Acting Immigration Bureau commissioner Pol Lt Gen Sompong Chingduang on Wednesday shows items seized from 15 Japanese nationals who are members of a call-centre gang during a crackdown in March. Their imminent extradition was announced at a bureau news conference on Wednesday where representatives from the Japanese embassy were also in attendance. Acting bureau chief Pol Lt Gen Sompong Chingduang said the arrests were part of the bureau's crackdown on foreigners working in the country illegally. An investigation later revealed that they were members of a call-centre gang, Pol Lt Gen Sompong said. Some victims who lived alone were burgled by gang members, and in a few cases murdered, he added.

Source: Bangkok Post May 22, 2019 11:31 UTC