A Thai police force led by senior officer Eakasit Pansita arrested two tour company directors today, for allegedly deceiving over 80 individuals with promises of overseas job opportunities.
Thirty year old Warintorn and 27 year old Pattanachai were taken into custody at separate locations. Warintorn was detained at a hotel in Mu Si, Nakhon Ratchasima, while Pattanachai was arrested inside a shopping mall on Phaholyothin Road, Bangkok.
The duo had jointly opened a tour company promoting overseas job opportunities but instead, they posted advertisements on various online platforms claiming to facilitate Thai labourers’ employment in foreign countries with tourist visas. They also claimed to offer little ghost labour opportunities, a Thai term for undocumented labourers, for a processing fee ranging between 30,000 baht (US$824) and 100,000 baht…
