News Forum - Bingo! Gambian arrested for 7-year illegal stay on Koh Pha Ngan

[Thaiger]

Tourist Police arrested a Gambian man on Koh Pha Ngan, an island in the southern province of Surat Thani, on Friday, July 19, for illegally entering Thailand and staying on the island for more than seven years. He reportedly shouted “Bingo!” after being caught. Koh Pha Ngan Tourist Police were conducting a crackdown on illegal … …

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[ChrisS]

Given the huge numbers of overstayers in Thailand it seems to me that giving an amnesty with those that give themselves up being merely deported but those that don't and then get caught getting a mandatory jail sentence and then deported might be the way forward.