Thai PM blames virus surge on illegal migration, hints at new curbs

[Burma Bill]

8 hours ago, smedly said:

I thought it was Thais crossing the border illegally that had caused this as reported here last week coming from some knock house hotel 

Yes indeed,  4 Thai ladies who sneaked in via a "natural" border from Tachilek in Burma to Mae Sai in Thailand.

[Burma Bill]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

vowed to do his best to deliver vaccines for all Thais.

 

but in the process creating a "black-market" for foreigners????

[Thaivisa2006]

always the same accusations. Reminds quite to the publicist behavior of such an American man. The government should look at themselves, they are responsible for this outbreak. They should have worked against illegal labor at first place.

[Patjqm]

2 hours ago, Jeffr2 said:

Yup, you were right.  100,000 per month.  Why such a grump?  Be nice.

Here in small Belgium we do 30k a day! THAT is massive testing.....????

[metisdead]

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[spidermike007]

Had this joker ever taken responsibility for anything? In his entire life?

 

The Thai army is getting hundreds of billions of baht a year from the people. The very least the people can expect in return, is protection of some sort. With hundreds of thousands of soldiers, what on earth are these guys doing with their time, if not patrolling the borders, the rivers, and the seas, during a pandemic the neighbors are dealing with? Fishing boats should be randomly stopped, and checked. Borders should be locked down. Something seems very fishy here.   Are we looking at gross incompetence? Are we looking at total indifference? Corruption? Laziness? Total derelicton of duty, on the part of Prayuth, Anutin, and the entire leadership?   Tens of thousands of soldiers could be patrolling the rivers, in boats, manning many of the border areas, or just doing something. Anything. Just don't do nothing. Earn your keep. Prove to the nation that the motto "to protect the people" actually means something. Good training for the soldiers anyway, since there are no conflicts to deal with, other than the southern insurgency, which will likely never end, unless Thailand makes some reasonable concessions to a people who were colonized over a century ago.

 

Prayuth once again says responsibility needs to be shared. So, I ask. When was the last time he took responsibility for anything? Has he apologized? Has he admitted this happened on his watch, and it very possibly could have been prevented? If not, Prayuth should offer to resign immediately, and the people, and especially the youth, should demand that. It is their right to demand a competent leader, during an emergency, especially.

[natway09]

And he worked that out all on his own.

Yes Sir, illegal people smuggling aided & abetted by your emplyees (for a fee)

[wangotango]

15 hours ago, Oliver Holzerfilled said:

Thailand had orders of magnitude more foreign visitors in the early stages of the pandemic.  I wonder if it was Thais crossing illegally into Myanmar that originally seeded the infections there and now the ????  ????????  are coming home to roost.

Exactly, there were 0 cases in Myanmar until workers from Thailand returned due to lack of employment due to lockdown.

[Jeffr2]

27 minutes ago, Patjqm said:

Here in small Belgium we do 30k a day! THAT is massive testing.....????

Great!  Sadly, Belgium is perhaps the worst country right now with regards to the virus.  Sad times there....but best of luck in getting it under control.

[Percy P]

15 hours ago, baboon said:

Why can't these idiots watch what they say? "It's their fault" to the less intelligent means "Feel free to kick their heads in". We need to work together, not apportion blame to one another.

Factories where the migrants work should be more responsible when employing them by reporting them to the authorities to check how they entered the country and limit them to the province.

[metisdead]

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[Older bolder]

So that factory is importing illegal workers ????????????...Don't forget thai people are going out of Thailand & then are not coming back in the correct why ...So they Don't have to do the 14-day quarantine....that's were it coming from 

[pokerface1]

Well one good thing is they don't call them foreigners ????

Edited December 23, 2020 by pokerface1
mistake

[stigar]

4 hours ago, Jeffr2 said:

Yup, you were right.  100,000 per month.  Why such a grump?  Be nice.

In norway we have tested about 475.000 people pr million...in thaland 17.000 pr million.Why u brag about their testing?In thailand total test about 1,218 million..in norway about 2,6 million tests.And we just about 5 million people here.We test more pr week here then thailand doing a month.

[PETERTHEEATER]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

urged all Thais to join forces

But surely Your Excellency joining hands would be violating social distancing rules?

[P100]

First were the Thais crossing back into Thai country with Chinese Corona. Not Myanmar illegals.  And we not showering dirty farangs are just lucky. This time they cannot blame us since they have closed us out...

Edited December 23, 2020 by P100

[dallen52]

We plan for months and pay financially and emotionally to get back here

Tests, insurance and quarantine. 

These just grease the palm of an immigration official on the take.

And bring the virus in with them.

Death penalty is too lenient. 

[ThailandGuy]

Don't look at me !  It was him !!!!!!

[DavisH]

18 hours ago, cyril sneer said:

Illegal immigration will eventually kill humanity in one form or another...

Plenty of illegals in the US who contribute to their economy. But when it comes to slave labour and human trafficking..that's a whole different issue. 

It's not like the government had no idea there were so many illegal migrants in Thailand and have been crossing the border at will all this time - but that would show immigration was not doing it's job. So it has always been swept under the rug. Now Thailand really just has itself to blame for this mess. 

[connda]

Crank the dial on Xenophobia and Nationalism to "11". 

[Ty Hareways]

Bloody farangs again????

[DavisH]

8 minutes ago, Ty Hareways said:

Bloody farangs again????

Burmese aren't farangs...

[DavisH]

3 hours ago, Patjqm said:

Here in small Belgium we do 30k a day! THAT is massive testing.....????

Because you have a small country with one of the worst death rates in the world. You need it....

[connda]

12 hours ago, webfact said:

Prayut hints at more restrictions after Covid surge

Lock it down dude.  You will go to bed at night and just feel so powerful and wonderful.  Absolute power!!! As Henry Kissinger once stated, it's the "ultimate aphrodisiac". 

[KhaoYai]

9 hours ago, Fex Bluse said:

Best post. While quite funny, it is exactly how many (maybe most) Thais are conditioned to think.

Its amazing how fast they change when they see things from a different point of view.  2 cases in point:

 

1). A Thai friend used to get angry when I complained about visa issues ect. Now she's married to an American and sees the issues first hand - the endless requests for photocopies and pointless information like photos of the happy couple sitting on their bed, she's changed her attitude completely.

 

2). My wife spent 2 months in the UK this year, watching the news from outside Thailand.  I don't think she was particularly 'conditioned' before - she often didn't believe things the Thai government said. However, she's a lot more vocal now and very prepared to criticise her own country.

[Histavia]

OP is no surprise....... they just don't seem to have a clue, do they?

[Jiggo]

10 hours ago, Jeffr2 said:

CV19 testing is free for locals.  They produce about 150,000 tests kits every month here.  So far, they've done a great job with the virus.  I'm glad I'm here and not back home!

Well never knew that,  also I asked many a Thai if they have had a test, not one said they have. 

[BobinBKK]

21 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

 

As the Prime Minister, it is down to you and your cronies to prevent this, which you obviously have not done, therefore the responsibility is with yourself.

The authorities are charging the smugglers 6,500 baht per person to sneak across the border. Thai people hire these illegal immigrants and pay them well below the minimum wage. Thai people refuse to work for slave wages. Thailand, I hope you are happy with yourself...

[Banana7]

8 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Had this joker ever taken responsibility for anything? In his entire life?

 

The Thai army is getting hundreds of billions of baht a year from the people. The very least the people can expect in return, is protection of some sort. With hundreds of thousands of soldiers, what on earth are these guys doing with their time, if not patrolling the borders, the rivers, and the seas, during a pandemic the neighbors are dealing with? Fishing boats should be randomly stopped, and checked. Borders should be locked down. Something seems very fishy here.   Are we looking at gross incompetence? Are we looking at total indifference? Corruption? Laziness? Total derelicton of duty, on the part of Prayuth, Anutin, and the entire leadership?   Tens of thousands of soldiers could be patrolling the rivers, in boats, manning many of the border areas, or just doing something. Anything. Just don't do nothing. Earn your keep. Prove to the nation that the motto "to protect the people" actually means something. Good training for the soldiers anyway, since there are no conflicts to deal with, other than the southern insurgency, which will likely never end, unless Thailand makes some reasonable concessions to a people who were colonized over a century ago.

 

Prayuth once again says responsibility needs to be shared. So, I ask. When was the last time he took responsibility for anything? Has he apologized? Has he admitted this happened on his watch, and it very possibly could have been prevented? If not, Prayuth should offer to resign immediately, and the people, and especially the youth, should demand that. It is their right to demand a competent leader, during an emergency, especially.

On other social media sites, migrant workers, from the seafood market, are saying they paid military personnel 6,500 baht per person to enter Thailand and not have to go into quarantine and not have USD$100,000 covid19 insurance policy.

 

Edited December 23, 2020 by Banana7

[GoodieAfterDark]

BS. Just using this mysterious virus to get riddle of the migrants. I guess they can not do it legally. Pure distraction.