Popular Post webfact Posted June 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2023 In response to public complaints and social media uproar, the immigration has taken decisive action to address the covert operations of foreign nationals engaging in illegal sales and running unauthorized food and beverage stalls, directly impacting the livelihoods of Thai citizens in prominent business areas of downtown Bangkok. Picture: Siam Rath On June 23, 2023, Lieutenant General Phakphiphat Sajjapun, Commander of the Immigration Bureau, summoned Lieutenant Colonel Phanapha Nuchanarot, Deputy Commander of the Immigration Bureau, Lieutenant Colonel Piyannan Tosakunwong, Commander of the 1st Division overseeing Bangkok, and Lieutenant Colonel Thanit Thaivataramas, Commander of the Special Branch Bureau, reported Siam Rath. Picture: Siam Rath They were tasked with organizing a joint operation involving numerous police officers under their command, including personnel from the Immigration Bureau's Investigation Division, the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Divisions, as well as the Provincial Immigration Police. Picture: Siam Rath The primary objective was to swiftly crack down on foreign individuals committing significant immigration and labor law violations, focusing primarily on the sidewalks along Sukhumvit Road from the Nana area to Asoke. The operation started around 4:00pm and ended 8pm. 16 people were caught by the authorities. Among them were nine people from Myanmar, two from Cambodia, one from Laos, one from Vietnam, and one person without legal status. Alongside these foreign individuals, Thai employers who had hired foreign workers illegally were also identified and taken into custody. Picture: Siam Rath Most of the arrests happened while these individuals were actively selling food and clothing using movable carts and temporary stalls. Some tried to escape, but the officers quickly secured the area and successfully apprehended them. A considerable number of those who were caught could not provide valid passports or work permits during the inspection. Some had passports, but their work permits were expired or only allowed them to be tourists. Lieutenant General Damrongsak Kittiprapat, Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police, entrusted the Immigration Bureau with the primary responsibility of investigating and enforcing the law against foreign nationals engaged in inappropriate behavior while residing in Thailand. Picture: Siam Rath He emphasized that these actions flagrantly violate the law, jeopardizing public safety, lives, and property, tarnishing the nation's reputation, and involving foreign criminal elements exploiting both Thai and foreign nationals while using Thailand as a base for illicit activities. The operation was carried out under the supervision of Lieutenant General Phakphiphat Sajjapun, Commander of the Immigration Bureau, and Lieutenant Colonel Phanapha Nuchanarot, Deputy Commander of the Immigration Bureau, who promptly ordered inspections of foreign nationals involved in unlawful employment practices and tax evasion. The goal was to ensure fair competition for law-abiding businesses and curb the unauthorized employment of foreign workers, actions that clearly contravene existing regulations within their jurisdiction. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2023-06-23 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information 2 1 3 1 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted June 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2023 Give it some time and a new bunch of undocumented sellers will take the place of those who got scared away, and as long as Thai police will be what they are now, there not be an end to it. 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChipButty Posted June 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2023 give yourselves a big pat on the back after a good nights work, what do they plan to do with them? these people are barely surviving to start with. 11 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gecko123 Posted June 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2023 First place I'd be looking for illegal aliens would be under the guy in the middle's shirt. 5 1 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Plern Posted June 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2023 What a farce. As these are not Westerners they will be 'fined' and released. I bet you could go down there today after 4pm and the same individuals will be there working illegally. You cannot set up anything on a footpath without paying for it. That is simply a fact. Maybe they could pull the ten cops off this and get them to process my 90 day report it's been sitting for a week ???????????????????????? 3 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Neeranam Posted June 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2023 What about all the foreigners selling hard drugs? They are untouchable I guess. 3 5 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 48 minutes ago, Gecko123 said: First place I'd be looking for illegal aliens would be under the guy in the middle's shirt. Isn't a police general though? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dddave Posted June 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2023 Ten plus years ago, a majority of the Sukhumvit vendors were deaf non-speakers. It was a large community and as Thailand has no support system for persons with disabilities, a very practical solution to their support needs. Then the BMA decided to clean out all the Sukhumvit vendors and they were thrown out with no assistance plan. It was pretty sad. 8 5 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grego49 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Wonder if they will do the same in Phuket? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FruitPudding Posted June 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2023 I wonder if there will be less black people loitering around Sukhumvit trying to peddle some business? I'll report back tomorrow. 2 1 2 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post phetphet Posted June 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2023 Public complaints, social media uproar, impacting the livelihoods of Thai citizens in prominent business areas, tarnishing the nation's reputation? Aren't they over egging it a little? They caught sixteen people who were probably selling the same stuff as the Thai businesses. Sure, crack down on illegal practices and grab the illegals, but what about the hookers and drug dealers that accost everyone along that strip of road? More than sixteen for sure between soi 19 and Nana BTS 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mokwit Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, dddave said: Ten plus years ago, a majority of the Sukhumvit vendors were deaf non-speakers. It was a large community and as Thailand has no support system for persons with disabilities, a very practical solution to their support needs. Then the BMA decided to clean out all the Sukhumvit vendors and they were thrown out with no assistance plan. It was pretty sad. The current crop of vendors, primarily "marital aids" sellers etc are not Thai. Not sure what Nationality they are. Edited June 23, 2023 by mokwit 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mokwit Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Presumably the guys who stand outside the hotel coffee shop opposite Foodland were checked and found to not be competing with Thais or selling anything illegal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mokwit Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Plern said: What a farce. As these are not Westerners they will be 'fined' and released. Exactly this. So many businesses with one foreigner and no sign of the wife and two other employees or a ratio of non Thai employees to Thais that the regulations only allow for priority BOI companies. A Westerner would last 5 minutes doing that. Edited June 23, 2023 by mokwit 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plern Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 (edited) Watch copy sellers - all foreign (S. Asian). 101%. Even the street bosses are foreign ???? Seen the same blokes for YEARS Edited June 23, 2023 by Plern 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThailandRyan Posted June 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2023 Doing jobs only a Thai can do. If that's so then why are Thai's not doing them. Wonder if they are going to go from Business to Business as well or house to house and check all of the housekeepers, nannies, gardeners etc.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post khunjeff Posted June 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2023 3 hours ago, webfact said: He emphasized that these actions flagrantly violate the law, jeopardizing public safety, lives, and property, tarnishing the nation's reputation, and involving foreign criminal elements exploiting both Thai and foreign nationals These are sidewalk vendors, for god's sake - not Batman supervillains... 9 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 3 hours ago, webfact said: On June 23, 2023, Lieutenant General Phakphiphat Sajjapun, Commander of the Immigration Bureau, summoned Lieutenant Colonel Phanapha Nuchanarot......, 3 hours ago, webfact said: The operation started around 4:00pm and ended 8pm. I'm reading this at 1.20pm on the 23rd. More great Thai reporting. Some people don't even know what day it is is a common phrase in my native UK. Rings true here too, it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malathione Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 44 minutes ago, Plern said: Watch copy sellers - all foreign (S. Asian). 101%. Even the street bosses are foreign ???? Seen the same blokes for YEARS How do you know they aren't Thai nationals? Did you ask to see their ID's? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironmike Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 It's way past the time when immigration police should be arresting there own at the airports like Phuket Airport when I returned with my girlfriend and her visa expired on the same day they Raped her for 5000 baht cash were going to send her back to Singapore,,, so 2henare these officers going to crack down more so on their own,,, I've got the bastards name, time and flight number plus his QR code for his number 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hokeus Posted June 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2023 If they want to clean up the illegal foreigners, they can start with the dozens of jobless West Africans sitting around on Sukhumvit Road at night aggressively offering illegal drugs for sale to people as they walk by. They are certainly doing more harm and contributing nothing to the country than the undocumented food sellers who are providing a low-cost service to the locals. 8 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogradod Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 2 hours ago, dddave said: Ten plus years ago, a majority of the Sukhumvit vendors were deaf non-speakers. It was a large community and as Thailand has no support system for persons with disabilities, a very practical solution to their support needs. Then the BMA decided to clean out all the Sukhumvit vendors and they were thrown out with no assistance plan. It was pretty sad. I have always loved the lively athmosphere of these stalls on the walkways between Asoke and Soi 1. They not only did provide some livelyhood for the sellers - I think the tourists did like them as well. I do not believe that any of them did complain. All part of the wrong attitude to "clean" up the city like they did in Singapore - killing all the fun and leaving nothing but a sterile environment behind - like many have in their home countries and would want to leave behind to have a good time here. I have not been there for some years now but hope they left even a little bit of vendors and foodstalls alive. Maybe the responsible entities need some lessons of what is (was) lovable in Thailand and what is not. I think they really do not know and they think they are doing their best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerandDog Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Ironmike said: It's way past the time when immigration police should be arresting there own at the airports like Phuket Airport when I returned with my girlfriend and her visa expired on the same day they Raped her for 5000 baht cash were going to send her back to Singapore,,, so 2henare these officers going to crack down more so on their own,,, I've got the bastards name, time and flight number plus his QR code for his number did you really mean to type "Raped her for 5000 baht cash" or did you mean ripped her off for 5000 baht Edited June 23, 2023 by TigerandDog additional information 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marco51 Posted June 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2023 2 hours ago, dddave said: Ten plus years ago, a majority of the Sukhumvit vendors were deaf non-speakers. It was a large community and as Thailand has no support system for persons with disabilities, a very practical solution to their support needs. Then the BMA decided to clean out all the Sukhumvit vendors and they were thrown out with no assistance plan. It was pretty sad. I saw and admired that income niche for disabled persons already over 30 years ago when every trip to BGK provided me with enough cheap Camel shirts and Musicasettes(for those who remember that system of canned music)for the next 3 months until coming back again. Only the lately popped up idea of pretending to the world we can be like Singapore but cheaper has led to hundreds of poor people without income, the loss of the greatest noodle soups in Asia -in front of the old Thermae after 2 in the morning- and the easy supply of take along lunches for the workers and office staff up and down Sukhumvit. Ah yes, there was this wonderful and exiting silom night bazar , more fun than nearby Patpong ....and more value for money. And, as we are talking about those times, there was the page in the Bangkok Post called Nightowl, informing all of us about the mostly farang moving parts of Bangkok............when Nana Plaza was still to 80% a parking lot with a wonderful Lebanese restaurant ....and Lucky Luke's and great Satay at the entrance and the nut wallah . To repeat David Bowie "where are we now?"................Oh Nostalgia!!!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaopad999 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 (edited) I do feel for these people, but breaking the law by working illegally does come with a risk of being caught and deported. Edited June 23, 2023 by Kaopad999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post herfiehandbag Posted June 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2023 3 hours ago, Gecko123 said: First place I'd be looking for illegal aliens would be under the guy in the middle's shirt. I should imagine he is a Special Branch undercover operator - after all no one in their wildest dreams would imagine that he is a lean, mean, steely eyed dealer of justice! 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 A crackdown in Asok ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 The ones in Silom are happy they choose that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herfiehandbag Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 It was always my understanding that the principle endeavour of the constabulary on that part of Sukhumvit was running a sophisticated and comprehensive protection racket for the street traders. I wonder how this fits in, perhaps another level of taxation. Why on earth is Special Branch involved? I thought they existed to monitor terrorist suspects and political extremists? Mind you, I don't suppose that there is much scope for informal fiscal arrangements in that field - so perhaps they are moonlighting? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 3 hours ago, Gecko123 said: First place I'd be looking for illegal aliens would be under the guy in the middle's shirt. In thisguys oops disguise, he was going on his gut instinct 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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