Immigration police arrested foreign beggars annoying tourists in downtown Pattaya.
Cambodians Poy, 58, Sompon, 68, Nee, 43, and Jie, 42, were scooped up in the police sweep along Second Road March 7. No surnames were provided. All were found to lack proper visas and processed for deportation.
Pattaya’s beggar problem has not subsided with the reopening of the
city. Despite efforts by social welfare organizations to move beggars to
homeless shelters and police to crack down on trafficking gangs, it’s
still easy to find people begging in the city. Police said
human-trafficking gangs pair women with young, unrelated children to
elicit sympathy and cash from tourists.
In a campaign to stop the influx of beggars coming into the city,
Pattaya-Nongprue municipality in cooperation with Social Welfare and
Human Development Ministry and the Chonburi Protection Center for the
Destitute are requesting the communities to stop giving money to
beggars.
At the same time authorities have also asked citizens to be on the
lookout for any activities involving human trafficking, be they children
or adults. Anyone knowing of or seeing such criminal activities can
inform the authorities by calling Tel. 1300.
2 comments:
Why didn't they arrest the Thai beggars? Seems plenty there. Still less than Thai thieves.
I see at least 2 thai crook in that photo. Khmers lost alot of land.
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