Chinese nationals begging in Bangkok not victims of trafficking, says immigration chief

In the third case, a 39-year-old woman, Yuan, was detained by Bang Plad police on November 19 in front of the Major Pinklao shopping mall in Bangkok Noi district. Yuan said she and her husband Awu, made a living by begging on the streets in China and had previously begged in Malaysia. She said they arrived in Thailand earlier in the year and earned well from begging.

When his wife was arrested, Awu tried to flee the country, but since his visa was cancelled he was nabbed at the Cambodian border checkpoint in Sa Kaew’s Aranyaprathet district. Before his attempted escape, he had sent an interpreter, Sorapha, to deliver Yuan’s passport at  the police station.

The couple remains in custody pending legal proceedings and deportation.

In the fourth case, a 28-year-old woman identified as Hu was apprehended by Thung Mahamek police officers on…