I really hope Thai's don't follow this model for foreigners that overstay here in Thailand!
I saw this article on Bangkok Coconuts, they have just opened a discussion on their forum that may be interesting. Enjoy the article.
Two Thai men have reportedly been sentenced to “strokes of the cane” for overstaying their visas in Brunei without reasonable causes.
Sombat
Chamnanrop, 44, was sentenced to six months in jail and three cane
strokes, while Phaisan Saensimon, aged 32, was sentence to three months
in jail and three cane strokes.
The Bandar Seri Begawan Magistrate's Court sentenced the two men yesterday, the Borneo Bulletin reported, after all defendants pleaded guilty to overstaying in the country without reasonable causes.
The
two men were apprehended along with Thai female Sirithip
Champasaeng
during a raid in the morning of May 22, 2013 at the male defendants'
rented home in Kg Kilanas.
Sombat was
reportedly found to be a fugitive employee and earned a living on a
freelance basis with an employment pass that expired on December 3,
2008.
Meanwhile, Phaisan worked until
his employment pass was cancelled and was due for repatriation on
October 31, 2012 but he failed to leave the country.
As
for Sirithip, she was found to have been issued a special pass
initially and told to report to the Immigration Department but failed to
do so.
She was sentenced to three months and a week's imprisonment for the offense of overstaying.
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