Chinese men arrested in Pattaya for alleged involvement in scam networkListen to this articleA Chinese suspect, right, is arrested during a police raid on a residence in Pattaya, Chon Buri province on Thursday. (Police photo/Wassayos Ngamkham)Two Chinese nationals were arrested in Pattaya on Thursday for their alleged involvement in a transnational call centre scam network linked to the death of a South Korean student. A combined team of officers from the Technology Crime Suppression Division, consular police from the South Korea Embassy and Immigration Bureau investigators apprehended two men in a Pattaya residence in Chon Buri province. He is believed to have played a key role in a transnational fraud network that advertised jobs to lure victims into scam centres. Police escort a Chinese suspect following the raid in Pattaya.

Source: Bangkok Post January 09, 2026 07:06 UTC