2023-11-28 08:28:24
Six mainland beggars were arrested by the police in Thailand on the 22nd of this month. (Picture/reproduced from Chengshi Interactive)
Six mainland beggars were arrested by the police in Thailand on the 22nd of this month. They were suspected to be victims of international human trafficking. The Thai police investigated the matter at the time, and the results were released recently. It is reported that these detained beggars voluntarily entered Thailand to beg following learning that begging in Thailand can earn up to 10,000 baht (approximately NT$9,076) a day. Subsequently, the six people will be deported back to the country and banned for 10 years. Entering Thailand.
According to reports from the Bangkok Post, Malaysian Star and other Southeast Asian media, these mainland beggars with physical disabilities or disfigured faces have nothing to do with international human trafficking. The Director of Thailand’s Immigration Department stated at a press conference on November 27, local time, that these detained beggars voluntarily entered Thailand to beg following learning that begging in Thailand might earn up to 10,000 baht per day.
The police also announced that the first person arrested in the begging organization was a 41-year-old woman named Kheng. She was arrested in front of Siam Square shopping mall on November 11, and a Thai woman pretended to be her translator to help her get bail. Kheng was deported on November 17. The Director of Thailand’s Immigration pointed out that some beggars know each other and have begged together. In addition to Thailand, several of them have also begged in Singapore and Malaysia.
In addition, the Thai Immigration Director has repeatedly emphasized that these beggars have not been abused, and the deformities and scars on their faces and bodies are all caused by accidents when they were young. He also confirmed that these beggars had complete control over their income and did not transfer the money to others. In addition to the six beggars, the Thai police subsequently controlled four beggars from Laos and Cambodia, and recently detained a group of beggars from Jordan, including three men, four women, and 16 children.
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