A 13-year-old boy was arrested in Tak province early Wednesday morning by Mae Sot police after he was allegedly involved in the smuggling of ten Rohingya migrants across the Thai-Myanmar border.

Authorities detained two people at around 4:00 a.m, a 28-year-old man, and the young boy. Police say the men crossed illegally and also helped the migrants cross the border illegally. If found guilty, he could become the country’s youngest convicted human smuggler.

 

Human trafficking and human smuggling across neighboring borders is on the rise in Thailand, experts say. Around four thousand migrants were arrested for attempting to illegally enter the country over the past week, according to the Centre for Covid‐19 Situation Administration.

 

Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/34871/13-year-old-boy-arrested-for-allegedly-smuggling-rohingya-migrants/

 

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Thailand arresting 13 years old kids now.

 

What's next?

Talk about the RTP picking low fruit to get a head line. The boy himself at 13 is a bloody victim not the potential " youngest people trafficer". If you want to bring down a people smuggling ring then find and cut off the the head of the snake, he is probably wearing an RTP uniform and sitting in his district police office misdirecting his staff.

2 hours ago, NanaSomchai said:

Thailand arresting 13 years old kids now.

 

What's next?

Old enough to ride a motorbike and father a child, old enough to work! Old enough to be arrested!

3 hours ago, NanaSomchai said:

Thailand arresting 13 years old kids now.

 

What's next?

he knows right from wrong,  

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Human trafficking and human smuggling across neighboring borders is on the rise in Thailand, experts say. Around four thousand migrants were arrested for attempting to illegally enter the country over the past week, according to the Centre for Covid‐19 Situation Administration.

Time Thailand got hammered by being straight to the top of trafficking watch lists world-wide.

It's the only way this government reacts.

11 minutes ago, steven100 said:

he knows right from wrong,  

In a corrupt society, the easily influenced young often follow the footsteps of their equally corrupt role models and authority figures.

3 minutes ago, Benmart said:

In a corrupt society, the easily influenced young often follow the footsteps of their equally corrupt role models and authority figures.

that can be said,  however if someone you know smashes a car or breaks the law doesn't give you permission to do the same.  Wrong is wrong in any language.  

what some 5 millions of migrant workers have to do if borders are closed for 20 months?

for family matters they have to go back and return over the green border.

There are some 550k of slaves in thailand, within borders and that includes also thai citizens.

Somehow police and the government agencies don't see it as a problem and law braking.

 

 

4 hours ago, NanaSomchai said:

Thailand arresting 13 years old kids now.

 

What's next?

Perhaps look at the details?

Like Greta this kid is under the control of adults.

Quite disappointed to see so many of our esteemed members pointing the finger at the young lad, who more than likely was not the mastermind behind this smuggling ring. 

Any government which is serious about tackling this problem should concentrate all it's efforts on the head honchos running this - not the small fry doing the actual dirty work. 

Edited November 11, 20214 yr by djayz

34 minutes ago, steven100 said:

that can be said,  however if someone you know smashes a car or breaks the law doesn't give you permission to do the same.  Wrong is wrong in any language.  

You and I as adults know this. However, children have a tendency to copy what they see or do what they are told to do. 

 

Wouldn't it be more comforting to read that the head of the traffickers has been arrested?

I seriously doubt that the arrest of the boy will end this.

12 minutes ago, djayz said:

Quite disappointed to see so many of our esteemed members pointing the finger at the young lad, who more than likely was not the mastermind behind this smuggling ring. 

Any government which is serious about tackling this problem should concentrate all it's efforts on the head honchos running this - not the small fry doing the actual dirty work. 

he certainly doesn't or shouldn't be locked up,  however he needs to be taught and shown that what he did is against the law.   

If the law and the justice system was harsher on juvenile's there would likely be less car thefts,  vandalisation, robberies, and general drug involvement at such a young age .....  everyone knows right from wrong, it doesn't matter that the brother or uncle takes drugs or steals from stores,  as an individual .... wrong is wrong in anyone's tiny brain.

Perhaps the slap on the wrist really doesn't work as especially in Australia the young offenders are just back out stealing cars and smashing things the next day ....  

6 hours ago, NanaSomchai said:

Thailand arresting 13 years old kids now.

 

What's next?

Suffocating him with plastic bags.

12 minutes ago, mikebell said:

Suffocating him with plastic bags.

BANG! That was hot.

6 hours ago, NanaSomchai said:

Thailand arresting 13 years old kids now.

 

What's next?

A stack of brown envelopes and instructions about where to deliver them to every week. 

2 hours ago, steven100 said:

he knows right from wrong,  

Unlike you ???? 

2 minutes ago, JeffersLos said:

A stack of brown envelopes and instructions about where to deliver them to every week. 

Yep they recognized the boy as he was the one who used to deliver the envelopes but his boss most have stopped paying so they use him now as a bite ????

 

!3 years of age, extreme poverty, lack of education, poor family role models.

Now possibly locked in older youth, to abuse, use and educate him in ways not intended by any system.

Possibly also a victim of traffickers or very least abusers of youth.

The problem is that these people wrongly believe they are not human traffickers. Even the Burmese or whoever dont look at it that way. They see themselves couriers or agents that are just collecting a fee for their services. Someone quite rightly said they should be targetting the top of the tree if they are serious about tackling this problem.

9 hours ago, NanaSomchai said:

Thailand arresting 13 years old kids now.

 

What's next?

Do you think that 13-year olds have, or should have, immunity from prosecution for criminal offences?   Talk about opening the floodgates!   

 

Same thing would happen anywhere else for human trafficking offences.  Just because a child is initially arrested doesn't mean that he will remain in police custody.

Edited November 11, 20214 yr by Liverpool Lou

10 hours ago, webfact said:

he could become the country’s youngest convicted human smuggler.

Well done young man. Maybe you will become a typical Thai "wheeler dealer" in the future!!

6 hours ago, Aussieroaming said:

Talk about the RTP picking low fruit to get a head line. The boy himself at 13 is a bloody victim not the potential " youngest people trafficer". If you want to bring down a people smuggling ring then find and cut off the the head of the snake

He wasn't the only one arrested.   Should 13-year olds' be immune from prosecution?

4 hours ago, djayz said:

Quite disappointed to see so many of our esteemed members pointing the finger at the young lad, who more than likely was not the mastermind behind this smuggling ring. 

Any government which is serious about tackling this problem should concentrate all it's efforts on the head honchos running this - not the small fry doing the actual dirty work. 

Quite disappointed, though not entirely surprised, that you seem to think that he was the only one arrested.

4 hours ago, steven100 said:

that can be said,  however if someone you know smashes a car or breaks the law doesn't give you permission to do the same.  Wrong is wrong in any language.  

Thanks for clarifying.

4 hours ago, djayz said:

You and I as adults know this. However, children have a tendency to copy what they see or do what they are told to do. 

That doesn't give them immunity from arrest for being involved in criminal offences!   If there are extenuating circumstances that got them inadvertently involved, the court, or the prosecutor's office will sort that out.

4 hours ago, SchuetzRob said:

Wouldn't it be more comforting to read that the head of the traffickers has been arrested?

I seriously doubt that the arrest of the boy will end this.

Would you be comforted to know that he wasn't the only one arrested?!

Flash Harry in training.