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Thailand To Send Tens Of Thousands Of Homeless to Concentration Camps Before Bush Visit
The Thai authorities have said they want to clear Bangkok's streets of thousands of homeless people ahead of a meeting of world leaders next month.
"There are no excuses for being a vagabond," Bangkok Governor Samak Sundaravej told The Bangkok Post. "Everybody must have a place to live."
Thai police estimate that there are around 10,000 homeless people on the streets of Bangkok. Poor rural people are attracted to the capital in their search for jobs.
"Give them a chance to go back home first, then put (the rest) together in one place and feed them from the state budget like my previous operation against street dogs," Mr Samak was quoted as saying by The Nation.
The metropolitan bureau police said shelters had already been prepared for those who are not hand-picked to attend the army boot camps.
"We have prepared shelters for them and at the beginning of October before Apec (Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation) starts, they will be sent there for training," he said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3115668.stm
Thai police estimate that there are around 10,000 homeless people on the streets of Bangkok. Poor rural people are attracted to the capital in their search for jobs.
"Give them a chance to go back home first, then put (the rest) together in one place and feed them from the state budget like my previous operation against street dogs," Mr Samak was quoted as saying by The Nation.
The metropolitan bureau police said shelters had already been prepared for those who are not hand-picked to attend the army boot camps.
"We have prepared shelters for them and at the beginning of October before Apec (Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation) starts, they will be sent there for training," he said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3115668.stm
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Samak: Homeless like stray dogs
Shelter would only attract more of them
Bangkok governor Samak Sundaravej says homeless drifters are a nuisance and should be treated like stray dogs.
Building shelters for them would only attract more people to the city, he said yesterday.
If a shelter for the homeless was absolutely necessary, he would build it in one province, put all the drifters under one roof and provide them with food _ the very same way the city handled stray dogs by sending them to Sa Kaeo province.
Both the homeless and strays were priorities for removal from the streets as the city puts on a sanitised face for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit on Oct 20-21.
City staff are already rounding up dogs, and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration plans to begin moving homeless people off downtown streets on Sept 22, according to city officials.
``There are no excuses for being a vagabond,'' Mr Samak said. ``Everybody must have a place to live. If we help them by feeding them and providing shelter more will only leave their homes, come to the city and drift around.
``In doing so, they take advantage of society. We should send them home.''
Mr Samak said the city would set up reception areas at Hua Lamphong and at Sanam Chai, adjacent to Sanam Luang.
Officials would be stationed at Hua Lamphong to advise people arriving in the city and help them contact their relatives.
Tents would be put up at Sanam Chai where the homeless could clean themselves and their clothes.
Earlier, a senior city official unveiled a plan to remove homeless people from the inner part of old Bangkok, known as Rattanakosin island, to Wat Suan Kaew, run by Phra Payom Kallayano, in Nonthaburi province.
Suwit Watnu, of the Human Settlement Foundation, urged the state to explore long-term solutions to help homeless people, rather than cosmetic measures to hide the problem from Apec delegates.
The housing rights activist said it was important the solution did not compromise human dignity, saying that would be against the spirit of the constitution.
``These people need an opportunity. Many are good fellows who have no place to go.
``A large number of them became poor because of national development projects,'' he said.
The foundation operates a temporary shelter for about 50 drifters swept from Sanam Luang in 2001. Construction of the city's home for the homeless planned at the time has yet to begin.
http://www.bangkokpost.net/News/17Sep2003_news06.html
Shelter would only attract more of them
Bangkok governor Samak Sundaravej says homeless drifters are a nuisance and should be treated like stray dogs.
Building shelters for them would only attract more people to the city, he said yesterday.
If a shelter for the homeless was absolutely necessary, he would build it in one province, put all the drifters under one roof and provide them with food _ the very same way the city handled stray dogs by sending them to Sa Kaeo province.
Both the homeless and strays were priorities for removal from the streets as the city puts on a sanitised face for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit on Oct 20-21.
City staff are already rounding up dogs, and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration plans to begin moving homeless people off downtown streets on Sept 22, according to city officials.
``There are no excuses for being a vagabond,'' Mr Samak said. ``Everybody must have a place to live. If we help them by feeding them and providing shelter more will only leave their homes, come to the city and drift around.
``In doing so, they take advantage of society. We should send them home.''
Mr Samak said the city would set up reception areas at Hua Lamphong and at Sanam Chai, adjacent to Sanam Luang.
Officials would be stationed at Hua Lamphong to advise people arriving in the city and help them contact their relatives.
Tents would be put up at Sanam Chai where the homeless could clean themselves and their clothes.
Earlier, a senior city official unveiled a plan to remove homeless people from the inner part of old Bangkok, known as Rattanakosin island, to Wat Suan Kaew, run by Phra Payom Kallayano, in Nonthaburi province.
Suwit Watnu, of the Human Settlement Foundation, urged the state to explore long-term solutions to help homeless people, rather than cosmetic measures to hide the problem from Apec delegates.
The housing rights activist said it was important the solution did not compromise human dignity, saying that would be against the spirit of the constitution.
``These people need an opportunity. Many are good fellows who have no place to go.
``A large number of them became poor because of national development projects,'' he said.
The foundation operates a temporary shelter for about 50 drifters swept from Sanam Luang in 2001. Construction of the city's home for the homeless planned at the time has yet to begin.
http://www.bangkokpost.net/News/17Sep2003_news06.html
I lot of sick things happen in Thailand.A lot of sex for sale.People can even purchuse children for sex.I heard real snuff films are made thier also.Its a shady place.
The things you are talking about are a result of the government not caring. This is a result of the government caring too much.
their big problem is their police force is rotten to the core making it a pretty blunt instrument (it will cheat any system you apply) so the government either does nothing or "overkill".
their big problem is their police force is rotten to the core making it a pretty blunt instrument (it will cheat any system you apply) so the government either does nothing or "overkill".
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