Bangkok, 21 April 2023 – Philippine Ambassador to Thailand H.E. Millicent Cruz Paredes paid a courtesy call on Pol. Maj. Gen. Phanthana Nutchanart, Deputy Commissioner, Immigration Bureau, Royal Thai Police, on 20 April 2023. Ambassador Paredes reiterated the Philippine Government’s sincere appreciation to the Thai Immigration Bureau for the cooperation and assistance extended to distressed Filipino nationals who were stranded in Thailand during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to those who have been victims of human trafficking related to online investment scam operations in the Mekong region. Both sides committed to continue working closely together for the protection of Filipino nationals in Thailand. END
Philippine Ambassador Millicent Cruz Paredes receives a token from Pol. Maj. Gen. Phanthana Nutchanart, Deputy Commissioner, Immigration Bureau (IB), Royal Thai Police (Photo source: Immigration Bureau FB account)
Philippine Ambassador Millicent Cruz Paredes (center) and Deputy Commissioner Phanthana Nutchanart of the Immigration Bureau of Thailand (third from right), joined by Pol. Col. Rattachot Chotkhun, Deputy Commander of the IB Investigation Division (second from right), and the Philippine Embassy officials, First Secretary and Consul General Michael Lyndon G. Garcia (third from left), Police Attaché (PCol.) Dominador M. Matalang (rightmost), Political Assistant and Attaché Ivy P. Tongco (second from left), and Assistance to Nationals (ATN) Officer and Attaché Romulo R. Ubay, Jr. (leftmost) (Photo source: Immigration Bureau FB account)
