Home » national » 7 Myanmar migrants arrested in Songkhla7 Myanmar migrants arrested in SongkhlaBorder patrol police and administrative officials early yesterday morning rounded up seven undocumented Myanmar migrants at a para-rubber plantation in Songkhla’s Sadao district. The migrants were temporarily staying there pending a labour agent transporting them to Malaysia, authorities said. At around 1am yesterday, officials led by Sadao district clerk Napol Pahumanto arrested the migrants at a shack at the plantation in Tambon Sanak Kham. An arrested migrant identified only as Mia, 30, told officials that the group was brought to the plantation by a labour agent who had not charged them to take them to Malaysia to work. The migrants were brought to Sadao Police Station before being deported.

Source: The Nation Bangkok September 24, 2016 18:00 UTC