Pattaya Immigration Parades Arrests In Front of Deputy PM

Published : February 16, 2010 :: 13:02:43 [ 3,247 views ]

Pattaya Immigration officials and high ranking officers gathered at the Jomtien Immigration building on Sunday to display the results of the recent Illegal immigrant crackdown in the Chon-Buri region to Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister.

Pattaya, the 15^th of February 2010 [PDN]: On Sunday, Police Lieutenant General Wut (Chon-Buri Immigration Bureau Commander) along with Colonel Atisawit (Jomtien Station Commander) welcomed the Thai Deputy Prime Minister Major General Sanan Khajonprasat and the Acting National Police Chief General Prateep to the Jomtien Immigration building to showcase Chon-Buri’s efforts in the recent government crackdown on illegal immigrants.

Thailand’s most recent crackdown occurred over the 7-15^th of February and netted 684 arrests from 27 different provinces, adding to the 500 already arrested between the 8-10 of January. The illegal immigrants arrested by Chon-Buri officers had been gathered at Jomtien Immigration on Sunday to present their arrests to the Deputy Prime Minister, who along with the Acting Police Chief arrived over 2 hours late for the scheduled meeting.

Along with the arrested immigrants, a variety of case photos’s were displayed, showing the Deputy PM some of the results from investigations that have been performed by the Chon-Buri Immigration taskforce in charge of the illegal immigrant crackdown for the region. The most recent of these cases being the successful raid on a Pattaya brothel that was providing underage, illegal immigrant, Laotian girls for sexual services. The ladyboy owner of the brothel was also presented to the Deputy PM who questioned him briefly on a variety of issues relating to the illegal trafficking of humans and the related charges for such crimes.

In conclusion, the deputy PM addressed the gathered crowd stating that Thailand was determined to eradicate the ever increasing issue of illegal immigrants, congratulating the Chon-Buri immigration officers on their work.

Note: Various PDN reporters discovered the treatment of these illegal immigrants on Sunday to be far from satisfactory. They were kept waiting for over 3 hours to then be paraded in front of the Deputy Prime Minister. PDN observed one mother with an infant child waiting the entire 3 hours for some milk to feed her baby, which she was promised when they first arrived at the Immigration building. She still had not received the milk when they were marched back onto the buses. Human trafficking is a very relevant issue that needs to be addressed if Thailand is to continue its development, however; neglecting human rights in the process of carrying out these arrests and investigations is not the way it should be conducted.

Photographer: Wanida Lawpisalchai

Comments

Harry

said :

Typical freak show organized by the military fascists that really run this place. 200 years behind the times and counting (backwards).

Email : Harry@hatred.com Date : 2010-02-18 16:47:59

Lee

said :

It is cruel but unfortunately necessary... Now they should concentrate on rounding up more flower sellers and the other illegals that harrass the tourists. They dont come here because they Thai's are generous..

Email : lee@pattaya.com Date : 2010-02-17 23:44:49

mice

said :

This is very very cruel

Email : delybona@howsta.com Date : 2010-02-17 12:44:13

sam

said :

Very saddening. The poor mum wanting milk for her baby just breaks your heart.

Email : Wriinh@gmail.com Date : 2010-02-17 09:44:48

Baba Ganoosh

said :

Very sad to see this. Blond boys and families are exhibits for officials to inspect and press to take pictures of. Another new low for Thailand for sure. In any other country, at least minors would have been protected. What wrong have these children done to be put on display by the police? Shame on you.

Email : baba@yahoo.com Date : 2010-02-17 02:40:54

baba

said :

Very sad to see children within families. They have blond hair.. why? God knows what these poor people have suffered and now they need to be inspected by the Deputy Prime Minister and all is recorded for the world to see. What a country... shame on you!

Email : baba@yahoo.com Date : 2010-02-17 02:28:52

Andy A

said :

The Thai underbelly exposed for the world to see again. I can't believe that some of the police are wearing face masks, are they being used to protect the poor Khmer from the stench of the dirty mouth police or because the police have lost some of their face recently. Scum bags.

Email : andy_ankers@hotmail.com Date : 2010-02-17 00:07:39

shame

said :

another parade for the press and look at me attitude, sad the people are only trying to live in a third world country
SHAME

Email : stephenyoung@pacific.net.au Date : 2010-02-16 20:42:02

Tom

said :

This goes hand in hand with the treatment of the boat people, who were towed out and left to die. Unimaginable cruelty on the Thai part!! The Thai's can be so damn cruel to their neighbors when they want to. Karma bitches, karma...

Email : stfcew@hotmail.com Date : 2010-02-16 17:42:50

Himmler

said :

off with them to the death camps

Email : dings@gmail.com Date : 2010-02-16 17:32:58

Les

said :

Looks like the immigration officials caught the crippled and deformed first, I used to be a project manager on building sites, maybe they should go see the police who come onto the sites to collect the 10,000 baht from each of the sub-contractors to turn a blind eye to their illegal workers...not pick on the poor and crippled. And parading them like animals with little respect for human rights, to me the real animals are the Thai officials.

Email : cardinaltuw@yahoo.com.au Date : 2010-02-16 17:12:49

Asta

said :

I dont understand why these people had to be paraded like animals just so immigration can look good.In my eyes it looks like Immigration were acting like cruel Diktators with no respect for other human life.How Dare they.

Email : lavistababy@uil.com Date : 2010-02-16 15:25:28

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