30 undocumented Myanmar migrants, Thai transporter arrested in Tak

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30 undocumented Myanmar migrants, Thai transporter arrested in Tak

By THE NATION

 

 

Thirty suspected illegal migrants from Myanmar and a Thai man who allegedly helped hide and transport them after they had crossed the border in Tak province via Mei River have been arrested.

 

Announcing the arrests, Immigration Police chief Pol Lt-General Sompong Chingduang on Thursday (August 10) said:

 

“Immigration Police in Tak province stopped a suspicious pickup truck at 10.15pm on Wednesday on Tha Song Yang

– Mae Sariang Road in Tha Song Yang district. There were 16 Myanmar migrants on board, and none of them had proper documentation,” he said. “The driver, Chinathip [last name withheld], aged 25 years, a local of Tak province, reportedly confessed that he was paid by an agency to pick up the migrants who had crossed Mei River and were hiding in a house near the river bank and then drop them off in inner Tak.”

 

Police went to the house and reportedly found 14 more undocumented Myanmar migrants hiding and waiting for transportation.

 

Chinathip was charged with facilitating illegal migrants to enter the country and hiding them from authorities, while the 30 migrants were charged with entering the country without proper documentation and violating the announcement of Tak’s Disease Control Committee regarding the prevention of Covid-19.

 

Police are also tracking down the agency that hired Chinathip to uncover the people behind this operation.

 

“If you have information about illegal migrants, please contact Immigration Police hotline at 1178 or via http://www.immigration.go.th/,” Somphong added.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30394359

 

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[RichardColeman]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Chinathip was charged with facilitating illegal migrants to enter the country and hiding them from authorities, while the 30 migrants were charged with entering the country without proper documentation and violating the announcement of Tak’s Disease Control Committee regarding the prevention of Covid-19.

My vote goes on making him pay for their hotel quarantine

[Chassa]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Police are also tracking down the agency that hired Chinathip to uncover the people behind this operation.

Guess we'll hear nothing more about this one.

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Thirty suspected illegal migrants from Myanmar and a Thai man who allegedly helped hide and transport them after they had crossed the border in Tak province via Mei River have been arrested.

Time to get serious with Thais people smuggling.. or the world at large to put Thailand back on the list at #1

It seems to be becoming the next best thing to smuggling drugs.

[Deli]

Chinathip... the name matches his business

[Burma Bill]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Time to get serious with Thais people smuggling.. or the world at large to put Thailand back on the list at #1

It seems to be becoming the next best thing to smuggling drugs.

For reference - UN report dated 2018:-

 

 At least 2.5 million migrants were smuggled in 2016, according to the first Global Study on Smuggling of Migrants released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today. Migrant smuggling occurred in all regions of the world and generated an income for smugglers of up to US$7 billion, equivalent to what the United States or the European Union countries spent on global humanitarian aid in 2016.

[bodga]

2 hours ago, Chassa said:

Guess we'll hear nothing more about this one.

or  the most  likely  thousands of  others who have been doing this  all thru the farce  called  covid

[Redline]

It’s impossible to keep the virus out because people come and go everyday across the borders.  They are not sealed 

[JeffersLos]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

The driver, Chinathip [last name withheld], aged 25 years, a local of Tak province, reportedly confessed that he was paid by an agency to pick up the migrants who had crossed Mei River

Is that the agency in the photo?