Bus drivers breaking Covid-19 rules/ illegal Myanmar workers arrested in Tak

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Bus drivers breaking Covid-19 rules/ illegal Myanmar workers arrested in Tak

 

Image: Naew Na

 

Thailand's immigration chief Pol Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang headed a press conference at IB HQ in Bangkok yesterday where a number of arrests were announced.

 

Three bus drivers were caught heading into Mae Sot in Tak province in north western Thailand contrary to the curfew and emergency decree.

 

They all worked for Chert Chai Tour but were mostly not on their scheduled Bangkok to Chiang Mai routes.

 

They were transporting illegal Myanmar workers on three buses.

 

Eighteen migrants were arrested without passports or other documents.

 

All 21 are in the custody of the Mae Sot police.

 

Seven other vehicles were checked but the workers were found to be legal.

 

Source: Naew Na

 

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[Chassa]

Life goes on!

[Tarteso]

Agree that by the moment we’re in curfew ... but they’re just “men at work”. with a very low salary and usually exploited by Thais.

[hotchilli]

17 hours ago, Tarteso said:

Agree that by the moment we’re in curfew ... but they’re just “men at work”. with a very low salary and usually exploited by Thais.

Yes men at work I agree, but ignoring the situation allows it to continue.

Hammer the bosses of the immigrants for employing them without the correct documentation.
Hammer the Bus operators Chert Chai Tour for transporting illegals around.
Then take the "men at work" to the office of employment and give them the required documents so they can remain.

[terminatorchiangmai]

3 buses and 18 migrants , that's only 6 per bus. The new social distance transfer?

[jackdd]

6 minutes ago, terminatorchiangmai said:

3 buses and 18 migrants , that's only 6 per bus. The new social distance transfer?

No, just Thaivisa high quality reporting ????

They checked 7 vehicles, with a total of 109 Myanmar citizens.

91 of them had the correct papers, 18 didn't.

These 18 were spread across three vehicles, so they and the drivers of these three vehicles were arrested.