Immigration police had been suspicious when they got here throughout a Chinese man roaming around Nong Khai province in northeast Thailand promoting overpriced lottery tickets earlier today. Upon checking his documents, police discovered he had overstayed his visa by well over seven years (2782 days).
Nong Khai Immigration Police arrested 33 yr outdated Xiang Lix of Chinese nationality on three expenses, “being an alien residing in the kingdom without permission,” “being an alien working without permission (hawking authorities lottery tickets),” and “selling authorities lottery tickets at a better price than specified by law.”
Lix flew into Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on January 29, 2015, with a Non-B kind visa valid till April 28, 2015. He played soccer professionally for Khon Kaen FC in Thai League 3 and went on to play for Loei City FC in the same league.
The professional footballer mentioned that he didn’t obtain wages for many months, so he turned to illegally promoting lottery tickets to help his spouse – a native of Loei province – and his young children.
Plain detained Lix and said he shall be prosecuted in accordance with the legislation.
Lix’s 2782-day illegal keep in Thailand narrowly beats that of another Chinese overstayer arrested exterior a condominium in Bangkok last month. After getting into Thailand on July 24, 2015, on a 15-day vacationer visa, 35 yr old Li Liang overstayed for 2662 days. He didn’t wish to return to China for worry of religious persecution for his beliefs within the Falun Gong movement.
Immigration police have been arresting illegal foreigners day-in-an-day-out since former Immigration Chief Surachate “Big Joke” Hakparn ordered a crackdown on visa overstayers final month.
On Tuesday, police busted a British man in Srisaket province in northeast Thailand who overstayed his visa by two months as a result of he “loves Thailand.”
Another notable case was that of a Korean girl arrested in Bangkok lately for stealing over 5 million baht worth of her friend’s property. Police checked her passport to search out she had overstayed in Thailand for six years..