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MP alarmed by beggars with kids
News, Published on 18/01/2025
» People's Party MP for Bangkok, Bhuntin Noumjerm, is calling for the government to deal with foreign beggars in the Asok-Nana area after most were found to have brought children with them to make more money.
Begging for trouble
Oped, Editorial, Published on 28/11/2023
» Some unscrupulous Chinese, with the help of Thais, have been the subject of recent news reports about fake beggars on Bangkok streets. This began after Kanthat Pongpaiboonvej, alias "good Samaritan" Kan Chompalang, reported a woman in a school uniform with a deformed face begging in the Pin Klao area two weeks ago.
Beggar donates millions
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 05/04/2013
» Sixty-three year old Aiam Cambhiranon suffers from polio and speaks only in short, difficult-to-understand sentences. He could never hold a normal job, but as a beggar he excels.
Child labour: The worst forms
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/02/2012
» With removal from US watch list as goal, govt drive to end trafficking & forced labour of children (in seafood industry, as maids, in prostitution, pornography, working with boilers, heavy objects, metal pressing)
Determined family rescues girl
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 25/08/2011
» An an alert family in Chon Buri rescued a three-year-old girl who had been taken away by beggars.