Policeman injured in bid to stop pickup allegedly smuggling in Myanmar labourers

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Policeman injured in bid to stop pickup allegedly smuggling in Myanmar labourers

By THE NATION

 

 

A senior Tak Immigration Police officer and two Myanmar nationals suffered minor injuries when a pickup allegedly trying to smuggle undocumented labourers into the province smashed into a police vehicle at a road block.

 

An official of the 345th company border patrol police reported that on Saturday (August 29) they had dispatched officials to patrol the border along Moei River in Maeramad subdistrict of Tak province after a tip-off that an illegal labour syndicate would try to smuggle in migrants from Myanmar through the area.

 

As officials employed roadblocks on Sai Ban Ton Pheung Road, they stopped an Isuzu D-max pickup truck for searching. The driver reportedly accelerated the truck and tried to drive through the road block and smashed into a Toyota Hilux pickup truck belonging to Pol Snr Sgt-Major Wanchai Singhlor of Tak Immigration Police. Wanchai suffered minor injuries.

 

When officials stopped the pickup and checked, they reportedly found 13 Myanmar nationals --10 males and 3 females -- all without documentation, hiding inside. Two of the migrants reportedly had minor injuries after the crash.

 

 

The driver was later identified as Surasak Wanajaroensuk, 30, a local of Tak, who reportedly confessed that he was paid Bt12,000-Bt13,500 per person to bring migrant labour to Ban Sam Meun subdistrict in inner Tak.

 

Officials also reported that on the same night, five vehicles suspected of carrying illegal migrants had managed to slip through the roadblocks.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30393759

 

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[richard_smith237]

 

This has been going on for years, knowingly and with the complicity of ‘officials’... 

How else do Thailands, factories and construction sites operate without a Burmese labor force?

 

 

[Matzzon]

I would say, it´s combined with a certain risk to sit in your car when using it as a road block. Sounds like that was what he did. Pea brain comes to mind!

[RichardColeman]

YOu mean they could not afford the 14 days quarantine, the tests, the documentation and the $100k insurance ? 

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Officials also reported that on the same night, five vehicles suspected of carrying illegal migrants had managed to slip through the roadblocks.

Time Thailand was put back onto the people trafficking list.

Plus the dangers of Myanmar migrants bringing in Covid....

[sammieuk1]

Deploy the smart car the fortress is breached vinyl and pointing sticks on order ????

[DaveCW]

"Officials also reported that on the same night, five vehicles suspected of carrying illegal migrants had managed to slip through the roadblocks"

 

As they were able to provide the correct documents in brown envelops whilst the roadblock were removed to allow easy onward transit. (The poor driver was obviously not given the right script before entering the Kingdom. ????