Criminals in Pattaya on the run
The Thai immigration have stepped up its effort to make Pattaya a fun city without foreign criminals and I guess they started by arresting the former head of the Thai Pattaya Swat team AKA Sifu. They also arrested a motorbike boss called the Mad dog from Belgium and apparently the other mad dogs are running away.
The Thai and Pattaya immigrations will work with foreign embassies and Interpol to check that everybody that stays in Pattaya or at least report to the immigration are not wanted by the Police in other countries.
They will also work with the local police to try to find out what foreigners are living here as criminals starting with the local bar owners charging a bar fine. Most local bar owners are not Thai but own the bar trough the wife and since they are selling girls they are criminals.
I think the Pattaya immigration is trying to follow the rules from the Major of Pattaya that wants Pattaya to be an upscale sea resort. They are trying to root out all the bad elements in Pattaya and forcing them to one area of town.
If you buying a bar or other sex establishment be very careful in what area you are buying, check with local media and officials if that area will become a clean area in the near future.
I think they will fail and they are trying to blame a internal problem on some foreign criminals. If you want to make a cleaner city start with your own house so to speak.
