Visa overstayer alleges extortion of Bt600,000

[snoop1130]

Visa overstayer alleges extortion of Bt600,000

By The Nation

 

 

A Syrian man has filed a complaint with the Justice Ministry, alleging that a group of foreigners and Lumpini police had extorted money from him.

 

Alhalabee Yasser met Pol Colonel Dusadee Arayawut, deputy permanent secretary for justice, to complain that a group of men demanded more than Bt600,000 in exchange for not prosecuting him for overstaying his visa, and to obtain the freedom of his son who had been detained by immigration police.

 

Yasser said he had been living in Thailand for four years due to the war that had engulfed his country.

 

He runs a barber shop in Soi Nana and was forced to pay Bt15,000 a month to a group of three foreigners from Syria, Egypt and Lebanon who claimed that they were Lumpini police volunteers. They told him the payment would protect him and his son from legal action.

 

However in June, Yasser alleged, Lumpini police arrested his son and detained him at an immigration jail. The group then demanded money for the release of his son, so Yasser paid them several times to a total of about Bt600,000.

 

However his son remained in jail, so he came to seek justice with awareness that he could be prosecuted for overstaying.

 

Dusadee said that he would ask the police department to examine the claims and would forward the case to the Office of the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission for further investigation as the claim involved police officers.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30324622

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-8-22

[Thaiwrath]

6 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Yasser said he had been living in Thailand for four years due to the war that had engulfed his country.

Should have gone to the U.K., like every other Tom, Dick and Harry !

[FritsSikkink]

overstaying, working without a work permit and complaining

[gummy]

3 minutes ago, Thaiwrath said:

Should have gone to the U.K., like every other Tom, Dick and Harry !

yes and get benefits unlike those who go legally and have no recourse to state benefits.

[saakura]

Barber shop in Soi Nana can earn so much that he can pay 600k in bribes apart from a monthly handler of 15,000 Baht to the police? What was he shaving?? As most farangs i see there are balding!

[TVGerry]

So sad. Not only extorted by the corrupt locals but also by fellow refugees. 

[NCC1701A]

I'm sure this is all a misunderstanding.

[Moonmoon]

I know he is an overstayer but his country is a warzone. And instead of getting help, he is being taken advantage of. 

 

 

[NanLaew]

35 minutes ago, Thaiwrath said:

Should have gone to the U.K., like every other Tom, Dick and Harry !

Surely you mean like every other Tatyana, Dorek and Hammed, no?

 

30 minutes ago, gummy said:

yes and get benefits unlike those who go legally and have no recourse to state benefits.

I wish you two could go back. Or at least change the record!

[4MyEgo]

 

 

[bristolgeoff]

he has no chance of staying overstayer must go.go back to Syria and fight for your country.thailand will not help you if you are illegal.europe or the uk would have given u everything.but you are not wanted there except germany

[Psimbo]

3 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Should have gone to the U.K., like every other Tom, Dick and Harry !

Tom Dick and Harry don''t go there anymore as the benefit system only exists for Abdul, Youssef and Iqubal!

 

Edit:  Grrr- beaten to it!

[gk10002000]

4 hours ago, TVGerry said:

So sad. Not only extorted by the corrupt locals but also by fellow refugees. 

Yep.  Pretty nasty people.   However, overstaying, working without a work permit and complaining as another poster said.  I would hope he at least can rat out the ones that were extorting him.  I am sure their visas would not stand much scrutiny.

[jspill]

6 hours ago, saakura said:

Barber shop in Soi Nana can earn so much that he can pay 600k in bribes apart from a monthly handler of 15,000 Baht to the police? What was he shaving?? As most farangs i see there are balding!

When I overstayed 4 years I saved almost that much from not having to do visa runs

[jabis]

42 minutes ago, jspill said:

When I overstayed 4 years I saved almost that much from not having to do visa runs

You must've had luxury cruises for 37.5k visa runs :)

[wakeupplease]

7 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Should have gone to the U.K., like every other Tom, Dick and Harry !

Except you what happened did the visa get refused so p>>>>> you off

[Thaiwrath]

32 minutes ago, wakeupplease said:

Except you what happened did the visa get refused so p>>>>> you off

What visa ?

[webfact]

A Syrian claims to be a victim of extortion by police volunteers

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A Syrian national has lodged a complaint with the Justice Ministry, accusing a group of foreign volunteers at Lumpini police station of extorting him of 500,000 baht in cash in exchanging for not reporting to the immigration about his son’s overstaying in the country.

 

In a meeting with deputy permanent secretary of Justice Pol Col Dusadee Arayavuth on Monday (Aug 21), Mr Alhalabi Mohammad Yasser, 47, alleged that, in June, the gang captured his 23-year old son, Alhalabi Mohammad Va-el.

 

The gang demanded him to pay them 500,000 baht if he didn’t want his son to be arrested by the immigration officials and deported back to Syria.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/syrian-claims-victim-extortion-police-volunteers/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-08-23

[Thaiwrath]

1 hour ago, wakeupplease said:

Except you what happened did the visa get refused so p>>>>> you off

@wakeupplease

What visa are you talking about ?

I really do not understand.

If you are going to make a statement, please back it up when questioned about it. 

[lemonjelly]

Unless he has proof of the identity of the "Police" or their "helpers".... I fear he is approaching a waterfall without a paddle.


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[Bluespunk]

10 hours ago, gummy said:

yes and get benefits unlike those who go legally and have no recourse to state benefits.

Nonsense. 

[hansnl]

11 hours ago, TVGerry said:

So sad. Not only extorted by the corrupt locals but also by fellow refugees. 

Who am I to guess he was cleaned out by people from the same area he comes from.

[nausea]

You have to laugh, he's not complaining about the extortion:

 

"However his son remained in jail, so he came to seek justice"

 

He's complaining about the fact they failed to deliver on their promises.

[F4UCorsair]

12 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Should have goneifhe U.K., like every other Tom, Dick and Harry !

Or Australia, the land of the free........lunch.  I

[SOUTHERNSTAR]

12 hours ago, TVGerry said:

So sad. Not only extorted by the corrupt locals but also by fellow refugees. 

Refugees? Egypt and Lebanon ? The only Syrian refugees are those in refugee camps in Syria and surrounding countries. Those who can afford air tickets and B 15 k bribes per month are well off economic immigrants. 

[hobobo]

12 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

I'm sure this is all a misunderstanding.

I know a lawyer who could fix this for a lot less - say 400,000 baht all in!

[oldlakey]

12 hours ago, TVGerry said:

So sad. Not only extorted by the corrupt locals but also by fellow refugees. 

You need to exercise a little caution where you have those four letters tattooed 

[henry15]

No visa.

A foreigner is not allowed to open a barbershop, noten practice that job. This man and his son, should not even be here.

[jobwolf]

Reading many of the comments on this website it make me wonder how some of you are able to read or write.

There is not much brain or sense behind many comments.

[Fairynuff]

13 hours ago, gummy said:

yes and get benefits unlike those who go legally and have no recourse to state benefits.

UKIP and its misinformation (lies) is alive and well and living in TV forum