A man has been arrested for stealing railway components.

[ASEAN NOW]

 

Theft of railway building components along the Laos-China Railway has resulted in the arrest of a guy in Vientiane Capital.

 

147 steel joints and 39 rail bolts used in the construction of the Lao-China railway were reported stolen in Dongphosy Village, Hadxaifong District, Vientiane Capital, according to a report by Lao Youth Radio.

 

Mr. Armee, a 22-year-old suspect from Thong Meuat Village in Kasi District, Vientiane Province, was apprehended on Friday for stealing the parts.

 

The components were discovered in the man's Dongphosy home. He'd been discovered selling them to junkyards.

 

Those who purposefully endanger the safety of aircraft, ships, trains, cars, airports, ports, train stations, or bus stations are subject to severe fines and up to twenty years in prison, according to Lao law.

 

Scrap dealers and people in the neighborhood have been told to keep a watch on their clients and report any rail bolts or steel rods suspected of being taken from the project.

 

In April, a gang of six men from Saysettha District's Nakhuay Tai Village were detained for stealing railway building components.

 

The Laos-China Railway is set to open in early December this year, according to Laos' announcement.

 

The Laos-China Railway will be 426 kilometers long, with 198 kilometers of tunnels and 62 kilometers of bridges. It will operate at a speed of 160 kilometers per hour from the Boten border gate, which connects Northern Laos to China, to Vientiane Capital.