Immigration Claim Thousands of Foreigners are Detained in Nationwide Dragnet “ Thai Immigration Police yesterday claimed success in arresting three Cameroon nationals accused of document forging, as part of a trans-national criminal crackdown operation. Officials said between June 19 and 25 they rounded up a total of 11,296 accused law violating foreigners nationwide. Immigration Bureau chief Pol Lt-General Natthon Phrosunthon said the three suspects – Silvanus Kabila Fonsam, Rose Onege-Bu, and Asu Akboneke – were arrested on June 20 in Bangkok’s Min Buri district along with 48 fake stamps of various agencies including Immigration Police and educational institutes. Natthon explained the suspects allegedly used the fake stamps on real passports for their foreign clients applying for jobs in Thailand, such as English language teachers at various institutes. Police believed these people had Thai accomplices and were probing widely to catch them. The three suspects’ visas were initially revoked and they were passed on to police for legal action. ” Another interesting case was of Pakistani man Attiq Ur Rehman and Algerian national Nadour Hakim who were arrested on June 24 for passport forgery to supply a gang that smuggled people from the Southern Asia to a third country in Europe. Natthon said the subsequent search at Rehman’s rented room in Rama 9 area yielded many tools used in passport forgery. French officials joined the bureau in probing this case as the gang reportedly targeted to send people to France. In a more recent case of passport forgery and smuggling, Natthon said police had rounded up 12 Cambodian migrants on ... Continue reading... http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/...sands-foreigners-detained-nationwide-dragnet/
