BMA Inspects Din Daeng Flats for Illegal Foreign Resident Registration

Thairath•Politics•4d ago

Reader Briefing

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration officials inspected Din Daeng flats to investigate illegal house registrations of foreign nationals holding pink cards.

•BMA officials inspected flats in Soi Pracha Songkhro 11 on August 22, 2026.
•Investigations found 49 households with foreign nationals holding pink cards (ID starting with 7) registered illegally.
•Householders are required to provide testimony to the Din Daeng Local Registration Office within 30 days.
•Failure to comply will result in the removal of person and relocation records.

Overview

•BMA Identity Crime Enforcement (BMA I.C.E.), the Administration and Registration Office, and the Din Daeng District Office investigated foreign nationals with pink cards (ID starting with 7) who moved into house registrations illegally.
•A registration check on August 14, 2026, revealed abnormalities in residences with more than 16 occupants, involving 49 households.
•Officials inspected 3 houses on August 21, 27 additional houses, and 29 houses on August 22, 2026.
•BMA officials divided into teams to gather information from householders, residents, and neighbors for a case-by-case investigation.
•Din Daeng District Office will send invitation letters to householders of unoccupied residences to provide testimony regarding the large number of relocations into a single house.
•Householders must provide testimony to the Din Daeng Local Registration Office within 30 days of receiving the letter.
•If householders do not appear, the Din Daeng Local Registration Office will remove person and relocation records.
•The process follows the Ministerial Regulation on Criteria and Procedures for Contesting or Clarifying Facts, Appeals, and Consideration of Registrar's Order 2008.

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Key Entities

Organization

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration(กรุงเทพมหานคร)ℹ️

The governing body that deployed forces to inspect Din Daeng flats.

Administration and Registration Office(สำนักงานปกครองและทะเบียน)

A BMA agency involved in the inspection of house registration irregularities.

Din Daeng District Office(สำนักงานเขตดินแดง)

The local district office responsible for issuing invitation letters and conducting registration checks.

BMA Identity Crime Enforcement (BMA I.C.E.)(ชุดเฉพาะกิจตรวจสอบความมั่นคงทางทะเบียน (BMA Identity Crime Enforcement : BMA I.C.E.))

A specialized BMA task force investigating registration security.

Din Daeng Local Registration Office(สำนักทะเบียนท้องถิ่นดินแดง)

The office where householders are required to provide testimony.

Place

Din Daeng Flats(แฟลตดินแดง)

The residential location where illegal registrations were investigated.

Soi Pracha Songkhro 11(ซอยประชาสงเคราะห์ 11)

The specific area within the Din Daeng flats where officials descended.

Law

Ministerial Regulation on Criteria and Procedures for Contesting or Clarifying Facts, Appeals, and Consideration of Registrar's Order 2008(กฎกระทรวงกำหนดหลักเกณฑ์และวิธีการเกี่ยวกับการโต้แย้งหรือชี้แจงข้อเท็จจริง การอุทธรณ์ และการพิจารณาอุทธรณ์คำสั่งของนายทะเบียน พ.ศ. 2551)

The regulation governing the process of contesting registrar orders and providing facts.