Thai army orders strict border control to prevent COVID-19

 

 

CHIANG RAI (NNT) - The continual increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has prompted Thailand to tighten control over border areas, to prevent illegal entry, in order to control the spread of COVID-19.

 

At the northern border, the Third Army Area Commander Lieutenant General Aphichet Suesat has instructed all units along the border to be on alert for illegal border crossings by migrant workers. He has ordered the Naresuan and Pha Muang forces to cooperate with relevant agencies in Tak, Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, where migrant workers often cross the border, to tighten measures in order to intercept migrant workers illegally entering the country, patrol their areas of responsibility, erect barbed wire fences and set up checkpoints.

 

For the border areas along the Mekong River, the Mekong Riverine Unit of Chiang Rai has been instructed to patrol the river as well as inspect the banks day and night and to set up checkpoints.

 

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6 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The continual increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has prompted Thailand to tighten control over border areas, to prevent illegal entry, in order to control the spread of COVID-19.

How many times have they tightened the border control now, 4-5 times?  

The Border has more holes than a Cullender and they will never plug them all.

Judging from the photo, it looks like they ain't messing around.

Fingers on triggers. 

Edited October 14, 20205 yr by Kaopad999

9 minutes ago, Kaopad999 said:

Judging from the photo, it looks like they ain't messing around.

Fingers on triggers. 

The first 2 guys are carrying shotguns.  I wonder what load you need to dispatch the Wuhan China virus?  ????

5 minutes ago, Grumpy John said:

The first 2 guys are carrying shotguns.  I wonder what load you need to dispatch the Wuhan China virus?  ????

well, I don't think a fishing net would suffice ????  

They are all bunched together and looking in the same direction.

 

One grenade...

 

Still, it is a posed photograph.

11 hours ago, Grumpy John said:

The first 2 guys are carrying shotguns.  I wonder what load you need to dispatch the Wuhan China virus?  ????

A brenneke would stop most things.

5 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

A brenneke would stop most things.

Or a few AK-47's along with a few snipers hiding in the bushes. 

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

For the border areas along the Mekong River, the Mekong Riverine Unit of Chiang Rai has been instructed to patrol the river as well as inspect the banks day and night and to set up checkpoints.

With exponential growth of infections about everywhere else , that certainly is the right thing to do .

Where did I read some month or so ago that the priority list of visa to enter the Kingdom would be specifically for migrant or itinerant workers? I think it was here.