Thai police said on Thursday they have charged Bangladeshi Mohammed Ali Hussen with supplying fake passports to major international criminals. They first said in a statement Hussen's network had supplied Hambali, the suspected Jemaah Islamiah mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings who was arrested in Thailand last year, with a fake passport.
| Just as a technical note, I'd call them "terrorists," rather than "criminals." |
But police later retracted the statement and said Hussen supplied fake documents to "transnational criminals".
| Oh. Well. That's different. |
"Transnational crime under the United Nations definition has about 10 categories, which include arms smuggling, terrorism and money laundering," Lieutenant General Chanvut Vatcharapuk told a news conference. "His network is very big in Thailand," Chanvut said of Hussen, 44, who was arrested on Wednesay in Bangkok with a Myanmar passport and faced a three-year jail if found guilty. Chanvut said Hussen, who told reporters he was a victim of mistaken identity, had supplied fake passports of Western countries to all sorts of international criminals, including human and drug traffickers, arms dealers and militants.
| "Hey! It wudn't me! An' I can prove it! See? Here's my passport!" |
"Say-y-y-y, that's a beauty! Look at the intricate detail on the seal, Legume. Notice the watermark, and look at the quality of the chops on these visas. Very nice work, Hussen, very nice."
"Thank you, Inspector. Can I go now?" |
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