Pattaya—At 12:30 AM, on March 16th, 2024, Chonburi immigration officers launched a field inspection and arrested many illegal foreign workers from neighboring countries in the Pattaya area.

According to the police report, locals in the Pattaya area reported to Chonburi immigration officers that many foreign workers allegedly illegally set up stalls to compete with the Thai locals.

 

Upon the inspection, the immigration officers asked for documentation from the accused and it was found out that they were from a neighboring country and were selling Roti, fruit juice, and fruit, without permission.

 

By Kittisak Phalaharn

 

Full story: THE PATTAYA NEWS 2024-03-18

 

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2 minutes ago, webfact said:

many foreign workers allegedly illegally set up stalls to compete with the Thai locals.

Don't be taking no jobs from the LOCALS!

These type of posts seems to appear very often and the way things are, they will continue 

to be so, the lure is just too great for poorer people not to take the chance...

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Upon the inspection, the immigration officers asked for documentation from the accused and it was found out that they were from a neighboring country and were selling Roti, fruit juice, and fruit, without permission.

Heinous crime... 

Bloody foreigners!

6 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Heinous crime... 

When at the Pattaya fireworks festival, loads of women selling all manner of items wandering about. Not a one of them I interacted with were Thai..... but I suspected a Thai employed them. 

yes... isn't all this nationalism and protecting of jobs in Thailand just terrible... after all it's their country BUT you "woke" folk know what's best.

34 minutes ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

yes... isn't all this nationalism and protecting of jobs in Thailand just terrible... after all it's their country BUT you "woke" folk know what's best.

 

Is the woke in the room with us now?

And when they are gone the locals can gauge out a lucrative living

Don't sell on my patch or I will snitch on you, I don't want competition. Thai business model

"....arrested many illegal foreign workers from neighboring countries in the Pattaya area."

Any Russians? nah, "since we're not neighbors, let's be friends..."  Chinese? Indians? or only countries that are poorer than Thailand.... yes, of course

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

When at the Pattaya fireworks festival, loads of women selling all manner of items wandering about. Not a one of them I interacted with were Thai..... but I suspected a Thai employed them. 

Spot on... 

6 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

Don't be taking no jobs from the LOCALS!

especially if they dont want to do them

Raids like this usually occur just before month end so the Thai employers escape paying wages to the illegals.

19 hours ago, PremiumLane said:

 

Is the woke in the room with us now?

When you wake up let us know...

7 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

When you wake up let us know...

 

won't that mean I am woke then? 

On 3/18/2024 at 3:09 AM, flyingtlger said:

Don't be taking no jobs from the LOCALS!

 

The locals don't want to do these kinds of jobs. 

On 3/18/2024 at 7:58 AM, Skipalongcassidy said:

yes... isn't all this nationalism and protecting of jobs in Thailand just terrible... after all it's their country BUT you "woke" folk know what's best.

 

It is fine if they need foreigners to work on construction sites etc. for less than the minimum wage though, right?

19 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

 

It is fine if they need foreigners to work on construction sites etc. for less than the minimum wage though, right?

These foreigners working on construction need work permits and the wage has nothing to do with permission to work... in your mind this should make it OK for any visitor to work at any job anywhere they choose... right.  Sorry... I don't see the connection between the two.

On 3/18/2024 at 8:39 AM, Almer said:

Don't sell on my patch or I will snitch on you, I don't want competition. Thai business model

Good on 'em, too.

16 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

These foreigners working on construction need work permits and the wage has nothing to do with permission to work... in your mind this should make it OK for any visitor to work at any job anywhere they choose... right.  Sorry... I don't see the connection between the two.

Eh? Bangkok was built on underpaid illegal foreign labour. 
 

You don’t get the hypocrisy do you? 
 

No surprise.

6 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Eh? Bangkok was built on underpaid illegal foreign labour. 
 

You don’t get the hypocrisy do you? 
 

No surprise.

Honey... the world was built under spurious practices... so your solution in order to reduce spurious practices is to just let everybody work without any control or direction... hahaha... humans cannot help themselves if allowed to operate on an honor system.