Contrary to rumours, Kevin Dimino is not on the run and will defend his appeal against expulsion on Friday in Bangkok, while a new DOPA statement further adds to his case.
Rumours circulated yesterday claiming that the Frenchman Kevin Dimino, co-owner of Samui Exotic Park on Koh Samui, had disappeared after his expulsion order was signed. According to a message posted by Te Acheeva of the « Thai Mai Thon » collective, the individual has not fled and will appear on Friday 11 September 2026 at 10:30 a.m. at the Ministry of the Interior in Bangkok to lodge an appeal.
« I, Te Acheeva, and the Thai Mai Thon team will accompany Mr Kevin Dimino, a French national subject to an expulsion order according to the statement from the Department of Provincial Administration. We will lodge an appeal in accordance with the rights granted to him. All media are invited to follow developments at the Ministry of the Interior. Protecting his business and his family is what Kevin has done. Is the outcome proportionate? »
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At the same time, the Ministry of the Interior has issued a detailed statement clarifying the exact grounds for the decision signed by Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Anutin Charnvirakul. New allegations, previously unknown to the public, have been added to his file.
According to the statement posted on the official DOPA Facebook page :
« The authorities accuse him of having threatened and intimidated a village headman and language teachers, of having used physical violence against a Turkish national by injuring him around the eyes and threatening him with a knife, of having behaved in an insulting and vulgar manner outside a private establishment, of having thrown a sign at foreign tourists while making abusive remarks, of having posted a message inviting people hostile to certain foreigners to gather at his farm in a political and religious context, and of having threatened other passengers on a domestic flight, which led the police to remove him from the aircraft. »
These behaviours are deemed contrary to public order, good morals and the tranquillity of citizens. The ministry considers that they risk creating ethnic and religious divisions and damaging Thailand’s relations with other countries. In order to preserve peace and security for all Thais and foreigners residing in the kingdom, expulsion was deemed necessary.
The ministry stresses that expulsion decisions are based on a single standard founded on misconduct and not on nationality. Kevin Dimino has a period of seven days after notification to exercise his right of appeal to the Prime Minister.