Israeli Covid-19 rule escapee facing charges, deportation

After a hotel escape, a cross country trip, a manhunt, a surrender, and a lot of Covid-19 tests, Ohad Baruch, the Israeli man who broke Thai Covid law and left his SHA+ hotel in Bangkok before Covid-19 test results came back, is now back in Bangkok, in custody of Thong Lor Police and faces charges and deportation.

The Israeli man was flown on the 9:40 pm Bangkok Airways flight from Koh Samui Airport to Bangkok on Monday night after being quarantined at Koh Samui hospital, even after testing negative 3 times for Covid-19.

It was the Thong Lor Police who originally obtained a warrant for his arrest as he fled and hid on December 21, so they will hold him in custody now while prosecution takes place. He is being charged under Section 9 of the 2015 Executive Decree for Administration in Emergency Situations with violating Covid-control measures.

He could face a maximum fine of 40,000…