KANCHANABURI: Twenty-one Myanmar nationals who illegally crossed the border into Thong Pha Phum, Sai Yok and Sangkhla Buri districts of this western province were imprisoned by combined military and police patrols on Saturday plus Sunday.
The 16 as well as five women were caught in 3 groups – at Ban Tha Khanun village in tambon Tha Khanun, Thong Pha Phum area; at Ban Bongti Lang in tambon Bongti, Sai Yok district; and at Ban Song Kalia in tambon Nong Lu, Sangkhla Buri area.
They will told arresting officers they were from Mawlamyine, Yangon, Bago plus Rakhine townships and wwere heading for guaranteed employment in Samut Sakhon, Rayong, Kanchanaburi and Bangkok. That they had paid 15, 000-30, 000 baht each to job brokers.
These were handed over to police in the three zones for legal processing pending repatriation.