Seven Thai mushroom foragers have returned home.

[ASEAN NOW]

 

Seven Thai citizens who illegally entered Laos while mushroom hunting earlier this month have been deported by Lao police.

 

After being discovered in the jungle collecting mushrooms and other forest goods, the party was captured in Laos.

 

Thai authorities met the seven Thai villagers at the Vang Tao – Chong Mek Border on Friday after they finished a 14-day quarantine at a state quarantine center in Pathoumphone District, Champasack Province, according to Workpoint Today.

 

They each received a punishment of LAK 2 million (THB 6,000) and were deported to Thailand.

After then, the group was quarantined for another 14 days in Yang Noi Village, Khueang Nai District, Ubon Rat.

 

One of the members of the group, a 27-year-old lady, said the Lao authorities took excellent care of her throughout her confinement.

She claimed that, contrary to social media allegations, no one in the party received a Covid-19 immunization while in Laos.

 

Another group participant, a 33-year-old guy, said Lao officials sent him and his pals for Covid testing and then kept them in isolation to monitor their symptoms, but they did not receive a Covid vaccination.

 

The party of seven Thai citizens were foraging in the jungle at Bug Tee, a natural border between Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand, and Thoung Guang Village, Phonethong District, Champasack Province, Laos, when they strayed into the border.