260 migrant workers arrested at direct-sale seminar in city hotel

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Over 260 migrant workers, mostly Cambodians, were rounded up and charged after a combined force of labour officials, police and soldiers raided a hotel in Bangkok last night.

 

All the migrant workers were attending a direct-selling seminar on food supplements hosted by a direct-sale company.

 

All were later detained at Yannawa police station pending further questionings.

 

But initial questioning of these migrant workers revealed some entered the country illegally, some have no work permits, and some work but with different job permits.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/260-migrant-workers-arrested-at-direct-sale-seminar-in-city-hotel/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-11-02

And what would happen to the owner and organizer of the business?

 

A fine at Bt100,000 x 260 would be appropriate.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

 

All the migrant workers were attending a direct-selling seminar on food supplements hosted by a direct-sale company.

Did the police lay this trap? How silly of me to ask. 

...and the company laughs all the way to the bank with their money....???

 

...and their customers....???

 

...this is too perverse....

 

...and it seems to happen daily....

Attending a seminar can be dangerous 

 

 

You need to have a work permit to go to a seminar ??

If they are checking on seminars....they should check up all the Bangkok Meet-up Groups and also events hosted bY Bangkok Entrepreneurs Group like the mobile summit etc....do the speakers ta these evenst have the relevant permits and licenses or even necessary work-permits to give talks. They collect door fees...is this legal and are the necessary taxes paid. Most farangs attending these events are not even properly registered in terms of work-permits, visas etc.

Sounds very fishy to me.Most likely a clever sting operation . ???

No words can describe my feelings.

 

4 hours ago, Canceraid said:

If they are checking on seminars....they should check up all the Bangkok Meet-up Groups and also events hosted bY Bangkok Entrepreneurs Group like the mobile summit etc....do the speakers ta these evenst have the relevant permits and licenses or even necessary work-permits to give talks. They collect door fees...is this legal and are the necessary taxes paid. Most farangs attending these events are not even properly registered in terms of work-permits, visas etc.

 

why would someone need a work permit to pay to hear someone talk? no different to going to a muay thai demonstration or even a comedy club surely?

 

on own time and money that would be a hobby not work maybe even educational

 

 

Edited November 2, 20169 yr by GeorgeCross

ah! wife just explained to me the accused were working for the company holding the seminar so in fact they got caught "on the job training"

 

thai news reports were more indepth than the above OP

A "combined force of labour officials, police and soldiers" - they were obviously targeting the organisation. First rule in Thailand - "keep a low profile". You get targeted you're in deep fecal matter, unless you're sqeaky clean, which I am of course, but then I'm as poor as a church mouse. 

 

 

When does ASEAN  kick in ? Surely this will all be redundant then, and the rest of Asia comes here and shows them how to do it.

One has to wonder what bait was used to attract so many of these people to this event. 

21 hours ago, trogers said:

And what would happen to the owner and organizer of the business?

 

A fine at Bt100,000 x 260 would be appropriate.

 

Why?  Direct sales people would be self employed.