Chinese-controlled Thai language schools used by criminal network to obtain visas for associates

[webfact]

Deputy National Police Commissioner General Surachate Hakparn or Big Joke assured reporters this week that this extensive case was being pursued without political interference.

 

by James Morris and Son Nguyen

 

Already police have confirmed that ฿4 billion in assets have been frozen as a result of the investigation which was sparked by a huge drugs raid in the Sathorn area of Bangkok in the early hours of October 26th last.

 

This week, Mr Chuvit Kamolvisit also explained the mystery of the Chinese businessman with a high-powered office and car styled as an embassy vehicle with a bogus police entourage and his links to the network.

 

Former Bangkok politician and popular underground figure Chuvit Kamolvisit has revealed that the Chinese ‘grey money’ criminal network was involved in the operation of Thai language schools with which to facilitate newly arrived Chinese nationals in Thailand with visas or to provide visa extensions to those already living in the kingdom. Mr Chuvit promised more revelations into external links between the gang and drug trafficking activities outside Thailand at the highest level.

 

At the same time, police raided dozens more properties to execute search warrants while the number of people for whom arrest warrants have been issued has risen to over 102 with Police General Surachate Hakparn signalling that the case was 90% complete although it is understood that the work of the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) will take some time to understand the complex network of Thai registered firms controlled or linked to Mr Chaiyanat Kornchayanant or Mr Du Hao, the key player, at this stage, in this unfolding story.

 

Full story: https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/12/03/schools-controlled-by-chinese-criminal-grey-money-gang-visa/

 

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[Hakuna Matata]

The language schools in Thailand should be disallowed issuing the so-called "Student Visas", full stop.

[Orinoco]

13 minutes ago, Hakuna Matata said:

The language schools in Thailand should be disallowed issuing the so-called "Student Visas", full stop.

Nah

That option should be open to people who wish to learn.

Just regulate it better.

The school does not issue the visa immigration does. ( i think )

[lujanit]

Chuvit might find himself on the wrong end of a gun if he keeps this up.

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Former Bangkok politician and popular underground figure Chuvit Kamolvisit has revealed that the Chinese ‘grey money’ criminal network was involved in the operation of Thai language schools with which to facilitate newly arrived Chinese nationals in Thailand with visas or to provide visa extensions to those already living in the kingdom. Mr Chuvit promised more revelations into external links between the gang and drug trafficking activities outside Thailand at the highest level.

So the wealthy Chinese had it all sewn-up..

Run the language schools [Chinese education in Thailand] bring in Chinese nationals, give them false jobs/offers of employment and supporting documents, get them immigration approval and then carry on with all their corrupt ways of doing business.

 

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, Hakuna Matata said:

The language schools in Thailand should be disallowed issuing the so-called "Student Visas", full stop.

Close down the language schools involved.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, Orinoco said:

Nah

That option should be open to people who wish to learn.

Just regulate it better.

The school does not issue the visa immigration does. ( i think )

The school issues the false documentation specifying work/employment to get the immigration approval.

It is complicit in the crime.

[mikeymike100]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

So the wealthy Chinese had it all sewn-up..

Run the language schools [Chinese education in Thailand] bring in Chinese nationals, give them false jobs/offers of employment and supporting documents, get them immigration approval and then carry on with all their corrupt ways of doing business.

 

Yes indeed, the Chinese seem to be into everything, property scams, school scams, visa scams, even barbershop scams? Where will it end I wonder?

[John Drake]

FWIW, a lot of Thais are worried about Chinese infiltration and annexation.

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The prosecution of naturalized Thai businessman Tu Hao, aka Chainat Kornchananand, who is charged with drugs dealing, and multiple raids of his glitzy real estate and other assets estimated at 5 billion baht at various parts of Thailand over the past ten days have made many Thai anxious again that Chinese businessmen, particularly the grey business type (and China) are swallowing up Thailand, reducing the kingdom into a mere economic vassal state of China.

 

  https://www.khaosodenglish.com/opinion/2022/12/04/opinion-growing-anxiety-about-the-rise-of-china-in-thailand/

[John Drake]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Close down the language schools involved.

The schools are just the tip of the iceberg. The rest of the main article is highly detailed and describes an operation active at all levels of society and the economy.

[proton]

Looks like the Wallen method of 'teaching' what happened to that language school/visa mill in Times Sq Sukhumvit? he used to post on here all the time defending the place, then it vanished.

[proton]

35 minutes ago, mikeymike100 said:

Yes indeed, the Chinese seem to be into everything, property scams, school scams, visa scams, even barbershop scams? Where will it end I wonder?

Even in our mooban in the middle of nowhere several Chinese nationals working every day when their visas do not permit, one claiming a Thai is the father of her kid for a visa, they all own houses and somehow manage to buy chunks of land. One claims she bought a Thai ID for 200k. 

[Artisi]

must be a massive misunderstanding, Mother China would never allow it ????

[Photoguy21]

Thailand needs to get wise to the Chinese and how they operate or they will find the Chinese pretty much rule the country.

[Adumbration]

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

The school issues the false documentation specifying work/employment to get the immigration approval.

It is complicit in the crime.

A student visa does not permit work or make one eligible to apply for a work permit.

 

The student visas merely enabled the crooks to stay here another year to engage in their criminal activities.

[Adumbration]

1 hour ago, proton said:

Looks like the Wallen method of 'teaching' what happened to that language school/visa mill in Times Sq Sukhumvit? he used to post on here all the time defending the place, then it vanished.

Yes interesting question.  And what about his investment school????????

[Adumbration]

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Close down the language schools involved.

When the Russian were thick on the ground here before the Ruble collapsed all the the Russian whores working on Bangla road were on student visas.  This is not some new inovative visa scam thought up by the Chinese....

[hotchilli]

3 minutes ago, Adumbration said:

A student visa does not permit work or make one eligible to apply for a work permit.

 

The student visas merely enabled the crooks to stay here another year to engage in their criminal activities.

I acknowledge I used the term work/employment... that was my mistake..

however the student visa [as such] was bogus and the recipient had no intention of being here to study.

 

[hotchilli]

1 minute ago, Adumbration said:

When the Russian were thick on the ground here before the Ruble collapsed all the the Russian whores working on Bangla road were on student visas.  This is not some new inovative visa scam thought up by the Chinese....

But one that seems to get past immigration services.

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, mikeymike100 said:

Yes indeed, the Chinese seem to be into everything, property scams, school scams, visa scams, even barbershop scams? Where will it end I wonder?

When the red flag is flying over government house?

[NoDisplayName]

11 hours ago, webfact said:

the Chinese ‘grey money’ criminal network was involved in the operation of Thai language schools with which to facilitate newly arrived Chinese nationals in Thailand with visas or to provide visa extensions to those already living in the kingdom.

How is this different from the "accepted" method of using agents and dodgy language schools to bypass immigration regulations to secure visas and extensions for those who don't meet the published requirements?

 

The only difference I can see is them operating their own schools and cutting out the middlemen.

[Khyron]

It is interesting that all of a sudden, it seems that the Chinese are under the microscope.

Is it the CCP wanting its citizens back in China under its control, and asking The Thai gov't for help?

Or is Big Joke really doing something worthwhile?

 

[BayArea]

12 hours ago, John Drake said:

FWIW, a lot of Thais are worried about Chinese infiltration and annexation.

 

  https://www.khaosodenglish.com/opinion/2022/12/04/opinion-growing-anxiety-about-the-rise-of-china-in-thailand/

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, it's too late for Thailand. Many on this forum have expressed repeatedly and rightfully so about the eventual takeover of LOS from the CCP. In fact, it started with the first king of the current dynasty, he was the one that encouraged the Chinese esp. the men to come and settle in Siam.  He " believed" that your average Thai weren't the smartest bunch and needed them to be mix with the Chinese blood who he thought were more intelligent and business savvy compared to his subjects. They heard his call alright and boy did they come! Flash forward 300 years later, and here we are where the overwhelming majority of the Hiso, billionaires, entertainment personality, political heads, captain of industries, etc. in LOS are Chinese descent. 

If the last figures are correct, outside of mainland China, Thailand is home to the biggest Chinese diaspora in the world, 11 million alone claimed Chinese heritage and we're not counting the mixed Thai/ Chinese ones. 

To say the Thais are worried about Chinese infiltration and annexation brings to mind the idiom, "There’s no point in closing the barn door after the horse has escaped!" 

[BayArea]

11 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

Thailand needs to get wise to the Chinese and how they operate or they will find the Chinese pretty much rule the country.

LOL!! they already do. 

[Photoguy21]

14 hours ago, BayArea said:

LOL!! they already do. 

 

14 hours ago, BayArea said:

LOL!! they already do. 

Not as much as they want to.