Raid on Mae Klong Warehouse Site Arrests 22 Illegal Workers
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No Thai workers at all! Military raids Mae Klong warehouse construction site, arrests 21 Myanmar nationals and a Chinese foreman. None have work permits. Authorities also target the construction company. On October 27, 2026, Pol. Lt. Col. Chakri Sakbanditwong, Deputy Chief of News for Samut Songkhram Provincial Military Command, led a joint force with the Samut Songkhram Provincial Employment Office and Samut Songkhram Immigration Office to inspect a fish food warehouse construction site belonging to a company in Moo 2, Bang Kaeo Subdistrict, Mueang District, Samut Songkhram Province, after receiving a tip-off that illegal foreign labor was being used. Upon inspection, officials found 21 Myanmar workers, comprising 16 men and 5 women, working inside the construction site. None possessed valid entry documents or work permits as required by law. Additionally, they discovered a Chinese national, Guangzhi Cao, holding a Chinese passport with a tourist visa. Investigation revealed he was acting as the foreman supervising workers at the construction site. Although he had entered and stayed in the kingdom legally, he did not have a work permit. Officials therefore charged him with working without a permit, adding one more case for a total of 22 defendants. At the same time, officials are taking legal action against a construction contracting company for employing foreign workers without permits, as well as for sheltering, hiding, or assisting illegal migrants to evade arrest. All suspects were then taken into custody and sent to investigators at Mueang Samut Songkhram Police Station for prosecution according to law, while expanding the probe into others involved in bringing foreign labor into the area. The Samut Songkhram Provincial Military Command assessed that the discovery of a Chinese foreman and illegal foreign workers in this warehouse construction project is a security concern that agencies must monitor closely, especially the entry of foreign-backed construction contractors, the use of illegal labor, and labor cost manipulation, which may affect the local employment system and economic security. Continued close monitoring and inspection are deemed necessary.
