[Silom]

26. November 2005<br>
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A blacklisted one-legged German at the centre of an HIV scare <br>
involving hundreds of Thai women was arrested for entering the country <br>
for the third time and will be expelled again, police said yesterday. <br>
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Hans-Otto Schiemann, 54, was detained on Thursday night in the <br>
northeastern province of Chaiyaphum and will be handed over to <br>
immigration police[...] Immigration police in Bangkok confirmed they <br>
will expel Mr Schiemann as soon as possible but declined to say how <br>
and when he re-entered Thailand. <br>
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Mr Schiemann, 54, who claims to be infected with HIV and supposedly <br>
had unprotected sex with hundreds of Thais, was arrested for a second <br>
time in March after re-entering the country through Thailand's main <br>
international airport despite being blacklisted. <br>
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Mr Schiemann, a one-legged army veteran, had been deported earlier for <br>
overstaying his 30-day visa. <br>
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Neighbours in Chaiyaphum said last year he drove around the town <br>
offering large sums of money to students for sex and also frequented <br>
karaoke bars to pick up women. The allegations were first made by his <br>
ex-wife. <br>
<br>
Health officials printed 2,000 flyers warning students to avoid him <br>
and posted banners throughout Chaiyaphum. Officials said the scale of <br>
the problem was not clear, with many women reluctant to come forward <br>
for an AIDS test, but said Mr Schiemann could have had sex with up to <br>
400 women and teenage girls. <br>
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Thailand has no law allowing action against people who knowingly <br>
infect someone with HIV. <p></p><i></i>