Five immigration officers swoop! German on five day overstay arrested outside Pattaya hotel

[Penicillin]

6 hours ago, jlwilliamsjr18 said:

2020 will bring in the all an new tracking of retiree and long term expats.  

Wait for it. 

 

I wish you people would stop posting this pic.  I don’t want my gf to get any crazy ideas. 

[StayinThailand2much]

I feel much safer now! Anyone who only overstays half a day should be handcuffed, tarred and feathered, then thrown into the slammer to sticky rice and klong water. That will teach 'em to come too often, or stay too long...

[ukrules]

3 hours ago, Chazar said:

If your visa has expired, you have 30 days to leave the UK voluntarily at your own expense before you face a ban on re-entry.

Thailand has the same policy but with 0 days to leave the country. The bounty hunters are looking for you after midnight on the day you're supposed to leave.

[nervona81732]

WoW, I'm impressed! Not.

[ukrules]

47 minutes ago, elliss said:

 

    Few hundred baht of fines,    I think not .   

     Few hundred thousands , problem solved ...

 

 

Many people are very ignorant of the way the law works, the 500 Baht per day is a maximum fine to be paid when you leave.

 

If you're detained and sent before a judge then the fine is often (always?) much less in total.

[brianthainess]

9 hours ago, Chazar said:

Which ones, not wearing helmet, no lights on at  night, driving the wrong way up a  road, farting in an elevator?

Smoking in YOUR house maybe.............

[StayinThailand2much]

2 hours ago, GalaxyMan said:

God forbid they should actually go after some real criminals, like the government.

They don't have the manpower. All cops busy with following up on heinous crimes such as 2-day overstays, and not reporting your whereabouts within 24 hours.

[brianthainess]

49 minutes ago, elliss said:

 

 

  Farlangs , should have the ninety day immi/ probation report date ,

    stamped on their forehead .. 

    If in doubt , just Wai , and prey ...

 

 

 

 

At least WE get 7 days over.

[smudger1951]

Perhaps this article is the answer to the other article on the decline in tourism.

[alfalfa19]

Big Joke has been replaced by Gargantuan Joke. 

[Caldera]

He should have been arrested for wearing that shirt, first and foremost.

 

I'm not in favor of overstaying, but seriously, if the police has the manpower to show up after five short days, there are either too many of them (police state) or they are not put to good use.

[Call]

Totally insane!!!

[Fairynuff]

Brilliant use of resources catching those hardened dangerous criminals.

If you really want to discourage overstaying then increase the daily fine to 5,000 and anything over a week (without a legitimate reason) a lifetime ban on re entry. 

[spidermike007]

Whatever you guys do avoid tackling corruption. Avoid going after drug dealers and human traffickers. Avoid prosecuting illegal fishing and slavery. 

 

Focus on overstays and TM 30's. That way you will continue to improve the lives of your people. 

[NoComment]

Excellent news for the German press. They will make a mountain out of a molehill.

Bad news for Pattaya and the future of German tourism.

Bert E probably has a network of friends, colleagues and family and I doubt very much that he will be recommending LOS to a single one. Whispering will spread around their networks and thus less tourism.

Vietnam and Cambodia are already calling because these are cheaper and more relaxed than LOS.

Thailand is an amazing, fantastic Kingdom with the most wonderful people but.......????

[MeePeeMai]

Let's not forget the upstanding citizen who was stopped at a roadblock with a cache of war weapons and released without charge.  It would seem that a 5 day overstay is a more serious offense than a Fortuner full of illegal weapons in Thailand now. 

 

 

A checkpoint set up by the Muang Rayong police near Wat Na Ta Khwan found a cache of war weapons and ammunition in the Fortuner.

There were two M16s and one X9 Para 1 - there were five magazines to go with these weapons.

In addition there were 423 5.56mm bullets and seven 9mm bullets.

Namchoke was taken into the police station but soon released without charge. 

 

 

 

[Wake Up]

13 hours ago, Sticky Wicket said:

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—

     Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
     Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
     Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

Wow man either you are trying to be funny using a very serious subject of history or you should get out of Thailand now. Hope this was simply a drunken brain freeze comment by you. ????

[Daveyh]

Hmmm ............ the rules are loud & clear "don't overstay", but this latest news does not help Thailand's Tourism at all, especially when we all know that numbers are considerably down from previous years. I do think people will be worried by this news & rightly so. This certainly highlights the predicament of an overstay for long term retirees, especially those that need assistance with their documentation ......... if you forget to report/renew your stay you could end up in prison ............ not a nice thought for someone in their twilight years & the jails here are really scary. I do think that unless things change for the better retirement here in Thailand will no longer be an attraction ........ sad fact.

[WhatupThailand]

8 hours ago, Skallywag said:

 

Exactly, pi$$ of your girlfriend and she calls 1178 and you are history!

"Naew Na urged the public to continue making calls to the immigration police on 1178."

This seems to indicate someone reported him via 1178.

And in Order to give "Pat on the Head" to the snitch, they have to "Grand Stand" the Event.

For What ? 

Gotta get more negative Media attention on the Falang,

gotta show how Thai can be more like China.

[ukrules]

28 minutes ago, WhatupThailand said:

This seems to indicate someone reported him via 1178.

And in Order to give "Pat on the Head" to the snitch, they have to "Grand Stand" the Event.

For What ? 

Gotta get more negative Media attention on the Falang,

gotta show how Thai can be more like China.

I would like to read the review he leaves for the hotel when he's eventually released from the prison system and deported.

[BenBen23]

Note the swooooooooooooooped!

This poor guy probably missed a flight and figured he's just pay the fine at the airport for a few days overstay. The real loosers here are the thousands of small family owned businesses Thai people relay on for a living. As tourists numbers slump, exports dry up, and the angry birds drive out those nasty ex-pats what will be left for 10s of thousands of Thais who live paycheck to paycheck?

 

Speaking as an unwelcome expat who has already relocated to Vietnam!  

[WhatupThailand]

officers swoop !

Did they Swoop with a Smile ?

When will they get their Capes, so they can Swoop in Style.

[shy coconut]

16 hours ago, Sticky Wicket said:

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—

     Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
     Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
     Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

What did they do when they came for you?

[Sticky Wicket]

26 minutes ago, shy coconut said:

What did they do when they came for you?

What does that even mean? Bizarre post of the year award

[sunnyboy2018]

17 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

Nice, hope they root out all the over stayers.

An interesting lack of empathy, schadenfreude in the extreme. Presumably just trolling.

[Hans007]

17 hours ago, bluesofa said:

More likely: And this is xenophobia.

Absolutely!!!

 

This is just ridiculous. IMHO a which hunt. I think smb give him away to the police.

 

I am planning to stay 34 days next month...so I better make longer my visa...!! I only get 30 days upon arrival.

 

Hans.

[Hans007]

4 hours ago, NoComment said:

Excellent news for the German press. They will make a mountain out of a molehill.

Bad news for Pattaya and the future of German tourism.

Bert E probably has a network of friends, colleagues and family and I doubt very much that he will be recommending LOS to a single one. Whispering will spread around their networks and thus less tourism.

Vietnam and Cambodia are already calling because these are cheaper and more relaxed than LOS.

Thailand is an amazing, fantastic Kingdom with the most wonderful people but.......????

I dont think cambodia is much cheaper then Thailand. Vietnam is...!

 

This is the last time i will visit Thailand. This is absolutely ridiculous...xenophobia 100%. NOT good.

H

[Sticky Wicket]

8 hours ago, emptypockets said:

An alternative message may be: Thailand has changed from welcoming criminals and other miscreants, find another country.

 

[mike787]

5 I/O swoop in like seal team 6 to take him down, make him pay, and then black list....god job mates.  Divide and conquer, now to remove all other expats overstayers.  No more LOS for you, get back to where you belong...lol

[sunnyboy2018]

3 hours ago, Daveyh said:

Hmmm ............ the rules are loud & clear "don't overstay", but this latest news does not help Thailand's Tourism at all, especially when we all know that numbers are considerably down from previous years. I do think people will be worried by this news & rightly so. This certainly highlights the predicament of an overstay for long term retirees, especially those that need assistance with their documentation ......... if you forget to report/renew your stay you could end up in prison ............ not a nice thought for someone in their twilight years & the jails here are really scary. I do think that unless things change for the better retirement here in Thailand will no longer be an attraction ........ sad fact.

Tourism will no longer be an attraction,  not western tourists anyway...the power elite does not like western influence.  Currently Bahrain and Dubai are freerer than Thailand. For anyone with money these are the places to go. They also have excellent night life and P4P scene with girls from all over the world. There are excellent restaurants and street food. The economy travellers who in two decades transformed Banglampoo and the KSR from a poor backwater to a booming wealthy area will stop coming here too. Younger people do not expect to threatened by police for minor drug issues nor do independent travellers expect to be bogged down by bureaucracy nor do they like the over regulation and standardisation of travel destinations. Pattaya ruined by the military,  Bangkok spoiled, the KSR wiped out, the islands terrorized by cops, army, and immigration police, the old mountain treks over regulated.....what's left? An expensive country, miles from nowhere with an over valued currency. With daily stories about the persecution of foreigners all over the internet its no wonder Pattaya and elsewhere are experiencing a downturn.  Very sad.