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SHOCKING: Chinese run illegal e waste plant raided - What They Never Told You

An official collects samples of waste found in the compound of a factory in Samut Sakhon for detailed scientific analysis to determine the exact types of hazardous substances involved. The factory was found to be illegally operated by Chinese nationals. Police photo/Wassayos Ngamkham)

Thai authorities have raided an unlicensed factory reportedly operated by Chinese nationals that was secretly sorting and processing electronic waste in the heart of Samut Sakhon province.

Police from the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division (NED) and officials from the provincial office of the Ministry of Industry inspected the premises of Hongyue Hongyue Renewable Resources Technology (Thailand) Co in tambon Bang Thorad of Muang district on Saturday.

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