- Web Master
- June 11, 2019
Narinjara News, 18 February 2023
At least 13 Myanmar migrant workers, who were going to work in Malaysia via
Thailand were arrested inside Thai territory.
They were detained by the Thai border guard police at Songkhla district located
in the southern part of Thailand.
Ko Saw Maung, who has been working on Burmese labour affairs, informed Narinjara News that Songkhla district is a border region between
Thailand and Malaysia.
“Songkhla and Mala are not very far from the
Malaysia border. It takes a few hours by a car to reach Malay. That
area is in the border locality of Thailand and Malaysia. They were
arrested when they almost arrived in Malaysia,” he added.
According to the testimony of Myanmar migrant workers, 30 people came in two
pickup trucks from Prachuap
Khiri Khan of Thailand.
The arrested 13 workers spent one night in Hat Yai and then they proceeded to Songkhla border to enter the Malaysian territory.
They had to pay up to Baht 40,000 as the brokerage fees per head. The adopted
route to enter the Myanmar-Thai border from Moedaung mountain’s pass
(Tanintharyi division in Prachaup
Khiri Khan) is an illegal way.
Saw Maung also disclosed that the number of Burmese migrants entering Thailand
and Malaysia this year is reportedly higher.