Myanmar ‘catch me if you can’ impostor pilot arrested at Bangkok Airport sentenced to eight months in jail

A Myanmar man was arrested for pretending to be a pilot and entering the passenger terminal of Suvarnabhumi airport.

Suvarnabhumi airport general manager Suthirawat Suwannawat said Ye Min Thu dressed like a pilot and tried to use a pilot card of an airline to enter a domestic passenger area at the airport on Dec 22.

Security guards noticed the suspicious man for his dressing and arrested him.

The man was lying to his girlfriend and his family that he was a pilot.

The Myanmar man had stayed in Thailand for a certain period. He visited Thailand frequently presenting himself as a student. He was charged with trespassing and overstaying his visa.

Suvarnabhumi Airport issued a statement on Thursday saying the story of a Myanmar national trying to pass himself off as a pilot at the airport was true and that the suspect has been sentenced to eight months in jail for the offence.

Suthirawat Suwanawat, the airport’s general manager, said the suspect called Ye Min Thu was also prosecuted on Tuesday for overstay.

The man apparently had dressed like a pilot and tried to use a fake pilot ID to enter the domestic passenger area.

Guards, however, were unconvinced and sent him to the airport’s police station.

Upon interrogation, police found out that the man had told his family and girlfriend that he was a pilot, when in reality he is only an aviation student.

Ye Min Thu lives in a condo in Bangkok’s Hua Mark area, and has not applied for a visa extension since the beginning of this year.

Ref: nationthailand, pattayamail