Pattaya Beach operation targets homeless and beggars

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Pattaya City officials carried out an operation along Pattaya Beach yesterday, February 12, to regulate homeless people and others staying overnight in the area, while urging the public to stop giving money to beggars.

The operation took place at Pattaya Beach in Bang Lamung district, Chon Buri, led by Deputy Mayor Damrongkiat Pinijkarn with teams from the Department of Social Development and Welfare, the Social Welfare Office, Pattaya City Administration and related agencies.

Officials patrolled the full length of Pattaya Beach to monitor the situation and identify homeless people and others sleeping in the city’s key tourist area.  LINK

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