AVIATION

22 DECEMBER 2020: BANGKOK, THAILAND

Ye Min Thu, a Burmese man, was arrested for trying to enter Suvarnabhumi Airport dressed as a pilot, and using a fake pilot’s licence as ID, in an incident the media described as reminiscent of the film Catch Me If You Can. Ye Min Thu had also portrayed himself to his girlfriend and family as being a qualified pilot. He was subsequently sentenced to eight months in prison.