Frenchman fleeing Cambodian moneylenders arrested at the border.
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Frenchman fleeing Cambodian moneylenders arrested at the border.
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https://www.stickboybangkok.com/news/fr ... ai-border/A Frenchman who allegedly owes a few million baht in gambling debts to a Cambodian moneylender was arrested by immigration officers over the weekend for illegally entering Thailand.
The story of how 32-year-old Andre Moriconi ended up behind bars at Klong Luk police station in Aranyaprathet is told several ways depending on which Thai newspaper you read but the ending in all is the same.
Moriconi went to Cambodia, racked up a few mil in gambling debts, was sleeping in a bus shelter when he couldn’t flog his watch to pay his hotel bill and ended up doing a runner when the people he owed money to came calling looking for him to settle up.
When he arrived at the border crossing in a panic, the officer noticed he didn’t have any entry or exit stamps for Cambodia and told him he’d need to go back and get them before he could enter Thailand.
Frenchie said this was not possible as he was a wanted man and after speaking with several officers he tried to make a run for it without getting stamped into the country, a move that didn’t get him very far...
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Re: Frenchman fleeing Cambodian moneylenders arrested at the border.
So he is - one assumes - "safe" in Thailand rather than in mortal danger in Cambodia, which is probably lucky for him.
But what moneylender lends money to a chancer who is likely to lose it gambling?
Then one recalls an odd tale of a defaulting gambling held hostage in or near one of the casinos on the Bavet border with Vietnam.
But what moneylender lends money to a chancer who is likely to lose it gambling?
Then one recalls an odd tale of a defaulting gambling held hostage in or near one of the casinos on the Bavet border with Vietnam.
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Re: Frenchman fleeing Cambodian moneylenders arrested at the border.
The story says he failed to get to Thailand as he had no valid exit/entry stamps and was sent back to Cambodia to sort his paperwork out.mammothboy2 wrote:So he is - one assumes - "safe" in Thailand rather than in mortal danger in Cambodia, which is probably lucky for him.
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Re: Frenchman fleeing Cambodian moneylenders arrested at the border.
I thought he tried to do a runner and "ended up behind bars at Klong Luk police station in Aranyaprathet" [from the OP].
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