Former New Zealand track cyclist Marc Ryan was arrested in Thailand due to a visa mix-up. An Olympic Games medal winner from New Zealand was reportedly forced to spend four nights in a filthy immigration detention centre in Thailand. Former track cyclist Marc Ryan, who won bronze in the team pursuit in 2008 and 2012, was arrested on December 9 due to a visa mix-up. According to the New Zealand Herald, immigration police alleged Ryan had been working illegally at a cycling studio in Bangkok. "It was like a jail and the first two nights were bad," Ryan told the New Zealand Herald.

Source: Stuff December 29, 2019 02:15 UTC