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Porous borders: More Loatians arrested in Thailand after illegal entry from Malaysia

 

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Thai media 77kaoded reported that two Laotian fishermen were arrested by Region 3 immigration at Pattani bus station after crossing illegally through a natural border area from Malaysia in Tak Bai district. 

 

They were trying to get home to their home country circumventing the need for quarantine. 

 

They claimed to have paid a Thai contact 30,000 baht each for help in crossing the border. 

 

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The media said this came after 20 Laotians were similarly stopped at Hat Yai bus station. 

 

Thailand remains jittery as frequent press reports are surfacing after illegal crossings from Myanmar, Cambodia and now Malaysia.

 

Source: 77kaoded

 

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7 minutes ago, webfact said:

They claimed to have paid a Thai contact 30,000 baht each for help in crossing the border. 

 

And, sadly, that's why it's going to be hard to stop it, especially if their contacts are :"connected".

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3 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

Yet. Wait till these guys get deported there.

Anyone coming into Laos (Lao PDR) has to undergo a two week quarantine. If these guys have covid-19, then it will be picked up that way.

 

I cannot understand why anyone is paying that kind of money to cross the border. From my balcony, I can see small boats with quiet engines moving against the current and seeming to drift across the river only to land on the other side and to return with the current but one person fewer. All done after dark and without lights, of course.

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