webfact Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Singapore returns passports to 40 Thai studentsBy Digital ContentBANGKOK, June 13 -- The Singaporean government on Friday returned passports to some 40 Thai students who were cheated by manpower firms in that country, said Pravit Khiengpol, director-general of the Thai Labour Ministry’s Employment Department.The return of confiscated passports came after nearly 30 Thai students lodged a complaint with the Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok that they were lured by recruitment agencies which had displayed advertisements on a website and on Facebook that Thai students could receive training at famous hotels, restaurants and clubhouses in Singapore.The students were told that they would receive wages and overtime payment.The company charged from Bt25,000 to Bt29,000 as service fee and for lodging for each student.After working in Singapore for a while, the Singaporean authorities made random inspections and found that the documents allowing them to be trainees were forged.Their passports were confiscated by the Singaporean authorities while many were asked to become witnesses by Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower.Officials of Thailand's Employment Department said later that about 40 Thai students were still stranded in Singapore.Mr Pravit told journalists that the Ministry of Manpower in that country decided to seize the students’ passports after finding that their documents were falsified. The Singaporean based manpower firms were also found guilty and the students’ passports were returned to the owners.Mr Pravit said students who wished to continue their training in Singapore could do so but they have to inform the Thai labour representative in that country first for consideration. (MCOT online news) -- TNA 2014-06-13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FangFerang Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 What the devil this? They lured students...when the students complained...their passports were confiscated. Then the Thai government stepped in and the passports were returned...but.... Makes Singapore look as bad as they should look... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Now or Never Posted June 13, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 13, 2014 This is a disgusting way to treat fellow ASEAN citizens who were duped by Thai and Singaporean criminals. Good ole Lee Mafia Singapore. Another one party state since independence in 1965. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbamboo Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Perhaps our Chinese brothers in Singapore were getting anxious because the Kra Isthmus canal project was being discussed again. What a wonderful piece of leverage to have up one's sleeve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 The Singapore reports are not quite as kind describing them as illegal workers rather than students. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hawk Posted June 13, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 13, 2014 In Thailand working illegally and being in possession of a forged document would certainly get one into jail for a year or more. The thai courts are nasty when it comes to forgery, the judges don't take into account any mitigating circumstances. Therefore the students were lucky, if it was Singaporeans in Thailand they would have all been thrown in jail. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 "The return of confiscated passports came after nearly 30 Thai students lodged a complaint with the Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok that they were lured by recruitment agencies which had displayed advertisements on a website and on Facebook that Thai students could receive training at famous hotels, restaurants and clubhouses in Singapore." Well first of all, if something really suspicious promotion pops up on Facebook, would you believe it??? 1 billion kachillian dollars win for free on Facebook.... so you get it kiddies??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Seastallion Posted June 13, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 13, 2014 The Singapore reports are not quite as kind describing them as illegal workers rather than students. And, since their documents were forged, they truly were illegal workers. It makes no difference that they were duped. If it behooves the press to be emotive, they would call Burman slaves aboard Thai fishing ships "illegal workers". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surangw Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 In Thailand working illegally and being in possession of a forged document would certainly get one into jail for a year or more. The thai courts are nasty when it comes to forgery, the judges don't take into account any mitigating circumstances. Therefore the students were lucky, if it was Singaporeans in Thailand they would have all been thrown in jail. singapore is civilized, no tea money needed in most cases to get fair judicial treatment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
behonset Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 when I was in Singapore I found them to be very rascist. When they come here, we treat them well. Why do the rich Chinese think they can look down on us? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Prbkk Posted June 13, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 13, 2014 In Thailand working illegally and being in possession of a forged document would certainly get one into jail for a year or more. The thai courts are nasty when it comes to forgery, the judges don't take into account any mitigating circumstances. Therefore the students were lucky, if it was Singaporeans in Thailand they would have all been thrown in jail. singapore is civilized, no tea money needed in most cases to get fair judicial treatment Singapore is anything but free of judicial corruption. It is just as bad as Thailand in leniency for the rich. One American kid got a few strokes on the bum but influential drug criminals get a free pass ( sons of judges and MPs in some cases). Singapore also offers safe haven to those who have stolen billions, eg Suharto family and cronies. Rotten to the core. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Now or Never Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 In Thailand working illegally and being in possession of a forged document would certainly get one into jail for a year or more. The thai courts are nasty when it comes to forgery, the judges don't take into account any mitigating circumstances. Therefore the students were lucky, if it was Singaporeans in Thailand they would have all been thrown in jail. Their work documents were falsified not their passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bangkok45 Posted June 13, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 13, 2014 In Thailand working illegally and being in possession of a forged document would certainly get one into jail for a year or more. The thai courts are nasty when it comes to forgery, the judges don't take into account any mitigating circumstances. Therefore the students were lucky, if it was Singaporeans in Thailand they would have all been thrown in jail. singapore is civilized, no tea money needed in most cases to get fair judicial treatment Singapore is anything but free of judicial corruption. It is just as bad as Thailand in leniency for the rich. One American kid got a few strokes on the bum but influential drug criminals get a free pass ( sons of judges and MPs in some cases). Singapore also offers safe haven to those who have stolen billions, eg Suharto family and cronies. Rotten to the core. Are your thoughts based on fact or rumour? Name 1 MP or an influential criminal drug criminal that got away due to their family influence? Please enlighten me. Sent from my SM-T211 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlopes Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) when I was in Singapore I found them to be very rascist. When they come here, we treat them well. Why do the rich Chinese think they can look down on us? Because they think they are better than everyone? Edited June 13, 2014 by rlopes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
332 Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 This is a disgusting way to treat fellow ASEAN citizens You should see what happens to the Rohingya people. Although no state accepts them as theirs, so officially ASEAN citizins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcisco Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 The Singapore reports are not quite as kind describing them as illegal workers rather than students. And, since their documents were forged, they truly were illegal workers. It makes no difference that they were duped. If it behooves the press to be emotive, they would call Burman slaves aboard Thai fishing ships "illegal workers". Actually it does make a huge difference, while technically they are illegal workers, the mitigation as being the victim of crime would heavily alter enforcement. Utterly different from if they had forged their documents and wilfully attempted to defraud the Republic. Singapore has much experience with these sorts of practices by everyone who is in a position to abuse foreign labor. And they have worked proactively to not punish the worker being screwed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chao Lao Beach Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 "The return of confiscated passports came after nearly 30 Thai students lodged a complaint with the Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok that they were lured by recruitment agencies which had displayed advertisements on a website and on Facebook that Thai students could receive training at famous hotels, restaurants and clubhouses in Singapore." Well first of all, if something really suspicious promotion pops up on Facebook, would you believe it??? 1 billion kachillian dollars win for free on Facebook.... so you get it kiddies??? But in Thailand, Facebook is everything.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Thai students could receive training at famous hotels, restaurants and clubhouses in Singapore. Lots of Thai "students" at the FourFloors Hospitality Management Institute. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomyummer Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Perhaps our Chinese brothers in Singapore were getting anxious because the Kra Isthmus canal project was being discussed again. What a wonderful piece of leverage to have up one's sleeve. Let's see the good General decide to start building it now. Screw the years of tea money to Thai politicians to keep them from building it. Sent from my iPad using ThaiVisa app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 (edited) In Thailand working illegally and being in possession of a forged document would certainly get one into jail for a year or more. The thai courts are nasty when it comes to forgery, the judges don't take into account any mitigating circumstances. Therefore the students were lucky, if it was Singaporeans in Thailand they would have all been thrown in jail. Their work documents were falsified not their passport. If any stamp in the passport was forged then under Thai law one gets hit twice, first for the fake stamp and secondly for using a fake passport. It works this way, the Thais say a fake stamp in the passport in turn makes the passport a fake. So the sentencing would normally be 3 years, 1.5 + 1.5 years.The Thai passports contained work visas which were fake? Edited June 14, 2014 by Hawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NativeSon360 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 This is a disgusting way to treat fellow ASEAN citizens who were duped by Thai and Singaporean criminals. Good ole Lee Mafia Singapore. Another one party state since independence in 1965. The United States of America is also a one party state (divided into "Democrat & Republican" houses), where ignorant, working-class 1040 "tax paying" citizens are duped (by criminals) to believe that they're living in the "greatest country" in the world. Duh There are no "starving-for-food" people anywhere in Asia. Clean-up your own house first, before criticizing the "state of affairs" in someone else's. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinmaew Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Suffer bad Thais now you know how the rest of the world are treated when they enter your country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Now or Never Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 This is a disgusting way to treat fellow ASEAN citizens who were duped by Thai and Singaporean criminals. Good ole Lee Mafia Singapore. Another one party state since independence in 1965. The United States of America is also a one party state (divided into "Democrat & Republican" houses), where ignorant, working-class 1040 "tax paying" citizens are duped (by criminals) to believe that they're living in the "greatest country" in the world. Duh There are no "starving-for-food" people anywhere in Asia. Clean-up your own house first, before criticizing the "state of affairs" in someone else's. Thank you I think you should call your mummy and ask her to change your nappies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB300 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 What the devil this? They lured students...when the students complained...their passports were confiscated. Then the Thai government stepped in and the passports were returned...but.... Makes Singapore look as bad as they should look... How about... Students caught working illegally, Students claimed they were duped (nb doesn't make it any less illegal), Students passports held whilst the matter was investigated, Thailand confirms students were in fact duped & the people responsible would be punished, Singapore returns passports. What's wrong with that (apart from the missing being thrown in jail step that could happen in other countries). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGareth2 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 when I was in Singapore I found them to be very rascist. When they come here, we treat them well. Why do the rich Chinese think they can look down on us? because they are insecure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokemachine Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 when I was in Singapore I found them to be very rascist. When they come here, we treat them well. Why do the rich Chinese think they can look down on us? Everywhere is the same. There are racist but there also have kind people. Do you think the thais here are treating all the foreigners good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetlejuice Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 (edited) when I was in Singapore I found them to be very rascist. When they come here, we treat them well. Why do the rich Chinese think they can look down on us? Where is here? And who is us? Edited June 15, 2014 by Beetlejuice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuang Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 when I was in Singapore I found them to be very rascist. When they come here, we treat them well. Why do the rich Chinese think they can look down on us? Where is here? And who is us? Yeah I like to know too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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