Chinese men seized for using fake Canadian passports in Bangkok

Officers from the Immigration Bureau arrested two Chinese men at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok for attempting to travel to Taiwan on fake Canadian passports.

EVA Air check-in staff reported to the immigration police that two Chinese nationals presented their Canadian passports at the counter for the flights to Taipei in Taiwan. According to the flight schedule, the two were to continue their journey at Taipei Airport on a transit flight to Vancouver, Canada.

EVA Air told police that the two Chinese passengers had no history of travelling to Canada and were unable to communicate in English.

Police rushed to catch the two Chinese men, later identified as 48 year old Jian Bo and 49 year old Pin Hua, at Gate E3 before they boarded the flight. They asked to see the Canadian passports and discovered they were fake. Police then checked their…