BANGKOK — Thailand has extradited the final two South Korean nationals involved in an international call center scam operation, completing the repatriation of all 19 suspects arrested last month in Chonburi Province.
Inspector General Thatchai Pitaneelabutr has facilitated the extradition of two South Korean nationals back to South Korea to face charges on September 23. These were the final two suspects from a group of 19 arrested by tourist police, following the dismantling of a South Korean call center scam operation in Bang Lamung District, Chonburi Province on September 20.
Kim Doo-song, South Korean police consul in Thailand, along with officials from the Foreign Affairs Division’s Region 2 unit, coordinated the handover. South Korean police officers arrived to escort the suspects back for prosecution. The remaining 17 South Korean suspects had already been extradited earlier.
The investigation began on August 5 at 2:00 a.m. when Lee Young-gun, police consul at the South Korean Embassy in Thailand, requested assistance for a 31-year-old South Korean man. The victim’s father in South Korea reported that his son was being forced to work and physically abused, with plans to move him to an unknown location.
Tourist police responded by investigating the Seaside Community area in Na Jomtien Subdistrict, Sattahip District, Chonburi Province, successfully rescuing the victim safely from a house.
Following up on August 6 at 10:00 a.m., police discovered approximately 20 South Korean and Chinese nationals living in a village in Bang Lamung District, operating an illegal call center. Working with the South Korean Embassy, officers raided the house and arrested eight suspects: six South Korean men, one South Korean woman, and one Chinese man. All confessed to running a call center scam targeting South Korean victims.
The raid on their workplace—a commercial building in Moo 1, Huay Yai Subdistrict, Bang Lamung District—revealed a sealed office operation spanning two floors converted into work spaces. Police seized numerous electronic devices including 14 laptops, 4 desktop computers, and 15 mobile phones.
Tourist police detained the suspects and reported to Chonburi Immigration to revoke their visas. Evidence was transferred to investigators at Huay Yai Police Station for prosecution.
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