Police Raid 22 Sites in Thai Father Citizenship Fraud Probe
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On October 27, 2026, Pol. Maj. Gen. Noppasilp Poolsawat, Deputy Commander of the Immigration Bureau, led immigration police alongside the Anti-Human Trafficking Division, the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), and the Department of Provincial Administration in Phase 3 of the operation targeting the "Thai Father" network — a scheme that grants Thai citizenship to children of foreign nationals. Officers searched 22 target locations.
Pol. Maj. Gen. Noppasilp revealed that one raided company in Bang Mueang, Mueang Samut Prakan, was the residence of a Chinese man named Jang. The investigation showed that a Chinese woman, Huang Wang, had lived in Thailand since 2007 and had three children with Jang. When officials compared household registration records and DNA results with the Thai man listed as the father on documents, anomalies emerged in some children.
Testing all three children showed the first child's DNA matched Jang, the declared Chinese father. The second child, aged 7, did not match the Thai man named on the birth certificate but matched both Jang and Huang Wang. The Thai man in this case held a highland ID card (starting with 8) and was a business associate of Jang. The third child, aged 3, also had a Thai man listed as father on the birth certificate, but he turned out to be a motorbike taxi driver who admitted he was paid 5,000 baht to register a marriage with the Chinese woman. He is being interrogated to expand the investigation.
Pol. Maj. Gen. Noppasilp added that Jang operates two companies — a kitchen construction firm and a trading company — established since 2010. Authorities are examining whether these businesses use Thai nominees or hold assets on behalf of foreigners, alongside financial trails, corporate registrations, and property rights.
The investigation extends beyond birth registration fraud to national security, land and asset ownership, and the use of Thai nominees. Historical checks on some cases spanning 24–25 years found that some children fraudulently granted Thai citizenship have grown up to become fifth-year medical students at prestigious universities, while others graduated in engineering and earn over 50,000 baht monthly, reflecting the long-term impact on the population registry and national security.
