Bangkok airport duty "free" traps could land you in jail!

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> Subject: Be careful at Bangkok
> Airport
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>
>
> hey
> buddies: spread news to ur family
> members,freinds,relatives to be
>
>
>
> carful
> at
> bangkok airport fraudlant arrests are being made ,due to
> duty
>
> free
> shops staff
> purposely put some extra stuff in ur purchased
> stuff,
>
> then
> police
> arrests,and they share such money with each other for
> their
>
> own
> needs,or
> greed,but you may suffer humilation ,arrests,and
> money
>
> losses,
>
>
>
> ( frm
> jai kumar datwani
> hk )
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> INDIANS'
> ASSOCIATION
> OF TAIPEI
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>
>
>
> An
> Indian was
> detained in Bangkok for stealing a box of cigarettes in a
> duty-free shop in
> Bangkok International Airport.
>
> He
> had paid for
> chocolates and a carton of cigarettes. The cashier put a
> packet of
> cigarettes into his bag and he thought it was a free
> pack. He was arrested
> for shop-lifting and the Thai Police extortion price was
> 30,000 Bhat for
> his release.
>
>
>
> He
> spent two nights
> in jail and paid 500 Baht for an air-cond cell,
> 200-300 baht for each
> visitor, and 11,000 baht for his final release. The
> Police shared the money
> in front of his eyes. On top of that, he was charged in
> court and fined 2,000
> baht by the magistrate and handcuffed and escorted to
> his plane. His
> passport was stamped "Thief". While there, his
> relatives requested help from
> the Indian Embassy and was told that they are
> helpless, many Asians are victimised similarly
> daily and letters and
> phone-calls to the Thai Authorities are
> ignored.
>
> He
> shared a cell with
> a Singaporean the 1st night who paid 60,000 baht for
> his release.
> The 2nd night was an Malaysian national who paid
> 70,000
> baht
>
> Mind
> you this was not
> in a shanty shop in downtown Bangkok but in a
> duty
> free shop in
> Bangkok
> Int'l
> Airport.
>
> BE
> WARNED.
>
>
>
> I.A.T.
>
>
>
> PS:
> Above is 100%
> correct information- because Mr.Rajan Khera's customer
> from India faced exactly
>
>
> the
> same scenerio
> mentioned above when he was intransit at Bangkok
> Int'l Airport coming to
> Taipei.