Thread: Investigation ordered into Chinese beggars in Bangkok

Social Development and Human Security Minister Varawut Silpa-archa has ordered an urgent investigation into the presence of numerous Chinese beggars in Bangkok, to uncover whether international human trafficking is involved.


Citing one female beggar, the minister said “The matter could become a sensitive and international issue as the female beggar is Chinese, therefore, investigators have to find out whether she is being exploited.”


He said that he had been informed that, previously, when Chinese beggars have been arrested, there was a Thai female who told police that she was a translator and then tried to secure their freedom by offering bribes.


The presence of the Chinese beggars came to light after an activist, known as Kan Chompalang, led police to arrest the female beggar and five others asking for money in front of a Pinklao shopping complex during the weekend.


The female beggar’s face exhibited many serious wounds and her fingers were deformed. All the beggars arrested were dressed in Thai student uniforms. Confiscated from her was a bag full of Bt20 banknotes, which Kan estimated totalled about Bt10,000.

According to Kan, some people have told him that beggars, of a similar appearance, had been sighted in other places in Bangkok, such as Pratunam. He doubted that the beggars were moved from place to place.


A vendor in front of the shopping complex said that the group came to work there earlier this year.

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An investigation into the six Chinese beggars recently arrested in Bangkok has revealed that some had previously worked as beggars in Malaysia and Singapore, according to a senior Thai immigration police official on Monday.


Deputy Immigration Police Commissioner Pol Maj Gen Phanthana Nuchanart also stated that there was no connection found between the Chinese group and a Thai woman who was found acting as their translator.


The arrests occurred at a Pinklao shopping complex and in crowded tourist venues. The police confiscated a bag containing Thai banknotes, totalling about Bt10,000. Many Thai netizens noted that their reported incomes were much higher than theirs.


Phanthana quoted those arrested that, at the end of a day of begging, they would exchange the money into Yuan and deposit it into their Chinese currency bank accounts.


Some people expressed concerns about the possibility of human trafficking rings moving the beggars from one place to another. Questions were raised about whether these gangs may have inflicted injuries on the beggars, to evoke sympathy and to encourage people to give them money, as most of the six arrested had facial and bodily burn scars.


Phanthana mentioned that they claimed to have acquired these injuries in China. The deputy commissioner said that the six individuals have already been deported and blacklisted from entering Thailand again.


In recent crackdowns on foreign beggars in Chon Buri, Chiang Mai and Phuket, police arrested 33 people, including 27 Cambodian, two Chinese, two Myanmar and two Russian nationals. They will be deported and listed as persona non grata.


Phanthana emphasised the need for a careful approach in handling the crackdown on beggars, as many foreign tourists visiting Thailand have disabilities.


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