Russian beggar arrested on Koh Phangan
published : 13 Aug 2024 at 15:35
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Assawin Pakkawan
A Russian man detained on the tourist island of Koh Phangan following residents' complaints he was begging for food was found to have overstayed his visa by more than four years, tourist police said.
Dmitri Babaitsev, 56, was found sleeping in front of the Banana IT shop’s Koh Phangan branch, tourist police said on Monday.
During questioning, he told police he had both Russian and Canadian passports, and had entered Thailand using his Russian documents.
A check found that he entered the country on Feb 19, 2020 via Surat Thani immigration checkpoint on a 30-day visa. He had overstayed his visa by 1,599 days.
Mr Babaitsev has been charged with overstaying his visa and handed over to police on Koh Phangan.
Vocabulary
- beggar: a person who lives by asking people for money or food - คนขอทาน
- begging (noun): getting money by asking people for money , on the side of the street, for example - การขอทาน
- branch: an office or shop representing a large company or organisation in a particular area - สาขา
- charged (verb): accused officially of committing a crime - ถูกตั้งข้อกล่าวหา
- document: a paper or set of papers with written or printed information, especially of an official type - เอกสาร
- immigration: dealing with people entering and leaving the country - การตรวจคนเข้าเมือง
- overstay: stay in a country for longer than you are allowed to stay, not leaving when your visa to stay in the country ends -
- questioning: when the police asks a person questions in the investigation of a crime -
