Thread: Chinese Tourists Arrested for Operating Restaurant in Bangkok without Work Permits

Bangkok immigration officers raided a Chinese restaurant operated by three Chinese men who did not have work permits.


The restaurant “Chaosan Osha” was located on Rama 9 Road in the Bangkapi sub-district of Huay Kwang district, Bangkok.


Immigration officers led by Pol. Col. Rapeepat Utsaha raided the restaurant yesterday, January 23rd, and found three Chinese men, namely “Yang,” “Chin,” and “Chern,” working in the restaurant.

Yang, 38, was dealing with accounting while Chin, 38, and Chern, 31, were working in the kitchen when the police entered the place.


The three were all Chinese nationals and were unable to produce their work permits for the police. They were also found to be illegally operating the restaurant without a license and only hired Chinese workers to work there.

The police said the suspects had entered the kingdom on tourist visas.


The Chinese tourists were charged with working without a work permit, which could lead to their deportation and the blacklisting of their names from entering Thailand.


The police urged citizens to immediately report any illegal activities or businesses operated by a foreigner to them.


Chinese Tourists Arrested for Operating Restaurant in Bangkok without Work Permits - The Pattaya News

Bloody hell. Silly fools.

Originally Posted by misskit

and only hired Chinese workers to work there.

Here's the problem.

Originally Posted by 39TG

Bloody hell. Silly fools.

These kinds of stories are usually more complex than they first appear. It's unlikely that 3 random Chinese suddenly had the notion to open their own unlicensed restaurant in Bangkok. Of course I have no knowledge of this particular case, still it would not surprise me to learn that the restaurant was just one brick in a larger wall of organised Chinese crime.

At least they forgot not to mention the nationality of the arrested foreigners.

So, it was just the little men who were nicked? Quite plausible.

Almost inevitable, rather than merely plausible.

Originally Posted by misskit

They were also found to be illegally operating the restaurant without a license and only hired Chinese workers to work there.

. . . lik everywhere else . . . and like China 'building' overseas.