Samut Prakan Immigration Nabs Vietnamese Women Working on Tourist Visas
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Samut Prakan Immigration Bureau arrested a Thai employer and two Vietnamese women for working illegally at a karaoke bar on October 19. Police Lieutenant General Noppasit Poolsawat, Commissioner of the Immigration Bureau, along with deputies Police Major General Thanit Thiwacharamas and Police Major General Kata Kesramala, ordered the Samut Prakan immigration office to apprehend the employer and the two Vietnamese nationals working without authorization.
Police Major General Songprod Sirisukha, Chief of Immigration Division 3, along with deputies Police Colonel Chinnawut Tangwongleak and Police Colonel Sittisak Kosakun, directed Police Lieutenant Colonel Khathayut Phuengdet, acting deputy chief of Samut Prakan immigration, Police Major Sanchai Saenphan, and Police Lieutenant Colonel Radaen Hanyanong to lead investigators in arresting foreigners violating laws in their jurisdiction.
Acting on intelligence that Vietnamese women were working illegally as hostesses at a karaoke bar on Theparak Road in Theparak subdistrict, Mueang Samut Prakan district, officers raided the venue and detained the suspects. They were handed over to investigators at Samrong Nuea Police Station, Samut Prakan Provincial Police, for legal proceedings.
The Division 3 chief emphasized continued crackdowns on violators, following Commissioner Noppasit's order for all units to intensify investigations against foreigners working beyond their visa rights or in occupations reserved for Thais. The Immigration Bureau will continue monitoring foreigners working and residing in the kingdom, while pursuing those with arrest warrants and lawbreakers through the justice system to ensure public safety.
