Thai Authorities Bust 'Fake Thai Father' Scheme, Arrest Officials
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Key Quotes
"This operation aims to eradicate all forms of transnational crime, including concealing marriages and defrauding the civil registration system to falsely grant Thai nationality to children."
การเข้ากวาดล้างกระบวนการอาชญากรรมข้ามชาติทุกรูปแบบ ไม่ว่าจะเป็นการอำพรางการจดทะเบียนสมรสและทุจริตระบบทะเบียนราษฎร เพื่อแจ้งเกิดให้บุตรได้สัญชาติไทยอันเป็นเท็จ
Key Entities
Person
Police General Samran Nuamard(พล.ต.อ.สำราญ นวลมา)
Deputy Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police, who led the press conference and spoke about the operation.
Police Lieutenant General Noppasit Phoolsawat(พล.ต.ท.นพศิลป์ พูลสวัสดิ์)
Commissioner of the Police Adjacent to the Office of the Commissioner-General, who participated in the operation.
Mr. Withoon Sirinukul(นายวิฑูรย์ สิรินุกุล)
Deputy Director-General of the Department of Provincial Administration, who participated in the operation.
Ms. Sunee(น.ส.สุนีย์)
A hospital official arrested for acting as a broker arranging false birth registrations for foreigners.
Ms. Siriporn(น.ส.ศิริพร)
A district official arrested for suspected involvement in facilitating the fraudulent birth registrations.
Mr. 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 the discovery of the 'Fake Thai Father' scheme.
Ms. Baojiao Chen(นางสาวเป้าเจียว เฉิน)
The Chinese wife of Mr. Chen Yinlai, whose children were illegally granted Thai nationality through the 'Fake Thai Father' scheme.
Organization
DOPA N.IC.E
A participating agency in the 'Dragon Scale Dismantle' operation, likely related to the Department of Provincial Administration.
A participating agency in the 'Dragon Scale Dismantle' operation.
A participating agency in the 'Dragon Scale Dismantle' operation.
A key agency involved in the civil registration system and the 'Dragon Scale Dismantle' operation.
The primary law enforcement agency conducting the 'Dragon Scale Dismantle' operation.
District Office(สำนักงานเขต)
Government offices whose officials were arrested for facilitating fraudulent birth registrations.
Private Hospital(โรงพยาบาลเอกชน)
A private hospital in Bangkok where fraudulent births were facilitated and where an arrested official worked.
Court(ศาล)
Issued search warrants as part of the 'Dragon Scale Dismantle' operation.
Will handle the deportation of foreign nationals involved in the fraudulent nationality scheme.
Place
A district in Bangkok where a prominent private hospital allegedly involved in facilitating fraudulent births is located.
Law
Immigration Act(กฎหมายคนเข้าเมือง)
The legal basis for the deportation of foreign nationals involved in illegal activities.