Six Cambodian 'illegals' die after chase and crash in Chon Buri

[Globeman]

Feel sorry for the death of these people.

Why the world is so cruel?

They were just hoping for a better life.

Hope they find it up there.

Up where? They're dead - they aren't going anywhere. But then, eternal darkness and non-existence might be preferable to being a Cambodian labourer in Thailand.

[Globeman]

sorry for the dead innocents, just another case of government arrogance and useless laws, guess construction will be delayed now , cambodians seem to be the ones willing to do jobs the thais are too lazy to do

Sometimes laziness, but Cambodian labourers are also used to undercut a minimum wage. Being unwilling to work for 80 baht a day as a Thai is not laziness...

[Globeman]

So the Thais arrested will be released? Are they out on bail? What are the police doing to sting traffickers besides arresting Thai pickup drivers and Thai couples running safe houses?

Why would you assume they would be released?

Ummm... because they almost always are? Because they can buy their way out with money or influence? Because the cops are already colluding and just arrest them so they can tell the papers they have done so? ...and the media never follows up a "small" case like this to court...

Seems like a reasonable assumption

[kevvy]

We are building a village and every week the BIB come around and check to see if we have illegal workers.Not to take them back to their country but to get money from their boss.As when we first started the project one of the construction teams had Burmese workers and was paying the BIB. They left and since then we hire only Thai workers , but the BIB still come around and that was 12 months ago when the workers were here.

I feel sorry for the workers who died , just trying to make a living for their families. Why make it so hard for these people getting Thai workers in construction is so hard to do.

I feel for the people who suffered from this tragedy , the families of the dead.

There are no Burmese or Cambodian workers in our site and we are 40 minutes from Pattaya.

[hanno]

Hooray thanks to the slave workers, lovely, we thrive on your dirt cheap labour, that's why we enjoy it here we can live much cheaper ????? <deleted>.

The Adidas shoes you are wearing are probably made in Vietnam, the polo shirt in Bangladesh, and so on. I do not think anyone can escape "globalization" these days, wittingly or unwittingly. Keep that in mind before using the F word or making assumptions about me.

[ginjag]

Hooray thanks to the slave workers, lovely, we thrive on your dirt cheap labour, that's why we enjoy it here we can live much cheaper ????? <deleted>.

The Adidas shoes you are wearing are probably made in Vietnam, the polo shirt in Bangladesh, and so on. I do not think anyone can escape "globalization" these days, wittingly or unwittingly. Keep that in mind before using the F word or making assumptions about me.

Assumptions about you ???? The <deleted> word it is an expression do not make it sound personal.

Local countries cheap labour, is good --natural, but if you want to cheat then you sneak them in-- big money--middle man----then the Thai business greed reaps from it-----these are illegal imports----that leaches feed from. DIFFERENT.

At 70 + you think I am into Adidas shoe--and Ha Ha Polo shirts, it is you that makes assumptions.

All I am saying is use your own labour force.------compete yourself---no need to cheat---with government officials and police covering up for business, and when workers are caught ---blame the workers---sounds like a government ploy this last few years---blame everyone-normally the poorest.

The quote you made was meant to be sarcastic because of the lack of feeling for the poor who are exploited.

You should get my drift, if not sorry --I do not go along with the idea --mai pen rai---because it always has been that way, if we do that we all go back to wooden wheels.----OK ease up, we are only expressing right and wrong are we not. ???

[englishoak]

This goes on all the time daily, it has nothing to do with any government it is simply business doing what it does best, exploiting cheap labour and in any manner that fills its needs. Why pay 300 a day when they can get them half that illegally for a bit of pocket change to willing traffickers.

Its a racket thats been going on for decades, no one cares about these people and it will not stop in our lifetime judging by the enormity and depth of the corruption here. No one is going to reform anything that will make one ounce of difference to this economic and thinly veiled virtual slave trade,.sadly.

Another poster in denial, How does anyone stop illegal happenings in any country ???? ACTION by the said government.

" business doing what it does best" JOKE---true but who controls business ???

Maybe you cannot stop a lifetime of illegal sh#T BUT YOU should make an effort, sound like weak kneed excuse ---""Ha Ha it's always been like this, so no one does anything---so it's normal ???

I didnt say something shouldnt be done I said it wont be. No government here in the region will act against big business or tackle the enormity of trafficking in SE Asia, I spent years in A I and know full well the scale its on, its not just local its multi national in SE Asia, to make any difference there has to be multi national government, armed forces and border patrol cooperation, all countries in this region engage in trafficking on a big scale and a lot of it is highly organised and done with the full knowledge of both armed forces and those in government as well as business, all benefit and none will rock the boat its a simple fact. Here yes its normal practice,

Get off your soap box laying into people that know full well how things work regarding business economics trafficking and cheap labour, like many other emerging economies Thailand will simply ignore the problem like it always has along with the other countries in the region until the wider international community make it a pressing issue. It sure isnt going to come from any Thai government or country that borders her without substantially more international pressure than its had in the past, and that has been no small amount its just not had much more than a lip service token effect in SE Asia. Soon as international pressure is removed its back to business as usual.

Unfortunately the truth is business will do nothing to curb its profit margin if it dosnt have to for the benefit of worker rights and business effectively greases the wheels of policy, cheap labour is far too important to all economies than human rights and governments are sensitive to damaging its own economy, its bad for its ruling health, especially here..

So yes something should be done, personally I hate it and spent long enough trying to help make a difference, truth is little has changed and nothing will give me greater pleasure than to see this trafficking stop but im under no illusion and no one that matters really wants it to change or that its likely to in my lifetime. Reality isnt an excuse its just the way is is here.