Prawit seeks crackdown on illegal migrants as they could spread Covid-19

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Prawit seeks crackdown on illegal migrants as they could spread Covid-19

By THE NATION

 

Prawit Wongsuwan

 

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan has asked the Army and other agencies to strictly monitor border crossings and industries for any illegal migrant workers as they could spread Covid-19 to Thais.

 

Prawit’s spokeman Lt-General Kongcheep Tantawanich said the deputy PM instructed the Internal Security Operations Command, the Army, police, and the Labour Ministry to deal with illegal migrant workers at borders areas as well as inside the country.

 

He also wanted migrant labourers in each industry to be checked.

 

Kongcheep said more illegal workers were found after the lockdown was lifted.

 

The Army has also been asked to coordinate with the border troops of neighbouring countries, especially Myanmar and Cambodia, to tackle the problem.

 

At the same time, police have been ordered to crack down on illegal migrants and networks transporting them from the borders to cities.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30391212

 

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[colinneil]

Gawd.... Who woke him up?

[stouricks]

Had to check when this was posted. Yep, 5 minutes ago and not 5 months!    PML

[spiekerjozef]

Many illegal migrants after 31 July...

[Jessi]

2 hours ago, colinneil said:

Gawd.... Who woke him up?

You beat me to it Colin.????

[Bender Rodriguez]

what make illegals become super spreaders ? 

[Paiman]

8 minutes ago, Bender Rodriguez said:

what make illegals become super spreaders ? 

 

Not sure, may be a promotion?

[Pedrogaz]

We've had illegals here since doomsday....how can they be spreading a disease if there have been no cases in the past 6 weeks? Surely we would have seen some evidence by now? What an idiot this man is. Surely the worst in the government.

 

[DrTuner]

 

"Finally, the time of the Purge is upon us. Our Masters will be very pleased".

[Yinn]

India not control covid.

Burma and India have border together. 

Burma and Thailand have border together. 

Maybe a problem.

 

Indonesia not control covid.

indonesia/Malaysia/southern Thai muslims mix together a lot. 

Maybe a problem.

 

safety first. 

[ChipButty]

4 hours ago, colinneil said:

Gawd.... Who woke him up?

Must have set the alarm on one of his watches

[Ketyo]

Why is he commanding the army to do all this stuff. As far as I know the army is for fighting wars with other countries, not for dealing with illegal immigrants inside the country. Isn't there a civilian department that is supposed to do that. Say, the department of immigration.

[jackdd]

1 hour ago, Pedrogaz said:

We've had illegals here since doomsday....how can they be spreading a disease if there have been no cases in the past 6 weeks? Surely we would have seen some evidence by now? What an idiot this man is. Surely the worst in the government.

 

I guess he is talking about new illegal immigrants, not the ones already inside Thailand.

 

8 minutes ago, Ketyo said:

Isn't there a civilian department that is supposed to do that. Say, the department of immigration.

It's not immigration's job to protect the borders, but this is done by border patrol police. But many checkpoints near borders are manned by the army.

[DirtyHarry55]

Maybe they should crack down on the Military as they've been the biggest bunch of spreaders so far.

[sammieuk1]

Got to crack down on something with no farangs to hunt down and old lardy chops may be interested to hunt down some new model patek philippe's in his spare time???? 

[DefaultName]

They could test them, but a test costs ฿3,000?  A non Thai's life is worth less than that to many Thai's.  

[digger70]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Prawit seeks crackdown on illegal migrants as they could spread Covid-19

What about the Elite People who got Free entry and Quarantine Free Like the soldier who came in Los via China and Tested positive but  still roamed around to infect more people .

[hotchilli]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

At the same time, police have been ordered to crack down on illegal migrants and networks transporting them from the borders to cities.

How about hitting the employers who are using illegal migrants... get them out of the picture and illegal migrants would have nothing to come here for unless it was above board!

[SooKee]

Meanwhile.........infected foreign military personnel are invited in and allowed to go walk about.  Way to go ????

[AgMech Cowboy]

17 hours ago, Yinn said:

India not control covid.

Burma and India have border together. 

Burma and Thailand have border together. 

Maybe a problem.

 

Indonesia not control covid.

indonesia/Malaysia/southern Thai muslims mix together a lot. 

Maybe a problem.

 

safety first. 

First sensible post I've read regarding the thread topic. ????????

[holy cow cm]

22 hours ago, webfact said:

has asked the Army and other agencies to strictly monitor border crossings and industries for any illegal migrant workers as they could spread Covid-19 to Thais.

CV19 is just a poppy cock excuse for tightening the military screws down on the public. They already have a pretty good iron fist already.

[mikebell]

What does he know about illegality?  This from a man making false declarations on his Wealth returns; someone whose wealth has increased by FIVE million a year for at least the last six years on a salary of less than ONE million!

[soi3eddie]

On 7/13/2020 at 12:15 PM, colinneil said:

Gawd.... Who woke him up?

with all his "borrowed" watches, surely one has an alarm!

[soi3eddie]

On 7/13/2020 at 4:40 PM, ChipButty said:

Must have set the alarm on one of his watches

just saw this after posting my immediate thoughtrs. +1 to you sir.

[tlandtday]

translation - "we don't need foreign workers anymore our economy has gone to <deleted> so let's keep this covid 19 thing going"

[PremiumLane]

Go to for most governments when they screw up... blame the immigrants. This latest cock-up was not about 'illegal' migrants at all... all just bread and circus stuff

[Xi Tha Virus]

he prefers a direct corridor with the sick man of Asia! I need more watches ...