A network of Myanmar workers submitted a letter to the National Police Chief requesting an investigation into Bo Win Police Station officers. They allege a staged arrest intended to discredit a company competing in an air conditioning installation bid, involving a business rival closely connected to a senior police official in Chonburi.
At 12:30 PM on 18 June 2026, at the Royal Thai Police Headquarters, a group of 30 Myanmar workers from the Friendship Club network submitted a letter to Police General Kittirat Phanphet, the National Police Chief, seeking justice and an investigation into the operations of the Center for Suppressing Transnational Criminals and Illegal Immigration under the Chonburi Provincial Police.
Mr. Aung Ka, a Myanmar worker from the Friendship Club network, said that on 4 June, Bo Win Police Station officers arrested several Myanmar and Chinese workers in Bo Win Subdistrict, Si Racha District, Chonburi Province, detaining them for legal proceedings. Among them were five Myanmar workers employed by the same company, two of whom were charged with failing to report workplace transfers, while three were charged with working beyond their permitted rights without notifying a change of employer. The Pattaya Provincial Court fined all five. Following this, Bo Win investigators were supposed to hand them over to immigration police for processing.
However, the five workers were not transferred to immigration authorities but were instead coerced by police into signing confessions claiming they worked for a certain Chinese businessman, although in reality, they were employees of an air conditioning sales company and had no connection to the implicated businessman. Meanwhile, other detainees arrested alongside them were transferred to immigration and reportedly released after paying bribes. The five Myanmar workers remain detained by Bo Win Police Station officers. Today, they have come to the Royal Thai Police Headquarters to seek justice and request an investigation into the officers involved.
Reports indicate that the Chinese businessman linked in this case is a partner in a company affiliated with the air conditioning sales firm employing the five Myanmar workers. This air conditioning company won bids to install air conditioners in several agencies. Consequently, a rival air conditioning company—business opponents and associates of a senior Chonburi police officer—allegedly orchestrated the arrest of illegal workers in the company and staged a connection to the Chinese businessman to discredit the winning bidder and damage its reputation.
Previously, the workers submitted a complaint to the Senate Police Commission and plan to file a complaint with the National Anti-Corruption Commission to ensure transparency and thorough investigation of this case.