20 Laotians nabbed at Thai-Malaysian border as they try to return to Lao PDR

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20 Laotians nabbed at Thai-Malaysian border as they try to return to Lao PDR

 

 

Thai officials arrested 20 Laotians, as they snuck across the border from Malaysia into Su-ngai Kolok district of Thailand’s Narathiwat province, on Wednesday night.

 

Two pickup trucks, which were supposed to take the illegal immigrants back to the Lao PDR via the northeastern province of Nong Khai, were also confiscated.

 

The Thai security forces were on a routine patrol, along the Su-ngai Kolok River demarcating the border between Thailand and Malaysia in Su-ngai Kolok district, stumbled on a group of people, who were later found out to be Laotians, as they were emerging from the river.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/20-laotians-nabbed-at-thai-malaysian-border-as-they-try-to-return-to-lao-pdr/

 

 

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[ChipButty]

They where going home for Christmas, long drive from there to Nong Khai

[Stocky]

Malaysia is back in lockdown, they're adding 1500 cases and 300 to 400 deaths daily. So these are guest workers, now without work, looking to get home.

 

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Edited December 17, 2020 by Stocky