Thai Examiner
Thousands of fake Thai citizens of Chinese origin identified in one case going back over two decades
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Key facts
- Chinese citizenship fraud probe reaches back 27 years as Thai police flag 1,483 suspect birth registrations
- DNA tests rule out registered Thai fathers in 24 cases as police secure 46 warrants against suspects
- Chinese mothers used Thai marriage and birth records as police trace payments and a 27-year-old case
- A massive Chinese citizenship fraud investigation has uncovered 1,483 suspicious birth registrations across eight Thai hospitals, with cases stretching back 27 years
- Police revealed fresh DNA evidence on Tuesday, exposing 24 cases involving false Thai fathers
- The nationwide crackdown has produced 67 arrests, with hospital staff and government officials implicated
Summary
### Chinese citizenship fraud probe reaches back 27 years as Thai police flag 1,483 suspect birth registrations. A medical student, programmer and engineer are caught up in the case. DNA exposes 24 false fathers; 67 arrests follow across three major raids.
A massive Chinese citizenship fraud investigation has uncovered 1,483 suspicious birth registrations across eight Thai hospitals, with cases stretching back 27 years. Police revealed fresh DNA evidence on Tuesday, exposing 24 cases involving false Thai fathers. Among those arrested are a medical student, a computer programmer and an industrial engineer who lived as Thai citizens for decades.
Thai police have uncovered a sweeping Chinese citizenship fraud investigation involving 1,483 suspicious birth registrations linked to eight hospitals. Some arrangements date back 27 years. On Tuesday, 27 October, Immigration Bureau chief Police Lieutenant General Noppasin Poolsawat revealed the latest findings.