4 Oct 2023 at 19: 12 PUBLISHED
At least 20 Chinese nationals who were smuggled into the country from Cambodia over the past few months while traveling to Myanmar to work for call-center gangs have been detained by the Immigration Bureau ( IB ).
When questioned, it was discovered that they were transferring their base of operations to Myanmar while working for Chinese-operated criminals.
Following reprisals in Cambodia, the Chinese providers were moving their colleagues and even Thai nationals to Myanmar, according to Pol Lt Gen Pakphumpipat Sajjaphan, director of the Immigration Bureau, and his deputies, pol Maj Gen Phanthana Nutchanart, on Monday.
Between March and August, 20 Chinese and 5 Vietnamese citizens were detained in the regions of Mukdahan, Kalasin, Kamphaeng Phet, Ayutthaya, and Nong Khai. They were all traveling to the Mae Sot city of Tak, a province that shares borders with Myanmar.
Police claimed that three Foreign citizens who were apprehended in Kalasin had been duped into working in Myanmar. According to Pol Lt Gen Pakphumpipat, their course had passed through Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.
Since the operators learned that police were looking into them, the trafficking of call center employees has moved to routes that do not go through Thai place.
Some patients, according to Pol Maj Gen Phanthana, were hired as translators or bartenders but ended up working for call-center groups, while others were aware of the illegal nature of their work. & nbsp,
He claimed that criminals have relocated to Laos and Myanmar as a result of reprisals in Cambodia. & nbsp,
According to Pol Maj Gen Phanthana,” The IB was working on the issue with the Highway Police, Police Cyber Task Force, and Anti – Human Trafficking Centre.”
The smuggling of their colleagues and individuals from Southeast Asia to function in improper businesses by Chinese groups, according to Pol Maj Gen Phanthana, was a persistent issue.
He claimed that in the past, more than 100 call center employees used to be detained each time, but that number has recently decreased to a few hundred.