I know my buddy. He is a fiesty one alright. It sounds like he lost his temper and made them lose face.

Update:

Ok update I had a phone call with my friend approx 14.30 01-08-1

This is an account of what he told me;

He said that he'd visited Thailand twice already this year. The last visit he overstayed by one day. He went to somewhere, paid the fine and stayed another two weeks after that. There was one day of overstay that was paid for and sorted at the time.

Upon arrival the Officer would not accept his entry card. He has poor handwriting and apparently the officer refused it three times. The fourth time they refused to accept his accomodation address because it did not state the province. He didn't know the province. At this stage he made a scene and was shouting to the other travellers asking them if they knew their province.

He says the first few hours were a bit of a joke but after that things started to 'go south'. Because he was refused entry no other carriers would take him but the cheapo carrier he used only flew once a week. The officers were also keen to send him back to Canada and had trouble understanding that he had a Canadian passport but lived in Asia and did not want to go to Canada.

He was filming and photographing a lot of things and the officers took his phone and camera and tried to break them. He was consistently beaten and for a prolonged period was 'hog tied and lying in piss'. He felt sure that one officer had 'broken his nut' because he hit him 'right on the side of my nut' (I think he means head). He was not fed for 24 hours.

When the Canadian consulate arrived he was still hogtied and lying in his own waste. The Canadian consulate got real mad and he should be on his way now. (He has now left)

He has to leave but should be coming right back for a couple of weeks.

He is a genuine tourist who got into an argument with an officer. His overstay and the fact he was visiting for the third time seem to have been mentioned. The immigration did not contact the Canadian Consulate, his friends did that.

This is what I was told. Believe, don't believe up to you.

A big thank you to those that posted useful information like the contact details for the Canadian Embassy. Some people here need to have a word with themselves, this wasn't bullshit, it was a genuine case, and because of the actions taken, including posting here me and others have helped to get it resolved.

Just because it didn't happen to you, doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

Thanks again.

Done. Bye bye Byron

I will be posting news when I have it. But I will block Byron Ch-sri first because he has been a solid troll throughout, moaning about the thread and yet he is the one who has posted the most comments.

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