Cambodian ‘beggar’ faces deportation

A Cambodian guy with a deformed back again, who attracted social media charity, is facing deportation after becoming arrested for allegedly running a begging racquet involving his family members worth more than hundred, 000 baht a month.

Vee Kom, 47, has been nabbed by migration police at a Chon Buri flat upon Saturday. He is falsely accused of begging to get a living and hiring young children.

Mr Vee, according to the Immigration Bureau, continues to be arrested three times formerly on begging plus illegal entry fees before being deported.

However , he has returned in order to Thailand, where he includes a Thai wife, and resumed begging about Sri Amata Nakhon in the province’s Phan Thong district, it said.

On Sept 1, a TikTok user posted a video showing a man inside a “pitiful” physical condition walking up and down a market in the province, which spurred donations from netizens.

Mr Vee said he’s suffered from an not curable back illness since he was 22 years old. He has begged for 20 years in various markets, this individual said.

Each family member usually made between 500 and 1, 000 baht a day begging, which usually amounts to hundred, 000 baht in total for the family, he said.

Webpage Gun Jompalang, which previously advised the authorities to help Mr Vee, stated the man has used his deformity in order to fool people into donating to your pet.