Five Rohingyas arrested in Hat Yai after they sneaked into the country from Myanmar



HAT YAI -- Five Rohingyas illegal immigrants have been arrested by police and local officials at a hideout in Hat Yai while awaiting to be smuggled out to a third country.

The five Rohingyas, aged between 18-21, told interrogators that they each paid a human trafficking gang 24,000 baht to get them into a third country. They said altogether about 30 of them were put into a boat which took them from Myanmar to Ranong nine days ago.

After landing, they split up in groups of between 5-10 and headed toward different directions.

The five of them were taken to Hat Yai where they were lodged in a house in Soi Tasabaan 16 while waiting for another gang member to smuggle them out of the country to a third country, possibly Malaysia.

The five Rohingyas are detained at the district’s immigration police office pending further instruction from the head office in Bangkok.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/video-five-rohingyas-arrested-in-hat-yai-after-they-sneaked-into-the-country-from-myanmar

-- Thai PBS 2015-12-02

Another bombing? This time in Hat Yai.

Incidentally, the policeman stationed near the Erawan Shrine don't look particularly vigilant.