Hundreds of Indians just wanted to stay in Thailand - and bent officials connived to let them

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Hundreds of Indians just wanted to stay in Thailand - and bent officials connived to let them

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that three corrupt officials at the Wang Muang district offices in Saraburi have been sacked over presenting false documents to allow hundred of Indians to "marry" Thai people.

 

Unbeknown to the Thai women involved, their names were used to enable 300 Indians to stay on marriage visas when they would normally have had to leave Thailand.

 

Three of the Indians who face deportation were paraded for the press on Wednesday.

 

But there are many more under investigation - up to another 1,700.

 

The corrupt officials were paid 2,000 baht each by middle men to process false documents for the Indians in the province just to the north of Bangkok.

 

Source: Sanook

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-05-23

[observer90210]

Before the Indian bashing starts, it may be worth considering that the real culprits in this issue were the corrupt Thai officials.

[Kwasaki]

So that's why aggro this year doing marriage extension I'm English and with my tan maybe they think I could be Indian-British. ?

[ThreeEyedRaven]

Why do I suspect this little scam isn't restricted purely to Indians? When they were earning their dirty money, I am pretty sure they will have been taking it from every direction.

[transam]

14 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

So that's why aggro this year doing marriage extension I'm English and with my tan maybe they think I could be Indian-British. ?

No, it was your "MADRAS" T-shirt chummy.....

[smedly]

17 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

So that's why aggro this year doing marriage extension I'm English and with my tan maybe they think I could be Indian-British. ?

maybe you are over 50 and don't actually need to be married for long term stay which I suspect these Indian folk being investigated aren't

 

It must have been quite a shock when the young Thai lady wanted to get married and discovered she already had an Indian husband she had never met ?

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

34 minutes ago, observer90210 said:

Before the Indian bashing starts, it may be worth considering that the real culprits in this issue were the corrupt Thai officials.

 

And yet the police paraded the three Indians as criminals, not the three Thai government officials who were accepting vast bribes and engaging in the falsification of official government documents.

 

They weren't named. They weren't shown. And it's always kind of unclear when a Thai media article says "sacked," does that actually mean FIRED or does it mean transferred to another position somewhere.

 

How about criminal charges against the three Thai government officials???  Silence.....

 

Corruption is alive and well here, four years later, despite all the public claims.

 

 

[transam]

22 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

And yet the police paraded the three Indians as criminals, not the three Thai government officials who were accepting vast bribes and engaging in the falsification of official government documents.

 

They weren't named. They weren't shown. And it's always kind of unclear when a Thai media article says "sacked," does that actually mean FIRED or does it mean transferred to another position somewhere.

 

How about criminal charges against the three Thai government officials???  Silence.....

 

Corruption is alive and well here, four years later, despite all the public claims.

 

 

I thought the pic was the naughty Thai folk.....

[Darcula]

At least they got 3 identical sunglasses instead of the best brides money could buy. Net loss Baht 1,900.-

 

[Kwasaki]

15 minutes ago, smedly said:

maybe you are over 50 and don't actually need to be married for long term stay

Well being married doesn't tie up 800,000 baht in the bank which is wanted for 3 months in our province.

[Just1Voice]

Well, they got the Indians, the Cowboys next?  lol

?

[smedly]

22 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Well being married doesn't tie up 800,000 baht in the bank which is wanted for 3 months in our province.

yes I know but in all honesty anyone that can't access 800k shouldn't be here anyway

 

the point I was making is that marriage removes the 50 year age limit

[George Bowman]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The corrupt officials were paid 2,000 baht each by middle men

It is hard not to be part of the problem. Here is an example from just a regular day.

 

I needed some steel bars to reinforce my scaffolding in order to complete a project. But first, I need some gas in my rice farm truck/motorcycle. While in town, I headed to the local 24-hour shop to buy some smokes. On the sidewalk was a vendor selling ice cream which sounded good. I also went ahead and bought a lottery ticket. It was a lucky day as I had my helmet as the police were manning a traffic stop. Good thing, I keep my 90-day current. I then hurried home as the cable guys were supposed to show up.

 

Throughout the years, I have read, been told or seen corruption in all of the businesses above…

[smedly]

41 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Well being married doesn't tie up 800,000 baht in the bank which is wanted for 3 months in our province.

I am also aware of plenty of people who are getting 12 month extensions and don't have any money in the bank lol

 

again through corrupt officials taking bribes

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

1 hour ago, transam said:

I thought the pic was the naughty Thai folk.....

 

As usual here, the photo has no caption. But I took my clue from the text in the article:

 

Quote

Three of the Indians who face deportation were paraded for the press on Wednesday.

 

Nothing about the three crooked local government officials being paraded for the press.

 

I think you thought wrong.

 

[RichardColeman]

30 minutes ago, smedly said:

I am also aware of plenty of people who are getting 12 month extensions and don't have any money in the bank lol

And purely out of interest how many of these 'people' are up to no good and are criminals ? I doubt any of them. 

 

 

 

 

[smedly]

3 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

And purely out of interest how many of these 'people' are up to no good and are criminals ? I doubt any of them. 

 

 

 

 

depends what you mean by criminal, the fact is, they do not meet the requirements for obtaining a 12 month extension 

[gk10002000]

I can understand wanting to get away and go stay some place.  But how would they support themselves?  Can they really get by and subsist better in Thailand than back in India?  I am guessing that if you get 5 or 6 in a small apartment and a few do odd jobs, they can exist, but doesn't seem like a great way to go. 

[PoorSucker]

9 hours ago, gk10002000 said:

I can understand wanting to get away and go stay some place.  But how would they support themselves?  Can they really get by and subsist better in Thailand than back in India?  I am guessing that if you get 5 or 6 in a small apartment and a few do odd jobs, they can exist, but doesn't seem like a great way to go. 

You want to buy a suit, very very special price for you. 

[HAKAPALITA]

Nothing new here. How you think all those Lao folk in the NE got Thai ID years ago.?.

[HAKAPALITA]

10 hours ago, gk10002000 said:

I can understand wanting to get away and go stay some place.  But how would they support themselves?  Can they really get by and subsist better in Thailand than back in India?  I am guessing that if you get 5 or 6 in a small apartment and a few do odd jobs, they can exist, but doesn't seem like a great way to go. 

Well Ferang Teachers do.!

[hansnl]

17 hours ago, smedly said:

yes I know but in all honesty anyone that can't access 800k shouldn't be here anyway

 

the point I was making is that marriage removes the 50 year age limit

If the income is enough why must one be able to "access" 800000 baht 8n a Thai bank?

[Curmudgeon1]

18 hours ago, observer90210 said:

Before the Indian bashing starts, it may be worth considering that the real culprits in this issue were the corrupt Thai officials.

I would say there's plenty of lawyers charging for loads of false nominee employees so these Indians can take jobs on top of their fake marriage visa.

[Jai Dee]

Several argumentative and off-topic troll comments as well as replies have been removed from this thread.

[smedly]

27 minutes ago, hansnl said:

If the income is enough why must one be able to "access" 800000 baht 8n a Thai bank?

They don't as I posted earlier but I suspect the motive for these fake arrangements is the age restriction because you can bribe your way through when it comes to meeting financial requirements as I  have already mentioned 

[nahkit]

Just having a marriage certificate isn't enough to get a marriage extension, you would also need a copy of the wifes' id, her housebook, photos of you together, which suggests there were more than just the three officials involved in this.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

1 minute ago, nahkit said:

Just having a marriage certificate isn't enough to get a marriage extension, you would also need a copy of the wifes' id, her housebook, photos of you together, which suggests there were more than just the three officials involved in this.

 

That's a very good point, assuming of course that Immigration in that area is actually following their own rules for marriage extensions, and/or that these guys were actually getting legitimate extensions as opposed to fake ones.

 

If they were getting legitimate ones, perhaps the regular POLICE aren't interested in pursuing the case any further in ways that might implicate their brethren Immigration POLICE.

 

[doctorproc156]

I know at least 3-4 farangs that have done this too.

 

I wonder why that isn't being highlighted here. I really don't think it's just Indians doing this.

[smedly]

45 minutes ago, nahkit said:

Just having a marriage certificate isn't enough to get a marriage extension, you would also need a copy of the wifes' id, her housebook, photos of you together, which suggests there were more than just the three officials involved in this.

they will continue to use an agent for all dealings with immigration …………….. for a fee

[hotchilli]

21 hours ago, observer90210 said:

Before the Indian bashing starts, it may be worth considering that the real culprits in this issue were the corrupt Thai officials.

Exactly... I wonder why they weren't paraded for all to see??