BANGKOK, Jan 19 – Police arrested a former American lawyer who had worked in the United States using his position to deceive other Americans. Jan Morton Heger, 68, was arrested at his home in Bangkok’s Sukhumvit area after the Thai authorities received a request from the US authorities. According to police, Mr Heger, who has […]
Thai Immigration Police arrested two foreign fugitives for child molestation, one American and one Briton, in two separate incidents, police said Wednesday. The American national, Allen Mingchai Hayes, 39, was apprehended on Bangkok’s Wireless Road on Tuesday for offences he allegedly committed in the US before fleeing to Thailand in 2004, said Immigration Bureau’s Investigation […]
H.E. Mrs. Christine Schraner Burgener, Ambassador of Switzerland to Thailand (third from left) along with Mr. Bernhard Bienz, Head of Chancery of the Swiss Embassy (fourth from left) and Mr. Hans Peter Bieri, Head of Visa of the Swiss Embassy (second from right) recently visited Pattaya where they held a get-together with the local Swiss […]
BANGKOK, 12 December 2010 (NNT) – The US Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) has rescheduled the date for ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s visit, citing reshuffling of its members. Mr Thaksin’s Legal Advisor Noppadol Pattama announced the postponement of the CSCE for the former premier to address a forum titled “Thailand: Democracy, […]
SA KAEO, Nov 27 — Thai immigration police Saturday apprehended a South Korean national at the Thai-Cambodian border on charges of using fake visa in entering the country and are preparing to extradite him to his home country to face further charges of defrauding people there, immigration police said. Kim Dong Su, 52, was arrested […]
Swedish national Mr. C. F.k L., 41, has been arrested in Thailand for tax fraud valued at over 400 million baht. According to the Thai police, Mr. L. used the company Gold Digger Co., Ltd on Koh Phangan near Koh Samui to commit the serious economic crimes involving more than 100 cases of fraud valued […]
British passport holders arriving by air may enter Thailand for 30 days without obtaining a visa in advance of arrival. However, those arriving at overland crossings will only be given visa free entry valid for 15 days. If you plan to stay in Thailand for longer than the time endorsed on arrival, or you intend […]
Airport visa goof-up in holiday horror A US-based Nepalese homemaker headed for a holiday in Thailand via Calcutta was cleared for boarding at the city airport despite not holding a Thai visa, leaving her to face 18 hours of detention in Bangkok before she was deported. Tsomala Lama, 33, has accused Thai Airways and immigration […]
