Immigration Police focus on law-breaking foreigners

[dotpoom]

13 hours ago, Thailand said:

And as a sideline coming up with ways to scare the shit out of elderly retirees.

Didn't see any mention of elderly retirees.

   Where did that come from?

[stanleycoin]

1 hour ago, dotpoom said:

Didn't see any mention of elderly retirees.

   Where did that come from?

That's called ongoing work in progress.

[TheFishman1]

So nice they target all the big crimes here the foreigner are so bad lol TIT

[Srikcir]

15 hours ago, SammyT said:

"What about all the thai people who break laws too? It's not fair that they're targeting foreigners"

I'd expect that immigration police would only target foreigners suspected of immigration violations or violations that would revoke a foreigner's immigration status.

[cmrichsw]

Meanwhile Thai Immigration could be a little more polite at their workstations. I had one officer tap his hand on the desk at me to stand in front of him (Like you would do to a dog)- Very impolite - I certainly would not do that to them... Foreigners are not ALL violators ...

[ronaldo0]

8 hours ago, dcnx said:

The problem is “foreign criminals” don’t usually get kicked out of the country. Foreigners doing petty things that usually bother no one are not criminals. Real criminals are harder to catch and are often in bed with Thais with connections who keep them safe.

 

Keep on pretending Thais view you differently because you’re not a “criminal.”  You’re just another farang to most of them. Good, bad, it’s all the same. 

This is exactly the case . The real ones involved in serious crime or crime involving millions in money are usually paying the right people to be left alone and be given protection . The only time they end up caught is when Interpol and the like turn up unannounced at the persons property with cops not from the area and the guy is in the house !

[connda]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Immigration Police focus on law-breaking foreigners

...all of whom are guilty until proven innocent.  

[ChrisKC]

Why are people on this thread comparing issues of criminal Foreigners with criminal Thais, from the perspective of Immigration Police?

[dougiemac52]

Typical thai garbage. Every minute of every day there are thai people breaking the law with respect to driving offences but let's concentrate on the people that keep the country alive. It's a great philosophy ????????

[Dumbastheycome]

16 hours ago, SammyT said:

"What about all the thai people who break laws too? It's not fair that they're targeting foreigners"

 

~ 90% of the Tommy Robinson supporting posters on here who dont realise the irony in their comments...

Note the headline states the Immigration Police.  The regular RTP are responsible for Thai citz's as well as  any other and it is not that they do not  make many arrests of Thai"s.

For the majority of foreigners what is unfair? Again note those  cases mentioned  targeted a mix of  nationalities and all for very legitimate offenses.

[ThomasThBKK]

6 minutes ago, Dumbastheycome said:

Note the headline states the Immigration Police.  The regular RTP are responsible for Thai citz's.

That's not correct, in all those missing work permit cases, landlords not reporting etc thais are also involved and immigration police is NOT only responsible for

foreigners. 

 

It's the same in other countries like Germany where the border patrol is also responsible for black market work and tax evasion. Immigration cops have a lot of areas and responsibilities. 

 

Why did they not arrest the owner of RCA im Bangkok for employing an illegal DJ? ???? Guess he got money. 

[connda]

49 minutes ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

Low hanging fruit.

 

"May I see your papers please!" 
That use to be a joke when I was young boy and had an understanding of The National Socialist German Workers' Party considering I was born right after WWII. 
Sadly, the xenophobia then that drives the fear and enmity toward foreigners and other races and cultures in 1930s Germany is as same as the xenophobia that drives the fear and enmity toward foreigners and other races and cultures here in present day Thailand.
It isn't a joke nowadays, is it.  It isn't funny at all. 

[Dumbastheycome]

1 minute ago, ThomasThBKK said:

That's not correct, in all those missing work permit cases, labdlords not reporting etc thais are also involved and immigration police is NOT only responsible for

foreigners. 

 

It's the same in other countries like Germany where the border patrol is also responsible for black market work abd tax evasion. Immigration cops have a lot of areas and responsibilities. 

Selective  quote abbreviation. Where did I say "only"? Landlords  not reporting  are  by association  to  Immigration regulations so are subject.

How Germany structures it's Police  forces is not particularly relevant to Thailand is it?

[Krataiboy]

16 hours ago, SammyT said:

"What about all the thai people who break laws too? It's not fair that they're targeting foreigners"

 

~ 90% of the Tommy Robinson supporting posters on here who dont realise the irony in their comments...

Sounds like Robinson has really got under your skin if you have to make up a quote from a non-existent supporter to justify gratuitously dragging his name into this debate.

 

Every thought of asking John Sweeney for a job on Panorama?

[Mavideol]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

In the fourth case, police arrested seven Chinese women on Thursday night as they were working (entertaining Chinese customers and drinking alcohol with them) at a karaoke bar in Soi Ratchadapisek 18 in Bangkok's Huai Kwang district. 

 

It was reported that a drinking-companion service cost Bt5,000 per session - of which Bt3,000 went to the woman who performed the service and Bt2,000 went to the bar owner.

This was common in China, called KTV, Xi hunted them down and close the majority of them, they are out of work thus the best option Thailand, this should be price for FULL companionship including ALL services (leave it to your imagination) and per my friends in China, this service it's advertised there

[newatthis]

1 hour ago, cmrichsw said:

Meanwhile Thai Immigration could be a little more polite at their workstations. I had one officer tap his hand on the desk at me to stand in front of him (Like you would do to a dog)- Very impolite - I certainly would not do that to them... Foreigners are not ALL violators ...

True, but all the violators are foreigners.

[dallen52]

16 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

'Full Service' in Chinese Mainland Karaoke Bars is a whole lot cheaper, so why do they bother to pay extortionate prices in Thailand ?

Its called playing away...

Even 10 years ago there were several places soi 17 just down from Asok that were 250 admin and 2000 per hour for services rendered. 

No drinking,  but plenty of horizontal dancing and moves.

The girls were Japanese/Korean and the clients were mainly Chinese and other Asian men.

Quality imported goods. 

 

Suppose immigration officials would close them down now for taking jobs of Thais. 

(These ladies were quite energetic and none of the fake noises, so that excludes the average Thai working lady)

[JSixpack]

15 hours ago, ZeVonderBearz said:

Hardly crime of the century material.

But it isn't being portrayed as crime of the century material. TVF is hardly restriced to posting only such. If it were, then there would go all the traffic crimes that generate so much love and page views.

 

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They should probably focus on keeping tourists safe and maintaining the limited tourist infrastructure that's currently in place, especially as the powers that be are vying for 50,000,000 tourists.

Why does it have to be one or the other? Common false assumption here.

[moe666]

17 hours ago, SammyT said:

"What about all the thai people who break laws too? It's not fair that they're targeting foreigners"

 

~ 90% of the Tommy Robinson supporting posters on here who dont realise the irony in their comments...

I didn't know that immigration really cared about Thais as they have no dealing with immigration. Do not worry about Thais as there are thousands in prison.

[hotchilli]

3 out of the four arrests in the post were initiated by the home country giving information otherwise the Thai immigration/police did nothing!

[SuwadeeS]

<deleted>. That is real hardcore discrimination. Onlz focusing on foreigners. 

 

Why they do not do enforce the laws with the same intense on Thais????

They break the laws at least a billion times a day. I never saw any law enforcer stopping and punish any motor cyclist on the sidewalk.

 

I thought the Germans under Hitler were fascists. But if you look closely, Thai are 1000 times more fascist.

 

[Fred white]

18 hours ago, Ozman52 said:

Being a country boy, I understand the full range of meanings for "service", and can only assume it involves more than sharing a drink.

At 5000 bht I would hope so ????

[Caldera]

A DJ and a few hostesses, hardly criminal masterminds worthy of an immigration chief's attention.

 

Those wanted in their home countries, alright, good on them to catch and ship them back to where they came from.

[holy cow cm]

17 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Some of them are.

 

I for one am glad that foreign criminals are kicked out of the country. They give the rest of us a bad name.

 

Just looking at Mr Blain/Vell's pedigree I am glad that he has gone. Wanted for rape and dealing drugs in the UK. A suspicious death and dealing drugs in Thailand. I do not want him living in my street.

Yes but one of millions and really makes us look worse by publicizing it and adding a get foreigners task force as the foreigners are evil. It is like people only remember bad things and overlook or remember the good, and generally most of the highest percentage of us are good. 

[Ketyo]

What about the African drug dealers who sit in front of Spankey's bar in Sukhumvit Soi 13 and the 7/11 on Suk road at the end of Soi 13. These people have been there for years in full view. Hassling passers by. The police stop and say hello to them and then disappear. If you watch these pushers for an hour you will see them dealing in the street.

The reason people don't take the police seriously is because they focus on smaller easy crimes from which they don't benefit..... like not registering TM30, overstay or working without a permit.... but the real criminals go untouched when the police benefit themselves.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

On 6/7/2019 at 6:08 PM, snoop1130 said:

the Thai bar owner who was identified as Hongman Wang,

 

That doesn't sound quite like a typical Thai name....

[Pilotman]

7 hours ago, connda said:

"May I see your papers please!" 
That use to be a joke when I was young boy and had an understanding of The National Socialist German Workers' Party considering I was born right after WWII. 
Sadly, the xenophobia then that drives the fear and enmity toward foreigners and other races and cultures in 1930s Germany is as same as the xenophobia that drives the fear and enmity toward foreigners and other races and cultures here in present day Thailand.
It isn't a joke nowadays, is it.  It isn't funny at all. 

forgive me, but that is not a valid comparison. The Nazis were an evil plague on the world and to compare in such a way diminishes their terrible deeds and does nothing to explain the Thai position, which is entirely different.   The Thais say that they are going to target foreign criminals and other law breakers, and they mean just that.  Yes its not too efficient a way of going about it, but it is action against  a criminal element that has plagued Thailand for many many decades.  Too many foreign people and gangs have been getting away with murder, sometimes literally, for many years.  if they intend to do something about these low lifes then they have my support.  It doesn't dilute that they need to deal with Thai criminals as well, and  I'm sure that they know that, but its a start against visitors  who come here to steal and swindle others.  I wish them ever success in this latest action. 

[Cheops]

On 6/7/2019 at 6:55 PM, smedly said:

Bt5000 for a Wang companion service - wow

Wang with a Bang service 555

[Isaanbiker]

6 hours ago, hotchilli said:

3 out of the four arrests in the post were initiated by the home country giving information otherwise the Thai immigration/police did nothing!

Plus various tips from other foreigners and Thais who did that for a particular reason. 

[Searat7]

Really nothing compared to Big Joke’s arrest activity. He probably feels he has to show that he’s doing something after succeeding such an active leader.