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Grieving Hungarian widow found to have overstayed since 2010 on Samui

Surat Thani immigration police have arrested a Hungarian woman after checks following her husband’s death revealed she had overstayed more than 10 years on the island.

Angelika Edina Balla reportedly admitted that she had entered Thailand on November 30, 2009 to travel before her visa expired in February, 2010.

After her visa expired, she moved with her husband to a beachside rental house in Bo Phut subdistrict and helped him run a business on the island.

However, when her husband died earlier this month, officials checked her passport and found she had been living in Thailand for 4,165 days since the date her visa expired. 

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Balla was arrested on Thursday and now faces a possible lifetime ban from the country she called home for more than a decade.

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She was initially charged with overstaying her visa, which is punishable with up to 2 years in jail and/or a Bt20,000 fine under the Immigration Act.

According to immigration law, anyone who overstays their visa for more than 90 days is barred from re-entering the Kingdom for one year. The blacklist extends to a lifetime if the overstay period exceeds 10 years.

Published : September 16, 2021

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Something’s brewing inside this Chonburi bus

A college student in Chonburi decided to put her father’s unused tour bus to good use and earn some cash for her family as well.

On Wednesday, a Nation Thailand reporter chanced upon a Chonburi-Pluak Daeng bus parked near the entrance of Wat Pa Thammachart’s meditation centre in Chonburi’s Ban Bung district.

The bus sported a banner reading “This is a shop”.

The reporter saw people walking in and out of the bus and decided to check it out. Inside, the bus had been renovated into a coffee shop selling drinks and snacks. The makeshift coffee shop also offered free wi-fi to customers.

Something’s brewing inside this Chonburi busSomething’s brewing inside this Chonburi bus

Thitima Imsa-ard, 16, told the reporter that her dad had lent her the bus because bus services in the district had been suspended due to Covid-19.

So, she talked her dad into removing the seats inside and help her turn it into a makeshift coffeeshop. Thitima said her novel coffeeshop is attracting a lot more customers than an ordinary one would have.

“People stop by all day to pick up drinks and snacks, and this income is helping our family during the pandemic. Once bus services are allowed, the seats will be reinstalled and the bus will start picking up passengers,” she said.

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Court grants THB5,000 to Bangkokians affected by lack of BTS lifts

The Administrative Court on Wednesday ordered the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to pay 5,000 baht in compensation to each disabled person affected by the lack of lifts at some BTS stations.

In 2011, a group of disabled persons filed a lawsuit against the BMA for not providing lifts at 23 Skytrain stations. The BMA was ordered to install the lifts and have them ready for use within a year.

However, the installation was not completed in time.

Then in 2014, another group of 429 disabled persons sued the BMA for being late with the installation. They also demanded a compensation of 14 million baht each.

The Administrative Court finally issued a verdict on this case on Wednesday saying the plaintiffs will be given a compensation of 5,000 baht each plus 7.5 per cent interest per year. This will only apply to people whose national ID was issued in Bangkok.

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Thailand logs 13,897 new cases, 188 deaths

Thailand’s daily numbers rose slightly to 13,897 new cases and 188 deaths over the past 24 hours on Thursday. Of the new cases, 394 were in prisons.

Meanwhile, 13,527 patients have recovered and been discharged over the past 24 hours.

Thailand’s total caseload from Covid-19 stands at 1,434,237 – 1,290,556 of whom have recovered, 128,728 are still in hospitals and 14,953 have died.

Separately, another 316,107 people were given their first Covid-19 shot in the last 24 hours, 512,728 their second shot and 1,578 a booster shot, bringing the total Covid-19 vaccine doses administered nationwide to 42,477,514.

According to Worldometer, confirmed cases globally had risen to 227.27 million on Thursday, 203.97 million of whom have recovered, 18.63 million are active cases (101,818 in severe condition) and 4.67 million have died (up by 10,200).

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Thailand ranks 29th on the global list of most cases, which is topped by the US with 42.48 million, followed by India with 33.35 million, Brazil with 21.03 million, the UK with 7.31 million and Russia with 7.19 million.

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Phi Phi police find body of missing Austrian hotel manager

The body of Florian Hallermann, 56, who had gone missing five days ago was found on the Ao Plaew hill on Krabi’s Phi Phi Island at 5pm on Wednesday.

The site was about 200 metres from the island’s main road.

Hallermann, who was general manager of the Zeavola Resort on the island, was captured on CCTV leaving the resort on Saturday afternoon. He was last seen walking along the beach with a backpack.

Police have been hunting for Hallermann since Monday.

The body has been sent to the Prachasantisook Foundation for an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

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Postpone countrys reopening to November 1, Siriraj Hospital prof advises

Thailand is not ready to reopen the country on October 1 as the Covid-19 vaccination rate has not yet reached a safe level, Prof Dr Prasit Watanapa, Siriraj Hospital’s dean of the Faculty of Medicine, said on Wednesday, suggesting that the reopening be postponed to November 1.

Prasit said his main concern was that another new virus variant could possibly emerge at any time, making current vaccines ineffective.

Compared with other countries, it would be too quick if Thailand were to reopen on October 1, he said, as the vaccination rate should first exceed 70 per cent of the population.

Only 38 per cent of the country has been vaccinated so far with a first dose and just 18 per cent have received the second dose, the dean pointed out.

“The government should wait for one more month to ensure that the country is ready to reopen for tourists. We have learnt from the Phuket Sandbox programme that people who have been fully vaccinated can still get infected and spread the disease. I also strongly suggest not to lift quarantine measures in the meantime,” Prasit said.

“Medical personnel will also be required to continue their duties after this long period of hard work. If there was another outbreak, patient beds would be inadequate, and we have to avoid that,” he warned.

“Whoever makes the decision will need to be responsible for it. My only hope for now is that there would be no further virus mutations which could affect vaccine efficiency,” he added.

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DRT tackling noise, security problems on Red Line route

The Department of Rail Transport (DRT) is conducting an investigation into complaints by residents that the Red Line urban trains from Bang Sue to Rangsit stations are creating excessive noise since the line opened for public use on August 2.

“We have dispatched technicians to use sound meters to check the noise level along tracks in those areas and should have the results soon,” DRT director-general Kittiphan Panchan said on Wednesday.

“Initially, the DRT is considering installing noise barriers along the tracks in residential areas to minimise the impact on surrounding communities,” he said.

DRT tackling noise, security problems on Red Line route

Kittiphan also said that during the survey officials discovered that cables at track axle counters have gone missing, which rendered the mechanical system inoperable.

“We speculated that someone might have broken into the track system to steal the cables,” he said.

“The DRT will install additional CCTV cameras in risky areas, increase the number of security guards, and do away with parking sites at connecting tracks to prevent intruders,” he added.

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The Red Line train comprises two routes. The Bang Sue-Rangsit route is 26km long with 10 stations and a total travel time of 25 minutes. The Bang Sue-Taling Chan route is 15km long with three stations and a travel time of about 15 minutes. Fares range from THB12 to THB42.

Each train runs at an interval of 30 minutes during normal hours. During rush hours (7-9am and 5-7.30pm), trains arrive every 15 minutes.

Published : September 16, 2021