Corruption -- I've been forced to pay 200 baht fine on departure to a thai officer. In Ranong.

[chado]

By the way, about 2-3 years ago when I was leaving Thailand for Burma to renew my visa excempt by water, by boat, in Ranong, on depature a thai officer on the thai border asked me to show him 20k baht cash when I gave him my passport to get the departure stamp. They didn't mind me renewing my visa excempt, though. I didn't have that much cash and I ended up paying 200 baht fine. There were a few more farang there who probably have been fined as well. I realized later that cash should only be shown when entering a country.

[55Jay]

"By the way" indeed..... 2 to 3 years ago. 

[Get Real]

I guess it took 2-3 years to realize that?

[ubonjoe]

14 minutes ago, chado said:

I realized later that cash should only be shown when entering a country.

I assume that they wanted to see it to insure you did not have a problem when re-entering the country since it was evident you were just doing a border hop for a new entry.

[chado]

10 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

I assume that they wanted to see it to insure you did not have a problem when re-entering the country since it was evident you were just doing a border hop for a new entry.

Hmmm. Then why didn't they give me 20k cash instead? I'd for sure be secure.

[chado]

 

15 minutes ago, Get Real said:

I guess it took 2-3 years to realize that?

A few months

[Get Real]

42 minutes ago, chado said:

 

A few months

Ok! It wasn´t that bad. LOL