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Viewing cable 08BANGKOK2836, TIP UPDATE: ANOMA FACTORY INVESTIGATION CONCLUDES; CASE NOW

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08BANGKOK2836 2008-09-18 07:24 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Bangkok
VZCZCXRO5521
PP RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHHM RUEHNH
DE RUEHBK #2836/01 2620724
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 180724Z SEP 08
FM AMEMBASSY BANGKOK
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4396
RUEHC/DEPT OF LABOR WASHDC PRIORITY
INFO RUEHCHI/AMCONSUL CHIANG MAI 5649
RUCNASE/ASEAN MEMBER COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BANGKOK 002836 
 
Department for G/TIP MTaylor, DRL MJunk 
DOL/ILAB for Brandie Sasser 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ELAB PHUM KTIP TH
SUBJECT: TIP UPDATE: ANOMA FACTORY INVESTIGATION CONCLUDES; CASE NOW 
WITH THE COURTS 
 
BANGKOK 00002836  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
Sensitive But Unclassified.  For Official Use Only. 
 
REF A: BANGKOK 1063 
 
Investigation Concludes 
----------------------- 
1.  (SBU) Summary: The Thai police confirmed September 2 that the 
investigation into the Anoma factory trafficking in persons case was 
completed and filed August 19 with the office of Attorney General of 
Samut Sakhon province.  Twenty civil and criminal charges were filed 
against two Thai citizens in the case, which the Attorney General in 
Samut Sakhon confirmed was submitted September 10 to the courts.  A 
preliminary hearing is scheduled for October 13.  The police 
confirmed that the Anoma factory remains in operation, although with 
fewer workers than on the day of the March 10 raid.  They also 
confirmed that while trafficked victims have been provided with 
social services in Thai government shelters, they remain unable to 
work until already drafted implementing regulations for the new 
trafficking law are approved through a RTG cabinet reslution.  End 
Summary. 
 
2.  (SBU) On September 2 Emboff spoke with the Thai police 
inspector's ofice of the city district of Samut Sakhon, whichconfirmed that it 
had completed the investigation into the Anoma 
factory trafficking in persons (TIP) case (ref a) and filed it 
August 19 with the office of Attorney General of Samut Sakhon.  The 
Police explained they filed twenty civil and criminal charges 
against two Thai citizens in the case: the owner of the Anoma 
factory and her brother the factory manager.  The charges include 
putting workers into slavery situation (unofficial translation from 
the Thai criminal code), providing shelter to illegal migrants, and 
not allowing time-off for workers.  The police noted they have 
expanded the investigation in search of five Burmese labor brokers 
suspected of bringing Burmese migrants to the factory for a high 
fee, causing some to enter into debt bondage. 
 
3.  (SBU) The office of the Attorney General in Samut Sakhon 
confirmed September 16 that it submitted the case September 10 to 
the responsible court, which has scheduled a preliminary hearing for 
October 13.  Should the defendants plea not guilty, a trial will 
then proceed. 
 
4.  (SBU) The police investigation found that while the Anoma 
factory was registered with the Ministry of Commerce, it did not 
have a factory license as required from the Ministry of Industry's 
Department of Industrial Works.  The police, and NGO contacts in 
Samut Sakhon, also confirmed that the Anoma factory remains in 
operation, although with fewer workers than on the day of the March 
10 raid. 
 
5.  (SBU) Police, Ministry, and NGO contacts also made clear the 
difficulty of preventing, investigating, and prosecuting TIP cases 
in Samut Sakhon given the number of illegal or otherwise 
unregistered workers in the area.  According to the Ministry of 
Commerce, there are more than 7,690 businesses registered in Samut 
Sakhon province but only thirty labor inspectors assigned to the 
area.  According to the Ministry of Labor's Department of 
Employment, there are an estimated 220,000 legal and illegal migrant 
workers in the area, of which only 76,059 are illegal migrants who 
have registered with the government and received work permits.  As 
the police explained, unless migrant worker registration is 
up-to-date and fully enforced, it is difficult to arrest 
traffickers, the number of which some believe is growing in Samut 
Sakhon province. 
 
Victims Receive Assistance, But Unable to Work 
--------------------------------------------- - 
6.  (SBU) Police contacts also noted that more than seventy 
trafficked victims from the Anoma case (of which ten are children) 
remain in the Thai government-provided shelters at Baan Kredtrakarn 
and Baan Poomvet in Pak Kred, Bangkok.  While the victims have been 
provided with social services, they remain unable to work despite 
the new Anti-Trafficking law's stipulation that trafficked persons 
may temporarily work in Thailand while their case proceeds through 
the courts. 
 
7.  (SBU) A legal officer in Thai Ministry of Labor's Department of 
Employment explained this is because the RTG still needs to finalize 
implementing regulations for the new trafficking law.  To this end, 
the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS) has 
created draft regulations for cabinet approval, which would 
reconcile procedures under the new trafficking law with those in 
place under relevant immigration laws and the law on the employment 
of foreign workers.  While finalized, the draft regulations have yet 
to be approved at the cabinet level. 
 
8.  (U) Note: According to the Ministry of Labor (MOL), the 
 
BANGKOK 00002836  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
Immigration Act generally prohibits migrants who come into Thailand 
illegally from working.  There is an exception for illegal migrants 
from Laos, Cambodia, and Burma who arrived prior to 2004 per a 
cabinet resolution of the same year.  Individuals covered under this 
exception received temporary passports and certificates of 
identification, which allowed them to temporarily stay and work in 
Thailand.  The temporary passports and work permits must be renewed 
by the MOL annually.  Illegal migrants who came into Thailand after 
2004 remain unable to work.  End Note.