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Phuket ATM Skimmer Arrests: Five Men from Netherlands, Norway Accused
By Sert Tongdee Friday, May 2, 2014
Karon police have named those arrested as Vinothan Thiy Agarasa, 29, Netherlands, Gnanapooranan Ratnasabapathy,51, Norway, Nesaruban Arunachalam, 28, India, Hussain Qasim, 31, Norway, and Qaiser Abbas Shah, 20, Norway.
PHUKET: Police have arrested five men from Norway and the Netherlands and accused them of operating an ATM scam using skimmers on Phuket. Details have yet to emerge but it's believed some of the men have confessed while others have not. Senior officers were preparing to brief a media conference at Phuket Police Headquarters late today.
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Nice hope you all get a nice time in Phuket jail.
Posted by
Bjorn Ronningen
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May 2, 2014 16:18
Pleased to see arrests. My card was skimmed after visiting in late March, for 20,000 baht. While I do not know if these arrests are related to my card, I am pleased to learn it was probably not locals
Posted by
Marty
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May 2, 2014 19:25
congrats they just got hell in jail I hate skimmers!
Posted by
Tom
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May 2, 2014 22:10
These only hold Norwegian passports. The oldest one is either Sri Lankan or Indian. Both of the others are Pakistanis.
They are already crying for the Norwegian authorities to get them out of jail.
Every one of them are originally from India/Pakistan or Sri Lanka.
Posted by
Oboy
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May 3, 2014 03:14
Editor Comment:
A person who holds a passport from a particular country is categorised as holding that nationality, Oboy, no matter what their background.
Those names is NOT Norwegians.
If I stay for a short time in Thailand, does that make me a thai?
Posted by
Frank
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May 3, 2014 04:23
Editor Comment:
If you have a Thai passport, then you are a Thai.
Editor:
It is quite right, we have a lot of asylum seekers to come and get to stay in Norway, many of these so called asylum seekers is criminele, this bunch has traveled around the world and skimma many banks and created major problems for many many people.Have a good time in Phuket Jail fore a long time.
Posted by
Bjorn Ronningen
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May 3, 2014 05:25
Norwegian passports they may have...........norwegians they are not !!
Posted by
Anonymous
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May 3, 2014 05:41
Unfortunataly our newest arrivals and Norway nationals indeed but genetically not people of Norwegian heritage. India and Arab names. If I was given a choice of having 600.000 immigrants from Africa and the Middle East and 600.000 German storm troopers in Norway I'd prefer the Germans.
Posted by
Kaiser
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May 3, 2014 06:25
After stay 10 yers in Bangkok hilton everybody are real Thai
Posted by
pappy
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May 3, 2014 07:07
Its a pity that so many of the so called refugees are criminals and drug dealers. The prisons are filled to bursting point and 2/3 of the prisoners are of foreign origin in Norway.
Thai people are not in the crime statistics and neither are the Indians.
Posted by
Oboy
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May 3, 2014 07:42
Anonymous:
Maybe this skimmers are born in Norway ? ho now that, but i hope this men going to have a very very nice time in jail here in Thailand, we don`t want this parasite back.
Posted by
Bjorn Ronningen
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May 3, 2014 08:04
Its a pity that so many of the so called refugees are criminals and drug dealers. The prisons are filled to bursting point and 2/3 of the prisoners are of foreign origin in Norway.
Thai people are not in the crime statistics and neither are the Indians.
Posted by
Oboy
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May 3, 2014 08:50
I really hope they get a very loooooong jail time. Same as I hope the people who skimmer may account in the beginning of this year. They were originally from Algeria but travelled on a French Passport.
Posted by
Mj
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May 3, 2014 09:32
People, nationality is irrelevant, they are, if convicted, criminals and "should" suffer the full extent of the law, same as any Thai would... N.B. the comment about Thais was in jest, I had the put it that way to please Ed who hates accepted abbreviations, guessing he doesn't text or tweet.
Posted by
Laurie Howells
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May 3, 2014 09:43
Editor Comment:
You mean ''Nota Bene,'' Laurie.
great result well done by the thai police
happy days in jail suffer as you have made the people suffer you stole from
Posted by
matthew
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May 3, 2014 09:52
@oboy ... wrong , 2/3 of prisoners are Norwegians the rest are foreigners ..... http://chartsbin.com/view/8ns
Posted by
Sailor
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May 3, 2014 10:24
Sailor - "2/3 in a Norway jail is Norwegians" - Sure, that might be true. Could you please tell me how many percentages of them are born in Norway with ethnic Norwegian parents ?
Posted by
Mj
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May 3, 2014 12:00
@Mj, maybe you better contact Anders Behring Breivik, he seem to share your concern and may be able to help you in fulfilling your prejudices...;-)
Posted by
Sailor
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May 3, 2014 12:42
Editor Comment:
That's a disgraceful remark, and it accurately reflects the quality of thinking behind most of your contributions, Sailor.
Talking about Mr. Breivik? Did I miss the promissed part 2 of the prison-report?
Posted by
herbert
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May 3, 2014 13:30
Editor Comment:
There are a few things you've missed, herbert, including part 2.
@Sailor:
Are you in a psychiatric home or do you just write distasteful trash?
Posted by
Pete
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May 3, 2014 15:47
Editors comment: There are a few things you've missed, herbert, including part 2.
What a nice answer, Editor, thank you!
Posted by
herbert
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May 3, 2014 16:41
Editor Comment:
No, thank you, herbert!
@Sailor.
First you must read or at least learn to before you make your comments. I wrote ' 2/3 of the prisoners are of foreign origin in Norway'.
You can just Google 'foreign origin', its free.
Lets get back to this case. Are these Norwegian? I am of Malaysian origin, lived most of my life in Norway but still call myself a Malaysian.
Don't misunderstand me. Norway is the best country to live in and I find it very provocating when refugees complain about Norway.
Posted by
Oboy
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May 4, 2014 00:48
They are not ethnic Norwegians. They are xxxxxxxxxx I hope will rot in jail.
Posted by
Jon
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May 4, 2014 05:44
Editor Comment:
''Ethnic Norwegians'' are capable of committing far worse crimes, Jon. Do you need to be reminded? If new arrivals are treated fairly as equals, they usually respond in the proper fashion. Ever thought that attitudes like yours could actually be the problem?
Criminals come in all shapes, colors and nationalities.
It's easy to point the finger at immigrants if they breach the law but the only relevant comparison is the crime rate among immigrants compared to the native population of similar social status.
If it is significantly higher then the nation in question needs to look into the reasons for this.
Something I know my country does and I'm sure many others do too. If they had discovered something alarming, this would certainly have effected the granting of immigrant status.
Notably Denmark and Holland have taken measures to curb the flow of immigrants and using principles that have drawn some criticism.
The fact is that in Europe and especially in Scandinavia the birth rate cannot keep up with the needs of the aging population.
Immigration is one solution to this problem. Japan is a good Asian example of having to struggle with this issue.
Posted by
ThaiMike
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May 4, 2014 10:30
Immigrants is actually not behind most of the crime in Norway, but foreigners coming there due to the expansion of the Schengen cooperation. When that's said show statistics that immigrants are overrepresented in crime statistics and higher than the general population in Norway.
Posted by
Harald
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May 4, 2014 18:45
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Nice hope you all get a nice time in Phuket jail.
Posted by Bjorn Ronningen on May 2, 2014 16:18