Crime Singaporean Arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport Linked to Trafficking Ring

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BANGKOK - Singaporean suspect with multiple warrants arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport, linked to transnational human trafficking and prostitution.

 

On 18th June 2025, Pol. Maj. Gen. Cheeron Rimphadee, Commander of Immigration Division 2, revealed that Pol. Lt. Gen. Panumas Boonyalak, Commissioner of the Immigration Bureau, ordered a crackdown on individuals wanted by both Thai and international authorities. This included collaboration with law enforcement agencies inside and outside Thailand.

 

Immigration Division 2's investigation team, acting on an alert about a foreigner involved in prostitution and money laundering cases, anticipated the suspect's arrival at Suvarnabhumi Airport. Mr. Chua Soon Tian Dexter, a Singaporean national, was apprehended upon his arrival from Singapore on flight SQ 714.

 

He faces charges of procuring and enticing individuals for indecent acts, facilitating and benefiting from prostitution, promoting prostitution through public documents and media, conspiring to commit money laundering offences, and participating in a transnational crime organisation.

 

Initially, the suspect was found to be part of a human trafficking network, recruiting women for prostitution and systematically moving financial gains for money laundering. He is being handed over to the Crime Suppression Division for Technology Crime (CSDTC) to face legal proceedings and extend investigations into the network.

 

The Immigration Bureau underscores the importance of clamping down on human trafficking and transnational crimes, pledging full cooperation with all agencies to prevent and combat such illegal activities.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Khaosod 2025-06-19