A Chinese tourist has received a lifetime ban from Thailand for allegedly damaging automated passport control gates at Bangkok's airport. The incident occurs amid a broader Thai crackdown on disorderly foreign visitors.

A Chinese tourist has been barred from returning to Thailand for life after he allegedly kicked and damaged automated passport control gates at Bangkok’s main airport, in a case that comes amid a wider Thai crackdown on foreign visitors accused of disorderly behaviour. The 30-year-old man, identified by Thai media as Zheng Liwei, was accused of damaging two automatic gates at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Wednesday afternoon while trying to pass through passport control for a flight to China. The...