Cambodian Beggar Gang Busted by Pattaya Police

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 5:16 pm

4 Cambodian beggars with children busted on Pattaya Second Road
By Pattaya Mail
March 10, 2023

Immigration police arrested foreign beggars annoying tourists in downtown Pattaya.

Cambodians Poy, 58, Sompon, 68, Nee, 43, and Jie, 42, were scooped up in the police sweep along Second Road March 7. No surnames were provided. All were found to lack proper visas and processed for deportation.

Pattaya’s beggar problem has not subsided with the reopening of the city. Despite efforts by social welfare organizations to move beggars to homeless shelters and police to crack down on trafficking gangs, it’s still easy to find people begging in the city. Police said human-trafficking gangs pair women with young, unrelated children to elicit sympathy and cash from tourists.

In a campaign to stop the influx of beggars coming into the city, Pattaya-Nongprue municipality in cooperation with Social Welfare and Human Development Ministry and the Chonburi Protection Center for the Destitute are requesting the communities to stop giving money to beggars.
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kagi · Post by **kagi** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 6:34 pm

I saw a sign in a southern Thai train station saying that begging is illegal in Thailand.
Buddhist Thais like to make merit so beggars can do well there