Phuket judge hands down Czech fugitive less than legal minimum for visa overstay

The Phuket News

 

Czech fugitive Zedenek Pfeifer (centre) exits Phuket Provincial Court yesterday afternoon (Jan 18). Photo: Khao Phuket

 

PHUKET:-- Immigration officials have declined to explain why Czech fugitive Zedenek Pfeifer, arrested in Phuket on Tuesday night (Jan 17), has been handed down less than the legally mandated minimum sentence for illegally staying in the country, known locally as “overstaying his visa”.

 

Pfeifer, 49, was arrested at his rented apartment in Bang Tao on Tuesday night just hours after a nationwide manhunt for the Czech was ordered by deputy national police chief Pol Gen Wuthi Liptapallop.

 

Wanted under a red notice by Interpol, Pfeifer was wanted in the Czech Republic for sexual offences with minors, including intentional passing his HIV infection.

 

When his sentence was handed down by video conference yesterday afternoon while Pfeifer remained in a cell in the below-ground level at Phuket Provincial Court, the judge revealed that Pfeifer had been staying illegally in the country since August 5, 2015.

 

Khao Phuket (click here), the Thai-language sister publication to The Phuket News, was present when the sentence was handed down.

 

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He exits Phuket provincial court, I hope not just to wander off,and

continue to infect more people,it does not look like he is in custody

of the Police,and a 1000THB fine and 2 year suspended sentence,

they should be deporting him back to Europe.

regards worgeordie

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