00:00 In tourist attractions or places with high traffic,
00:03 you can often see beggars begging on the side of the road.
00:06 Recently, in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand,
00:09 a group of beggars appeared,
00:10 which immediately attracted the attention of the Thai authorities.
00:13 Because these beggars have one thing in common,
00:16 which is that they are physically disabled.
00:18 And their faces are not scalded,
00:21 but they are as tall as a broken umbilical cord.
00:24 And they are all Chinese-level beggars,
00:27 which has made many people wonder if this is related to any illegal activities.
00:32 The Thai authorities have also ordered to investigate
00:34 whether it is related to illegal human trafficking activities.
00:38 Thai people are mainly worried that
00:39 these Chinese beggars
00:41 will be treated unkindly by human traffickers,
00:44 and will be forced to beg on the street after being disfigured.
00:48 Thai immigrants often advocate solving social problems.
00:52 After receiving the public's complaints, they started an investigation.
00:54 They found that there were about 7 people
00:57 aged between 35 and 40 who were a group of beggars.
01:01 They were all severely disfigured,
01:04 and had severe wounds on their faces and hands and feet that had been corroded by water.
01:09 Some were even disfigured without fingers or hands.
01:13 The netizen just mentioned
01:15 later took the Thai authorities and police
01:18 to a shopping mall near Bangkok
01:20 and found a Chinese-level female beggar in a Thai school uniform.
01:24 The female beggar told the police
01:26 that she was disfigured in a car explosion.
01:30 She had two children in China and was divorced.
01:33 She needed to go to Thailand to beg for alimony and send the money back home.
01:36 She emphasized that she came alone,
01:38 but did not know that begging in Thailand was illegal.
01:41 She hoped the police would not arrest her.
01:43 And the most ridiculous thing is
01:45 when they were preparing to arrest this beggar,
01:48 a Chinese interpreter appeared to stop them
01:52 and tried to bribe the police to stop the arrest.
01:57 The police eventually took the female beggar away
01:59 and found a bag with 20 Thai dollars in it.
02:03 The total was 10,000 Thai dollars,
02:05 which is about 1,379 Thai dollars in cash.
02:08 It is believed that the money was from the begging.
02:10 And what's more ridiculous is
02:12 the police found in her bank account
02:14 that the female beggar had 2 million Thai dollars in her bank account every month.
02:18 In other words, the monthly income could exceed 230,000 Thai dollars.
02:22 So far, the Thai police have arrested 6 Chinese beggars to assist in the investigation.
02:28 Four of them said that
02:30 their injuries were caused by a fire in China.
02:35 What's more ridiculous is
02:36 that one of them claimed to be unfamiliar with them,
02:38 just a Chinese who had eaten with them once.
02:41 He drove to the police station and tried to bribe the police.
02:45 He hoped to bail these beggars out.
02:46 But the police refused to let them go.
02:49 The Thai minister in charge of social development and human safety said
02:53 that because these beggars are all Chinese,
02:55 they may become a sensitive international problem.
02:58 So they must first find out
03:00 whether the beggars were exploited.
03:02 Without excluding these women
03:03 who may be victims of international human trafficking.
03:06 The incident of Chinese beggars' monthly income of 230,000 Thai dollars
03:09 also caused a sensation in Chinese social media.
03:12 Some netizens said with a sense of empathy
03:14 that these people earn more than most Chinese workers.
03:18 Some also think that it is necessary to investigate
03:20 whether it involves illegal activities.
03:23 (Music)
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