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Crackdown on student visa abuse continues
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/08/2025
» The Immigration Bureau has intensified its scrutiny of foreign nationals entering the country on student visas, following the discovery that thousands had obtained visas without studying to earn them.
New chief vows to curb crime
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 17/12/2024
» National Police Chief Pol Gen Kittharath Punpetch has pledged to uphold the law and police professionalism, protect life and property, and prevent and detect crime.
‘German Hells Angels member’ faces extradition
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/08/2023
» Immigration police in Chiang Rai have arrested a German man believed to be a Hells Angels member who is wanted for severe assault of a man in his home country.
Former Thai embassy clerk arrested for visa fraud
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 17/05/2023
» A former employee of the Thai embassy in Beijing has been arrested for dishonestly issuing the wrong type of visa to Chinese students coming to study in Thailand, and pocketing the difference in visa fees.
'Big Joke' faces down critics
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 17/02/2023
» Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn has vowed to stamp out graft rocking the Immigration Bureau (IB) and bring any corrupt officers to justice.
Former IB chiefs to face bribery charges
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 25/01/2023
» The Royal Thai Police (RTP) will file charges against three former Immigration Bureau (IB) division commanders alleged to have taken bribes in exchange for approving non-immigrant visas for more than 3,000 Chinese nationals.
Authorities widen probe into 'Tuhao'
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 14/12/2022
» Chinese businessman and suspected crime boss Chaiyanat "Tuhao" Kornchayanant will likely face more charges as police secure evidence of his alleged role in a scheme organising Chinese people to travel to Thailand for illegal purposes, said national police chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas on Tuesday.
Inquiry into Immigration-triad links
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/12/2022
» An inquiry panel has been set up to look into the allegation that former senior Immigration Bureau (IB) officers took bribes in exchange for approving visa applications for Chinese nationals entering Thailand, national police chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas said.
Top brass 'took bribes' for triad visas
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/12/2022
» Three former division commanders of the Immigration Bureau (IB) took bribes in exchange for approving applications for non-immigrant visas for at least 3,325 Chinese nationals who entered Thailand on a tourist visa, according to former politician and massage parlour tycoon Chuwit Kamolvisit.
Virus sparks bid to transfer 26 detained Rohingya
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 01/05/2020
» The Immigration Bureau wants to remove 26 detained Rohingya women from an immigration centre in Songkhla, fearing they will catch Covid-19 inside its cramped detention facilities.