Thai woman protests agains Polish husband’s deportation in Bangkok

UPDATE

A Thai lady and her relative staged a two-person protest at the United Nations HQ in Bangkok to appeal for “justice” for her Polish husband, who says that forcing him to return to Poland is a certain death sentence for him, reports SiamRath.

Sornsiri Khittook’s 37 year old husband Michal Kamil Wielebinski, was arrested and detained in Koh Samui on December 8, 2022.

Wielebinski had overstayed his visa by 36 days and was wanted on an Interpol red notice for assault and illegal possession of firearms, as reported by The Thaiger in December.

However, the SiamRath article failed to mention the Interpol red notice, only that Wielebinski overstayed, so perhaps Sornsiri did not disclose this information to SiamRath.

Sornsiri did not tell SiamRath why Poland was so dangerous for Michal.

Upon his arrest, Wielebinski was taken to court, where officials ordered his deportation. Then, he was locked up at a detention centre in Bangkok where he remains while Thai authorities coordinate his return to Poland.

Sornsiri said she requested for her husband to be sent to a third country, not Poland, because it is not safe for him there, she said.

However, immigration officials rejected the request on the grounds that Wielebinski’s passport has been “cancelled” and returned to the Polish consulate, she told SiamRath.

However, Sornsiri says his passport is not out of date and requests for it to be returned.

Sornsiri and her relative held placards that read “Poland is not safety for Michal” and “UN please save our family.”

ORIGINAL STORY: Polish overstayer wanted by Interpol arrested in Koh Samui, Thailand

Yesterday, Immigration Police arrested a Polish man in Koh Samui, southern Thailand, wanted on an Interpol red notice for assault and illegal possession of firearms.

He had overstayed his student visa by 36 days, which was cancelled by immigration on November 3 because he didn’t attend classes.

Surat Thani Immigration Police were patrolling the island in their Smart Control Cars, which use facial recognition technology when they spotted a suspicious-looking foreigner in a Big C car park.

Upon inspection of his passport, police found that 37 year old Michal Kamil Wielebinski’s name was included in their list of foreigners whose permission to stay in the kingdom had been revoked.

Wielebinski entered Thailand from Malaysia via the Tak Bai Immigration Checkpoint in Narathiwat province on October 10, 2019, with a non-immigrant (NON-90) visa.

On January 7, 2020, Chiang Rai Immigration Office granted Wielebinskia a student visa valid until September 24, 2023. However, because Wielebinski stopped attending his language course at Chiang Rai Rajabhat University, Immigration cancelled his visa, effective November 3, 2022.

In 2017, Wielebinski was accused of assault and illegal possession of firearms in Poland. He did not attend court so Interpol issued a red notice for his arrest on October 15, 2017.

Surat Thani Immigration Police arrested Wielebinski under suspicion of, “being an alien whose permission to stay in the kingdom has expired (36 days),” violating the Immigration Act of 1979.

Police took Wielebinski to Koh Samui’s Bo Phut Police Station for further interrogation.

Immigration is nearing the end of its nationwide crackdown on illegal foreigners and visa overstayers in Thailand, cracking numerous cases…

On Tuesday, a British man was arrested in Srisaket province in northeast Thailand for overstaying his visa by 75 days. He said he only stayed because he loves Thailand so much, but immigration banned him from entering the kingdom for five years.

A Chinese man was arrested in Bangkok after overstaying his visa for an impressive seven years. He said he stayed because he feared religious persecution in China.

A Korean woman who was arrested in Bangkok for stealing a car, bag and watch valued at 5 million baht was found to have overstayed her visa in Thailand by six years.

Earlier this week, police arrested a Kuwaiti man in Koh Pha Ngan who overstayed his visa by 16 days.

Police have arrested several visa overstayers illegally living the island life on Koh Samui.