Operation 'Dragon Scale Removal' Targets Fake Births for Foreigners, Multi-Agency Crackdown Ordered

MGR Online•General•19d ago

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Thai authorities have dismantled a network facilitating fake birth registrations for foreigners to illegally obtain Thai nationality, leading to revocations and potential deportations.

•A major operation targeted a gang involved in creating false birth records for foreign nationals to illegally acquire Thai citizenship.
•Key individuals, including hospital and district office staff, and surrogate Thai parents, have been apprehended for their roles.
•The crackdown follows investigations revealing sophisticated schemes involving fake marriages and illegal birth registrations.
•Authorities are now revoking the fraudulent registrations and Thai nationalities granted to the children, with potential deportations for the involved foreigners.

Overview

•Today (July 9, 2026), Deputy National Police Chief Pol.Gen. Samran Nuamard and Commissioner Pol.Lt.Gen. Nopphasil Phulsawat led a multi-agency operation.
•The operation, codenamed 'Dragon Scale Removal', targeted a network creating fraudulent Thai birth certificates for foreigners.
•The scheme involved Thai surrogates registering false marriages and births to grant foreign children Thai nationality illicitly.
•This follows the arrest of Chen Yinlai, a Chinese scammer involved in money laundering, which led to the discovery of this operation.
•Search warrants were issued for 40 and 42 locations, leading to the arrest of hospital and district officials, 17 fake Thai parents, and 16 foreign mothers.
•The individuals involved in falsifying birth records and obtaining Thai nationality will have their registrations revoked.
•Authorities will investigate further for accomplices and proceed with legal action, including deportation for the foreign nationals.
•The Department of Provincial Administration has instructed registrars to revoke fraudulent registrations and Thai nationalities of the affected children.

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Key Quotes

Pol.Gen. Samran Nuamard

"This operation is a collaboration between the National Police Office and the Department of Provincial Administration to eradicate transnational criminal processes in all forms."

ปฏิบัติการครั้งนี้เป็นความร่วมมือของสำนักงานตำรวจแห่งชาติและกรมการปกครอง เพื่อต้องการกวาดล้างกระบวนการอาชญากรรมข้ามชาติทุกรูปแบบ

Key Entities

Person

Pol.Gen. Samran Nuamard(พล.ต.อ.สำราญ นวลมา)

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Police, leading the 'Dragon Scale Removal' operation.

Pol.Lt.Gen. Nopphasil Phulsawat(พล.ต.ท.นพศิลป์ พูลสวัสดิ์)

Commissioner attached to the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Police, involved in the operation.

Mr. Withoon Sirinukul(นายวิฑูรย์ สิรินุกุล)

Deputy Director-General of Provincial Administration, Ministry of Interior, participating in the operation.

Ms. Sunee (surname withheld)(น.ส.สุนีย์ (สงวนนามสกุล))

A hospital staff member arrested for acting as a broker for Chinese nationals seeking fake Thai birth certificates.

Ms. Siriporn (surname withheld)(น.ส.ศิริพร (สงวนนามสกุล))

A district office staff member suspected of complicity in the fraudulent birth registration process.

Chen Yinlai(นายเฉิน ยินไล)

A Chinese national arrested for being a scammer and using Thailand as a base for money laundering, whose case led to this operation.

Ms. Paoqiao Chen(นางสาวเป้าเจียว เฉิน)

The Chinese wife of Chen Yinlai, whose three children illegally obtained Thai nationality through the fraudulent scheme.

Organization

DOPA N.I.C.E.

A special task force involved in the operation against fraudulent birth registrations.

Office of the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC)(สำนักงานคณะกรรมการป้องกันและปราบปรามการทุจริตในภาครัฐ (ป.ป.ท.))

An agency involved in the crackdown on corrupt practices related to the fake birth registration scheme.

Office of the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO)(สำนักงานป้องกันและปราบปรามการฟอกเงิน (ป.ป.ง.))

An agency involved in the operation, likely investigating financial aspects of the criminal activities.

Department of Provincial Administration(กรมการปกครอง)

The government agency responsible for civil registration, which is revoking fraudulent Thai nationalities.

Royal Thai Police(สำนักงานตำรวจแห่งชาติ)

The police force leading the investigation and crackdown on the criminal network.

District Office(สำนักงานเขต)

Local government offices where fraudulent birth registrations were facilitated.