Picture courtesy of Amarin.

 

Four Thai women who had been working in Cambodia were arrested after allegedly paying a Cambodian guide to smuggle them back into Thailand via a natural border crossing, only to be abandoned mid-journey. One of the women called her boyfriend for help, but he too was arrested when he arrived to pick them up.

 

The incident occurred on 24 June in the Khlong Nam Sai border area of Aranyaprathet District, Sa Kaeo Province. Officers from the Burapha Task Force, Aranyaprathet Special Unit and Paramilitary Unit 12 (Company 1206) apprehended five individuals, one man and four women, along with a passenger car used in the attempted pick-up.

 

Preliminary questioning revealed that the women had entered Cambodia for work but later wished to return to Thailand. They allegedly paid 4,000 baht each to a Cambodian trafficker who promised to guide them across the border. However, the women were abandoned near the Thai border and left to fend for themselves.

 

One of the women managed to contact her boyfriend, who immediately drove to the border area to retrieve them. Unbeknownst to him, security forces were monitoring the border zone and arrested the entire group upon their meeting.

 

All five were taken into custody and handed over to Khlong Nam Sai Police Station. The women face charges of illegal entry, while the man is being charged with assisting others in unlawfully entering the country.

 

Authorities confirmed they are expanding the investigation to identify and prosecute the smuggling network responsible for trafficking Thai nationals across the border.

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Amarin 2025-06-26

 

 

 

Did they enter Cambodia legally? Seems that a Thai citizen shouldn't have had a problem re-entering Thailand.

Bit hard if the border crossings are closed!

How can any civilized country refuse entry to it's own citizens !

2 hours ago, bdenner said:

Bit hard if the border crossings are closed!

I thought it was just Sa Kaeo. Apparently they're all down. Heavy sigh . . .

They apprehend a passenger car.  They didn't  confiscate the vehicle.   They apprehended it.  Did anyone  else catch that?

On 6/25/2025 at 11:11 PM, Georgealbert said:

Four Thai women who had been working in Cambodia

 

No arrest for the employers? same as in Thailand.

On 6/26/2025 at 5:38 AM, HappyExpat57 said:

Did they enter Cambodia legally? Seems that a Thai citizen shouldn't have had a problem re-entering Thailand.

The borders are closed to everyone!

These bastards lock out their own people.

On 6/26/2025 at 7:36 AM, JoePai said:

How can any civilized country refuse entry to it's own citizens !

Except Australia during COVID 🤨

On 6/26/2025 at 5:11 AM, Georgealbert said:

prosecute the smuggling network responsible for trafficking Thai nationals across the border.

Idiots