I doubt that many people with that on their rap sheet care much about the formality of a passport anyway
Perhaps, but he needed something to present at Thai immigration.
We don't know much about this guy, but the Aussie journos were able to find particulars about the case--it was covered in the Miami/Dade publications of that time.
We shall see. Meanwhile, I guess I no longer have to explain why I don't hang out in Thai bars, where the booze is fake, the tits may be fake, but sudden violence (though rare) can be real.
JtB