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Immigration inspector shunted over visa for pirated-goods smuggler

Pol Maj Jakkrapong Phermkamlang, a Buri Ram immigration inspector, has been transferred to the Immigration Bureau’s operations centre after approving a visa to practice Buddhist dhamma for a Chinese man later arrested in Bangkok with millions of counterfeit brand name eyeglasses. (Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham)

An immigration inspector in Buri Ram province has been transferred to an inactive post over the approval of a visa to study Buddhist dhamma for a Chinese man who was subsequently caught in Bangkok trading in counterfeit goods.

Immigration Bureau commissioner Sompong Chingduang signed the order transferring Pol Maj Jakkrapong Phermkamlang to the bureau’s operations centre, an informed source said on Tuesday.

The order was signed on Jan 19.

This was the same day Chinese national Changli Li, 42,…

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