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As the title of this video suggests, we are discussing issues pertaining to an overstaying foreigner in Thailand who apparently is alleged to have been throwing acid at people. So I thought of making this video after reading a recent posting on X from The Pattaya News that is, @The_PattayaNews on X, quoting directly: "Overstaying British Man Arrested in Pattaya After Allegedly Throwing Acid at Guesthouse Caretaker in Frustrated Search for Thai Woman, Claims Self-Defense. Pattaya police have arrested a 40-year-old British man identified as Richard after he allegedly threw a corrosive liquid, believed to be some type of acid, at a 43-year-old female caretaker of a guest house, causing serious injuries. The incident occurred on the evening of June 23rd in the Soi Arunothai 2 area of central Pattaya. According to multiple Thai media reports, the suspect had been frantically searching for a 38-year-old Thai woman named Supranee (from Sisaket Province) with whom he had been in a relationship for about five months. He reportedly could not find her and became agitated, leading him to bang on doors throughout the guesthouse. The caretaker, Ms. Wirawan intervened to stop the disturbance, which affected other guests. Witnesses, including another resident named Rose (age 33), described a man wearing a cap and long-sleeved shirt repeatedly knocking on doors across floors. After being asked to leave, he allegedly returned and threw the substance from a container directly at the caretaker's face and body. She suffered severe chemical burns and was rushed to Chonburi Hospital for treatment. Rescue workers from the Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Foundation responded to the scene around 8:30 p.m. on June 23rd. The suspect was located today on June 24th near Soi Buakhao in the area of Soi Chalerm Phrakiat 19, where he was found angrily arguing with Supranee inside a rice-and-curry shop. He was demanding the return of his passport and money, claiming she and a transgender friend had taken them. Police and witnesses noted him appearing agitated, enraged and 'out of his senses' during the confrontation. In a statement to authorities and reporters, the British man claimed he was innocent and only acted in self-defense." Quoting further: "Police at Pattaya City Station took the man into custody and discovered during background checks that his Visa had expired since February 2026, making him an overstayer. He faces charges for overstaying his permitted stay in Thailand, in addition to potential assault and chemical attack charges once the victim or her family files a formal complaint. The victim remains hospitalized in a critical condition." I'm sure our thoughts and prayers are with her; that's very, very sad. I can't imagine what that is like to have been doused with something that caused severe chemical burns. 

Some analysis here, just from the outset. The fact that this person was on overstay and was apprehended in Thailand means that that is basically an open and shut five-year ban. So whatever else happens, whether this person is charged, whether it turns out they are innocent, whatever, they were apprehended by the Police and they were found to be in overstay; that is just basically a matter of dates, if that's the case, and if they are in overstay and they are apprehended by the police, they are immediately deportable, again after dealing with due process of any charges associated with the case. But let's presume there were no charges, this person would just be deported, and they would have a 5-year ban as a minimum noted in their file.

Now as I've discussed in other videos, there's sort of a shadow banning process as well. If you get a five-year ban on you for being apprehended in country, while in overstay in connection to another sort of criminal matter, again that will probably be noted in your file, and again, while it's only a five-year overstay ban, Immigration has the discretion to deny entry to anyone if they view them as a threat to public health and safety as well as National Security; that's in the Immigration Act of '79 that they have those prerogatives. I've done the videos on that in the past. And long story short, yeah, they can just say you are not going to come in even if it's 6 years after the person has been banned. In this situation, we are not merely talking about an overstay, and as it sounds to me like it would be what we would call in the American Commonwealth parlance, a person felony, an alleged one, but again presuming the charges are true, we are talking about attacking another person - we are not talking about like a petty theft or something - there could be serious consequences for that. There could be jail time even before a probable deportation from the Kingdom of Thailand.