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Brit tourist tells of Thai prison terror after beaten inmate died in his arms

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Brit tourist tells of Thai prison terror after beaten inmate died in his arms

EXCLUSIVE: British dad of two Kai Isaacs landed up in Bangkok's notorious International Detention Centre after overstaying his visa

 

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Kai Isaacs says his time in the Bangkok prison was the worst three months of his life (Image: Solent News)

 

A British dad jailed in Thailand for overstaying his visa has told of his horror after a fellow inmate died in his arms from a brutal beating.

 

Kai Isaacs, 35, from the Isle of Wight, was locked up in a filthy room with 150 other inmates including gangsters and suspected terrorists in the notorious IDC, International Detention Centre, in Bangkok.

 

Kai, a dad of two, told the Sunday People: “It was the worst three months of my life.

 

"In the IDC there were 150 people in the room, sleeping on the floor 10 in a row.

 

"It was hot, it stank, it was noisy, it was violent and scary.

 

“There were people from 47 different countries.

 

"There were suspected ­terrorists. Their own countries didn’t want them back so they had been there for years. They ran the place.

 

Full story: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brit-tourist-tells-thai-prison-20896333

 

-- Mirror 2019-11-19

 

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4 minutes ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

Read the story https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2019/11/18/american-man-rickey-eric-mcdonald-death-thai-immigration-detention-facility-bangkok-fbi-uk-kai-isaacs/

One way ticket, wired money to himself that went missing, overstayed 6 months, the man is a criminal, a moron or both.

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If IDC knows these gangsters are picking on certain citizens such as US citizens they need to at least hold them separately.  The guy who died in his arms after being denied water and bullied by the gangs was 41 years old.  Here is his obituary. RIP. Obituary of Rickey McDonald  He was a guy who was educated and was loved, have some respect. 

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5 minutes ago, 300sd said:

The question is what kind of a country treats people this way? 

 

 

Agreed. Over stayers should be rounded up and deported. But it is highly debatable whether they should be treated like animals before they have an opportunity to leave these shores for good. 

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11 minutes ago, 300sd said:

The question is what kind of a country treats people this way? 

 

 

One that puts it's own people first, one that cares about border security and one that wants a sustainable (that word again) population growth?

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5 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

One that puts it's own people first, one that cares about border security and one that wants a sustainable (that word again) population growth?

It doesn't care, bent immigration everywhere and porous borders.

Drugs everywhere pouring in and facilitated by the police/army

Violent crime everywhere that you only find in the Thai newspapers, in regard to Cambodians and Burmese 

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16 minutes ago, KhaoTan said:

If IDC knows these gangsters are picking on certain citizens such as US citizens they need to at least hold them separately.  The guy who died in his arms after being denied water and bullied by the gangs was 41 years old.  Here is his obituary. RIP. Obituary of Rickey McDonald  He was a guy who was educated and was loved, have some respect. 

Seems to me that the murder is the real story here. Why isn't it being followed up on?

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22 minutes ago, 300sd said:

The question is what kind of a country treats people this way? 

 

 

Most countries.  Look at the detention places in America for example.  You think prisons should be like luxury hotels, with individual rooms, tea making facilities, gym, x box games and free education and heal care... or wait.. that is what they are like in the UK. 

 

4 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

The guardian for those who do not know is a far left propaganda rag

You think the Mirror is a good paper to get factual news and true stories?  

 

3 minutes ago, Sticky Wicket said:

The UK has to adhere to certain human rights especially the very liberal EU laws.

I agree the UK should be far stricter but we should never stoop to these sub human Thai cesspits

No for much longer.  Once we are out of the EU, we won't be forced to have these laws... and the government can scrap all the human rights it wants.... won't be long before UK prisons will be worse than the ones here.  

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5 minutes ago, zydeco said:

Seems to me that the murder is the real story here. Why isn't it being followed up on?

Nobody cares. A farang's life is worth zero

An a slight tangent I've know personally about 20 suspicious deaths (murders) in my time here and not one Thai has ever received a jail sentence!!

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1 hour ago, webfact said:

British dad of two Kai Isaacs landed up in Bangkok's notorious International Detention Centre after overstaying his visa

 

1 hour ago, Vacuum said:

Question is why did he do it? Ignorance, stupidity?

Sure, stupidity and ignorance is always included in a crazy choice like that. It also seems that he was a very responsible father who fixed such a nice holiday away from his child.

More stupid people than the foreigners that comes to Thailand and overstay is hard to find. They should just build a mental hospital between the borders of Laos and Thailand, and shuffle them all in forever.

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This all sounds very dodgy from the Mirror, he gets 9 days BUT spends 3 months in detention for not being able to afford a 4500 baht fine? Am I reading that right?

 

And as for British xenophobia against foreigners , what does this line......"a British DAD" infer ? What bearing does the fact that he fathered offspring have to do with him breaking the law in Thailand? 

 

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1 minute ago, MRToMRT said:

This all sounds very dodgy from the Mirror, he gets 9 days BUT spends 3 months in detention for not being able to afford a 4500 baht fine? Am I reading that right?

 

And as for British xenophobia against foreigners , what does this line......"a British DAD" infer ? What bearing does the fact that he fathered offspring have to do with him breaking the law in Thailand? 

 

He sound much more likable as a person of high integrity and caring love for his child. Doesn´t he? I think it was very good to take that in the news, to show what a real peice of work this guy is.

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What about the embassies in this story?

 

1) Where is the American Embassy? Did they actually allow the outright murder of an American citizen by Iranians in a Thai prison to go without investigation?

 

2) Did the British Embassy actually tell this guy to turn himself in, knowing he would be put in these conditions, rather than urging him to get the money for a flight out and paying the fine at an airport?

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