Big Joke crackdown on illegal foreigners extends to schools - no arrests but a big photo op!

[amse]

Wonder who the Fink is who yelled woof about this school, maybe a fired Jesus freak teacher who was caught whipping students!????

[observer90210]

Would it not be more constructive to hunt down the tourists or overstayers who are drug peddlars, trouble makers, bullies, or drunks who provoke fights in bars, rather then chasing harmless teachers who are there to develop the english proficency for the students of Thailand ?

[DeeMak9]

Disgusting

[lvr181]

4 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

The 4th from the left teaches P.E. ! ????????

Nah - looks like he is related to a deputy PM? ???? 

[thailand49]

Impression!  What school hires that many Foreigner teachers?  please open one in Pattaya.

[marqus12]

A boring Thai soap opera !

[anon537687643]

Showing people who are in the country legitimately, even with eyes covered, is shameful. if this is an official photograph it sums up the rights of citizens and foreigners  in Thailand are ...zilch

[Thechook]

1 hour ago, Sir Dude said:

Bit tight really to parade legit foreign workers who are contributing in front of the same media circus that common criminals get subjected to...that's bad.

Thailand.  Human rights, well that's something they achieve at.  Raided a school, had the media in tow and found nothing, um what do we do?  Ok parade these foreigners do the photo op.

[Somtamnication]

Ok! The "joke's" on him!!! lol

 

[ParadiseLost]

1 hour ago, observer90210 said:

Would it not be more constructive to hunt down the tourists or overstayers who are drug peddlars, trouble makers, bullies, or drunks who provoke fights in bars, rather then chasing harmless teachers who are there to develop the english proficency for the students of Thailand ?

What did you think teachers do in their spare time?

????

[hotchilli]

I think I can spot the German in the photo...... ????

[ParadiseLost]

Chris Christie found his calling!

[Bangkok Barry]

5 hours ago, hangdonger said:

BJ is a self publicist of the highest order. It's really becoming quite sad

 

Or, he is broadcasting loud and clear that lawbreakers are no longer going to get away with whatever and had better get legal or get out. The warning could not be louder or more serious. Nothing wrong with publicising that.

[Magenta408]

As if they didn't need qualified and experience teachers for their crumbling education system. Sad.

[ozmeldo]

I wonder if students missed class because the circus csme to town.

 

Excellent the guys all looking sharp.

 

The joke would seem to be on Big Joke.

 

No falang to berate and deport. Move along please.

[ozmeldo]

1 minute ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

Or, he is broadcasting loud and clear that lawbreakers are no longer going to get away with whatever and had better get legal or get out. The warning could not be louder or more serious. Nothing wrong with publicising that.

Picked some school in the backwaters of Issan on Cambodian border.

 

But the press dutifully complied.

[ParadiseLost]

It shows just how simpleminded the decision makers are... "That school has so many foreign teachers, something must be going on". The only reason they know there are that many foreign teachers is because they are properly registered there...

 

The lazy approach to a serious problem, check those who try to comply. Show you are doing something while you ignore the real culprits...

 

Raid schools with fairly large number of pupils, but no foreign teachers registered.

[alexlm]

I know an old person living in Thailand for 20 years without a visa.

He stays all days inside the home so nobody sees him.

It has been going on for 20 years he has been there.

I guess now he is so old he can't really move. In a small village with kind Thai people and family helping him.

I hope for him that Thailand won't push him out. Ok it is the law. But it IS cruel.

He would not stand a day at the immigration deportation center.

Sad life ending.

[DavisH]

Interesting - they all seem to have their passports at hand. So their school holds their passports (perhaps to stop runners) or their teachers keep them in their school desks or bring them to school every day. 

Who else keeps their passports them all of the time no matter where they are? Our school keeps copies of all paperwork but they definitely do no keep our passports (or out WP for that matter). 

[zzaa09]

46 minutes ago, ozmeldo said:

Picked some school in the backwaters of Issan on Cambodian border.

 

But the press dutifully complied.

As do the false pundits.

Too easy.

[ParadiseLost]

9 minutes ago, DavisH said:

Interesting - they all seem to have their passports at hand. So their school holds their passports (perhaps to stop runners) or their teachers keep them in their school desks or bring them to school every day. 

Who else keeps their passports them all of the time no matter where they are? Our school keeps copies of all paperwork but they definitely do no keep our passports (or out WP for that matter). 

Or they were tipped off the day before...

[Bangkok Barry]

1 hour ago, ozmeldo said:

Picked some school in the backwaters of Issan on Cambodian border.

 

But the press dutifully complied.

 

Isn't that exactly the kind of place where illegals might hide? I'd say that's pretty smart of him. He has though targeted schools around the country.

[overherebc]

So many on TV would be happier if he didn't jack things up a bit and get his staff to get out and clear out drug dealers, scammers ( romantic and financial ) and overstayers who stick up two fingers because they feel entitled? That's a question by the way.

Managers don't work, they make decisions and get others to do the work and then take the glory, anywhere in the world.

[TPI]

7 hours ago, colinneil said:

The 4th from the left is Steve Buriram piemans best customer.????

Ah! At last I've found the man who ate all the pies!!

[thecaveman]

8 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

The 4th from the left teaches P.E. ! ????????

Actually he ist my son's english teacher (and - according to my son - a nice person).

[stubuzz]

A friend of mine works in one of the schools that was raided. (a big school with many campuses) The school has 2 separate sign in books: one for the legal teachers and one for the illegals. He told me the admin and working conditions are so bad that they cannot keep the qualified teachers and rely on a high turnover of  illegals.

[overherebc]

7 minutes ago, stubuzz said:

A friend of mine works in one of the schools that was raided. (a big school with many campuses) The school has 2 separate sign in books: one for the legal teachers and one for the illegals. He told me the admin and working conditions are so bad that they cannot keep the qualified teachers and rely on a high turnover of  illegals.

That is sad more than anything else.

[ToddinChonburi]

Look at all that racism going on .  lol

[ratcatcher]

3 hours ago, ozmeldo said:

Picked some school in the backwaters of Issan on Cambodian border.

 

But the press dutifully complied.

You might be surprised to learn Mukdahan is on the border with Laos just across the Mekong from Savannakhet, a popular visa destination with denizens of this forum.

[phetpeter]

What is it with schools demanding foreign teachers to wear white long sleeve shirts with Ties and then teach in Non AC classrooms in temp in the 90's? One could say its institutional racism. Why ties, what is wrong with an open neck, even most of the government people don't wear ties except at formal get-togethers!