Pol Lt Gen Nathathorn Prousoontorn, chief of the Immigration Bureau, said he was waiting for a final decision on the matter, but could not hold Roach for much longer. Police are required to deport immigration offenders as soon as it is reasonable to do so.
"The Canadian government wants us to deport him back to Canada," he told The Straits Times. "Immigration [police] can't detain him for a long time. It has been a month. We have to make a decision."