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Thursday, May 16, 2024

‘Ghosts’ return to Korean haunts

Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop Bhuridej and his team visit Seoul’s Metropolitan Police Agency. (Photo: Wassayos Ngamkham)

Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) representatives recently took a trip to South Korea, to meet with their counterparts to try to find a solution to the problem of illegal Thai labourers, known as phi noi or little ghosts.

The meeting was led by the commissioner, Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop Bhuridej, who was accompanied by officers from the Royal Thai Police’s Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division (ATPD), attorneys and related sectors working on the issue.

He said that the trip was more than just a knowledge exercise, and they had discussed the systematic resolution to labour problems, especially those that might lead to human…

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