Over 100 Myanmar nationals arrested in Thailand

Over 100 Myanmar nationals were arrested for illegally crossing the Thailand-Myanmar border in Kanchanaburi  on 19 March, said the Kanchanaburi border patrol police forces.

It revealed that starting early in the morning of Tuesday, 20 Myanmar nationals were arrested along with a Myanmar driver and another  33 detained from  Thong Pha Phum checkpoint.

Later more than 50 Myanmar nationals, who were hiding in Nong Lu village, were arrested by the patrol officers.

Those nationals were arrested following the establishment of a checkpoint by officers from the Sangkhla Buri police station, 134th border patrol police sub-division, border patrol police's special forces unit and Sangkhla Buri district officials in Kanchanaburi province along the Thai-Myanmar border.

The brokers, who were helping those nationals entering Thailand's Kanchanaburi border, abandoned their vehicles and fled under the cover of darkness.

Those arrested were planning to go and work in central Thailand. The drivers and suspected human traffickers have been taken to the police station for further legal procedures.

A large number of Myanmarese youths have been leaving the country for opportunities in foreign nations as they are afraid of staying in Myanmar for the junta's conscription laws.