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