BANGKOK, Sept 2 (TNA) – Police arrested a couple suspected of trafficking in Rohingya people as they sneaked into the country after escaping arrest since 2015.

Assistant police chief Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn said Muang Than Tun, a 55-year-old Myanmar national, and his Thai wife Rahana Jesama-ae were arrested at a restaurant on Rama IX Road in Bang Kapi district of Bangkok on Sept 1.  

 

The couple was wanted under an arrest warrant issued by the Nathawi Court in 2015. They were among key suspects including local politicians, police and military personnel for the illegal immigration of Rohingya people. They were identified after the discovery of about 30 dead Rohingya migrants in a forest on Khao Kaew mountain in Sadao district of Songkhla in May 2015. The ill-fated illegal migrants were believed to wait in vain for their farther trip to a third country.

 

Full story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1009991

 

-- © Copyright Thai News Agency 2022-09-02

 

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Two more suspects in Rohingya trafficking racket arrested

 

 

A Myanmar man and his Thai wife, wanted for alleged involvement in the trafficking of Rohingya immigrants into Thailand from Myanmar about seven years ago, have recently been arrested in a southern province by Thai police after they returned from Malaysia.

 

Assistant national police chief, Pol Lt-Gen Surachate Hakparn, told a news conference today (Friday) that the couple had changed their names and nationalities to Malaysian, in an apparent attempt to avoid detection.

 

He thanked the Malaysian police for the intelligence, which helped in their arrest at a border hotel.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/two-more-suspects-in-rohingya-trafficking-racket-arrested/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-09-02

 

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