KANCHANABURI: Two Thai women were arrested at a checkpoint in Sangkhla Buri district on Wednesday while transporting seven Myanmar migrants and a child in violation of the provincial communicable disease committee's order prohibiting movements of migrants to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.
40 illegal border crossers arrested on western border
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published : 2 May 2021 at 13:47
2 Forty Myanmar migrants are arrested by soldiers in Muang district of Kanchanaburi on Saturday after they illegally entered the country. (Photo by Piyarach Chongcharoen)
KANCHANABURI: Patrols from the Lat Ya Task Force on Saturday arrested 40 Myanmar migrant workers after they crossed the frontier into this western border province.
They arrived in two groups.
At about 1.30pm, acting on a tip-off from informants deployed along the border, a patrol found eight Myanmar migrants - three men and five women - near Phu Nam Rom village in tambon Ban Kao of Muang district. They were accompanied by two guides, who were also arrested.
More Myanmar arrested for illegal entry, Thai guide caught
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published : 2 Mar 2021 at 13:14
8 Myanmar nationals caught for illegal entry in Kanchanaburi s Sangkhla Buri district in the early hours of Tuesday. Thirty were found hiding in a forest area, and three others were guided by a Thai man, who was also caught. (Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen)
KANCHANABURI: Another 33 Myanmar nationals have been caught entering the country illegally in search of jobs, and a Thai guide has admitted he was being paid 3,000 baht per head to bring workers across the border.
The illegal migrants were arrested in two groups, on Monday night and early on Tuesday.
PM s words ring hollow over scandals
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published : 16 Jan 2021 at 04:00
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Scandals involving gambling dens and migrant labour smuggling, which have been blamed for the latest coronavirus outbreak, are a test of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha s leadership.
People are watching anxiously to see whether the PM has the guts to take action against the state officers who made ill-gotten gains from those shenanigans. It took some time before Gen Prayut could pressure the Royal Thai Police into transferring officers from Rayong, even though it was inevitable after local media exposed the link between senior figures in the local force and influential gambling owners in the area. Such links are no secret in Thai society.