A retired Thai official who was mugged in Tbilisi last month and has not been allowed by the Georgian police to leave the Caucasus country is calling on Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai to step in to help him return to Thailand as quickly as possible.

Pornchai Sanafi, 66, was robbed in the Georgian capital on the night of July 20 while walking back to his hotel. The thief took his cellphone and camera.