Tres Gang

I met three filipinos in Poipet. Pastor JPB, Miss J and Pastor D.

Pastor JPB was a missionary of a reputable international sending mission organization. Pastor D was a missionary too but his testimony suffered because of several wrong doings. I and Pastor JPB because close because he sought for my advice and help regarding Pastor D. Pastor D’s problem with alcoholism and gambling became obvious. I will not delve on this matter because this is not my focus in this write up.

On same year Miss J visited the Bible School where I was teaching looking for fellow missionary. Mind you, my first impression with Miss J was that she’s a giver. She brought me to the market and she bought fruits for me. She even gave me a “love gift” of around one hundred baht (approximately 4USD).

Once I visited Pastor JPB in Poipet and he brought me to a casino in Poipet to show me what is happending inside. Incidentally, he has a two meal coupons for a buffet meal in the casino.

It was where I met members of the Tres Gang. Tres Gang is, according to JPB, is an international gang which is all over south east asia. Reports say that their financier is Malaysian. And, Miss J was a member of that gang. Later on, Pastor D also became a member of the said gang and he changed his name to George. I also met in Poipet some more members of the gang. They are actually based in Bangkok but they frequent casinos in Poipet. Their modus operandi is that a lady member of the gang will befriend a caucasian tourist in Bangkok. Afterwards, she will invite the tourist to her house. A male member of the gang will be at her house and she will introduce him to the tourist as her brother. They will play cards inside the house. At first, they will let the tourist win. Then, through game manipulation the caucasian will loose all the succeeding games and all the money and all valuables he’s carrying. Then, a bunch of male members of the gang will arrive. And the girl will introduce them to the tourist as her relatives. Of course, the caucasian will give all that he has out of fear.