Bangkok, May 15 – Victims who were deceived by buying tours abroad, with more than 30 million baht in damages, gathered to request “Big Joke” to speed up prosecution against a well-known tour operator, while “Big Joke” blamed the tourist police for delays.
At 1:30 p.m., a group of more than 10 victims brought evidence of buying tours abroad. with a famous tour company Given to Police General Surachet Hakpal, Deputy Commissioner of the National Police in order to help expedite the prosecution After more than 800 victims were victims of this group of suspects, the damage value was not less than 30 million baht.
Mr. Panlop, one of the victims, revealed that at the end of 2022 he had found propaganda for buying tours abroad on YouTube, so he agreed to buy a tour to England. to go watch a football match There is a buy 3 get 1 free promotion with a cash transfer payment. therefore transferred to pay 450,000 baht, scheduled to travel between 6-13 April 2023, where the company requested a copy of the passport and personal documents to apply for a visa But until the beginning of April Haven't sent the visa yet so I know that I've been deceived. and finally did not travel When he followed up and demanded, he was evaded. along with changing the company name in order to continually deceive others And until now, the money has not been refunded. From the inspection, it was found that there were many victims. that have already transferred the money and still haven't refunded
Mr. Samphan 1 of the dealers who were also victims, said that they had gathered to file a complaint with the Department of Tourism and had already met with the Director-General of the Department, including complaining to the Crime Suppression Division But the case has not yet progressed. It also called on relevant authorities to strictly investigate groups claiming to sell tours to other people. Because in the past, there was a travel agent who believed and have to bear the burden from many customers instead but tour company Back to change company name Constantly deceiving people than being prosecuted It took a very long time
While Police General Surachet revealed that in the case, the accused is now known. will expedite the local police to continue The problem with these cases is that it is difficult to track down the refund. because there has been a movement since the person deceived the victim to receiving money transfers and converting them into other assets which after the COVID situation began to decrease causing more tourists to travel Causing more problems with tourists as well But many cases have no progress. and repeat offences over and over again
along with the question “What is the Tourist Police Headquarters doing?” because he admitted that he had previously been in the position of the Tourist Police Commander. Until joining forces to adjust to the headquarters to support the tourism problems that will follow And lighten the burden of cases in various police stations, but nowadays do not conduct investigations and arrest the perpetrators and also leave the cases related to tourism There are many victims. and damage of tens of millions of baht even though the tourist police There is information of every tour company. and is the right hand of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports need to take care of tourists more than this .-
Source: Thai News Agency