very serious but the authorities are very cautious about saying exactly what those charges are. Might be that he has been using his so called "free speech" and suppression of a foreigner is not something Thailand want to publicise right now.

But whatever the situation it does look like this guy is likely to be one of the "good guys"

After giving it very little thought .... Probably someone connected or fees for services just said he was causing trouble take care of it.... so they picked him up without any charges in mind and found he was on overstay.... They then found outstanding warrants and overstay.... he should be held though in that case.

[Chowna]

If you google his name it says he was locked up in prison for 100 days in March 2016 so they know he was here and having no visa,I think he has upset a few people and some people have greased some hands so with his previous criminal record in Thailand,he is out for good.

[Basil B]

Sorry to say there are many expats in the Real Estate business who are crocks and make thing hard for the good guy's (if there are any).

[sandgroper2]

"It was found that Mathews was named as a defendant in six cases being considered by Pattaya courts and a directive had been issued to stop him fleeing the kingdom."

How can he be in "overstay" if he is not allowed to leave Thailand by a court directive?

Something fishy here.

he's been charged with something it says!!(serious?)......If so a directive can be issued to stop him fleeing(take passport?...whatever)

Defendant in 6 cases?........been in prison before?.......sounds like another quality tourist!!......Not

Sounds like another TV member who makes ASSumptions without knowing the facts

Most days this happens. My wifes brolther who works for the Govt. says they are monitoring these people.

[phantomfiddler]

Andy had run ins with brian gouldie who also has a warrent out for his arrest and who will never be back to thailand again.

He was sentanced to 3 years for stealing allot of money from a old american women.

He stole money from Andy also.

Both him and andy are not nice characters.

"Both him and Andy are not nice Characters" ? If you are referring to Andy Drummond you are completely off the mark !! Andy is a Brit of the highest moral character and has dedicated a vast amount of time unearthing Pattaya,s british villains of all types. You must be thinking of another Andy

[mihalis]

Causing trouble to Thai people?

He was on overstay, surely he should have been keeping a lowprofile, not upsetting Thais.

Brain dead springs to mind. Idiots like him make things more difficult for all farangs.

Kick him out blacklist him.

You would think so, tho many like him, have im superior farang thing !!

[klauskunkel]

a directive had been issued to stop him fleeing the kingdom.

That's interesting, the government has a directive in place to stop "fugitivism", it seems though the directive not always works as advertised - I suppose it gets redirected by the directive's director in some cases .

[Chapelroad]

Another quality "knob!" Wish I worked for the local police....I could pick out the over stay and trouble makers in a heart beat....can count them on both hands each day I go for a walk in and around Pattaya.....maybe they wash-up from Pattaya Bay.....?

The only way to 'pick out' overstayers is to check their visa status in their passport.

I imagine most people you see on your walk in around Pattaya daily, probably have a legit visa, or other legal permission to stay from the immigration department.