Another Abandoned House Discovered in Chinese Child Trafficking Ring; Officials Investigate 4 Properties, Some Heavenly Homes, Others Just Land
Authorities uncovered four properties—including an abandoned house and three empty plots—illegally used to register trafficked children with Chinese names in Nakhon Ratchasima's Huay Thalang district. A former deputy district chief and regi
On May 6, Saksit Phumiluang, director of the Registry and Identity Card Fraud Prevention and Suppression Division and head of the DOPA N.I.C.E. unit under the Department of Interior, led a team to investigate one of four houses involved in a corruption scheme orchestrated by a former deputy district chief of Huay Thalang district and registry officials. They illegally registered children with Chinese nationals' names at house number 87, village 5, Luang Pradu subdistrict, Huay Thalang district, Nakhon Ratchasima province. Investigation revealed the two-story house—wooden upper floor, concrete lower floor—has been abandoned for years. Local residents and the homeowner's relatives confirmed the owner died three years ago, and relatives moved out due to a mortgage, subsequently building a new house in front of the abandoned property.
Three other properties were also flagged: house number 68, village 7 and house number 114/1, village 2 in Huay Thalang district had addresses but no actual dwellings—just empty land. House number 111, village 2, Hin Dad subdistrict had no structure or land whatsoever, appearing to have been fabricated by registry staff solely to register trafficked children and other Chinese nationals.
Saksit stated that Huay Thalang district appears to be a hub for the Chinese child trafficking network, serving as a waypoint before falsified registrations are corrected and records transferred nationwide. The district contains 19 cases total involving four properties—three empty plots and one abandoned house whose owner is deceased. Officials exploited gaps in the system where residents demolished homes but failed to cancel registrations, allowing the former deputy district chief to transfer children into these defunct addresses.
District Chief Adul explained that the former administrator misused his access to citizens' registry data to alter details and move children into prepared residential records. Huay Thalang district has filed official reports with the DSI and NACC and is proceeding to cancel all four fraudulent property registrations, while establishing a disciplinary investigation committee to prosecute two officials under the district's jurisdiction.
