Navy and Immigration Investigate Fishing Boat in Pattaya Bay

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Navy and Immigration Investigate Fishing Boat in Pattaya Bay

PATTAYA: -- On Thursday Police received a report from a Burmese Woman that her Burmese boyfriend was being kept, against-his-will, on a Thai fishing boat in Pattaya Bay.

A joint operation took place, involving the Royal Thai Navy and Chonburi Immigration to intercept the boat and escort it back to the Bali Hai Port.

The Captain of the boat is Khun Paiboon aged 59 and confirmed that apart from him, 1 Thai National and 9 Burmese Nationals were working on his boat. He also claimed that the foreign fishermen were working legally and had the correct work visas, despite the fact he was unable to produce any documentation to back up his claims.

Full story: http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/188970/navy-and-immigration-investigate-fishing-boat-in-pattaya-bay/


-- Pattaya One 2015-05-01

[Oziex1]

Aside from the terrible cruelty of slavery, that this farcical investigation does nothing to address.

I don't understand why Thai officialdom makes such a fuss about protecting Thai jobs from foreign workers when the place is full of them.

[FangFerang]

This seems to be the type of story that is really a government press release.

See! We are fixing the problem--we pulled over one boat!

And, well, no one was arrested of course....

[quandow]

so . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

What happened? Arrests? Fines? Nothing?

Great reporting! Brilliant photo!

[petercool]

A post deriding police who were not involved, a quoted reply and a post discussing moderation were all removed

[slapout]

i have not seen nor heard of a thai boss giving a 15,000 baht advance to a hired laborer. did he do the same with all the foreign labor? maybe this is a family relative. we will probably never hear the ''rest of the story''

[NanLaew]

i have not seen nor heard of a thai boss giving a 15,000 baht advance to a hired laborer. did he do the same with all the foreign labor? maybe this is a family relative. we will probably never hear the ''rest of the story''

Wow... a years salary. And a third of that spent on a cell phone.

Too sad.

[phycokiller]

Aside from the terrible cruelty of slavery, that this farcical investigation does nothing to address.

I don't understand why Thai officialdom makes such a fuss about protecting Thai jobs from foreign workers when the place is full of them.

because its what the plebs want, Australia is just one example of a nation of immigrants will vote for a government on the basis that they are anti immigrants

[Oziex1]

Aside from the terrible cruelty of slavery, that this farcical investigation does nothing to address.

I don't understand why Thai officialdom makes such a fuss about protecting Thai jobs from foreign workers when the place is full of them.

because its what the plebs want, Australia is just one example of a nation of immigrants will vote for a government on the basis that they are anti immigrants

Phyco, the pleps in Australia have great political clout, the plebs in Thailand have little or no voice now, if in fact they ever did.

Edited May 1, 2015 by Oziex1

[RigPig]

¨The Captain of the boat is Khun Paiboon aged 59 and confirmed that apart from him, 1 Thai National and 9 Burmese Nationals were working on his boat. He also claimed that the foreign fishermen were working legally and had the correct work visas, despite the fact he was unable to produce any documentation to back up his claims.¨

He had left their ownership papers at home but they could check the brands anyway!!

Was the girls boy friend part of the crew?

[sawadee1947]

Aside from the terrible cruelty of slavery, that this farcical investigation does nothing to address.

I don't understand why Thai officialdom makes such a fuss about protecting Thai jobs from foreign workers when the place is full of them.

you are wrong....it's all about human traffiking. Same what UN blamed them for. Or even EU with a possible ban cocerning fish products...

[bheard]

This seems to be the type of story that is really a government press release.

See! We are fixing the problem--we pulled over one boat!

And, well, no one was arrested of course....

Spot on I reckon. Yep, this is action. Thai style. "That should convince 'em. After all, those Euros are pretty dumb. . . . "

[cookee68]

If there was no paper work to prove it, i would seize the boat and investigate the claims of every one on board

[phycokiller]

Aside from the terrible cruelty of slavery, that this farcical investigation does nothing to address.

I don't understand why Thai officialdom makes such a fuss about protecting Thai jobs from foreign workers when the place is full of them.

because its what the plebs want, Australia is just one example of a nation of immigrants will vote for a government on the basis that they are anti immigrants

Phyco, the pleps in Australia have great political clout, the plebs in Thailand have little or no voice now, if in fact they ever did.

true, but even an unelected government doesnt want the masses getting too restless, and being able to blame someone else for your own problems is a great stress relief even if it makes no difference in reality

[phycokiller]

If there was no paper work to prove it, i would seize the boat and investigate the claims of every one on board

would you get a work permit first?

[Andreas2]

If there was no paper work to prove it, i would seize the boat and investigate the claims of every one on board

From the source article: Police are unsure if the complaint is genuine at this stage of the investigation and decided to seize the boat and detain everyone pending further checks.