Malaysia-bound class from Myanmar said they had paid Thai work agents B50, 000 a mind
PUBLISHED: 31 Jan 2025 at 17: 22
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT- A vehicle carrying 53 improper migrants from Myanmar who were traveling to Malaysia crashed on Friday, leading to the abandonment of one of the drivers, who fled.
The accident happened on Asia Highway Not 41 on the Thung Song-Surat Thani course in tambon Kaew Saen, said Pol Lt Col Phanuwat Rattanaphan, an investigator at the Na Bon place, who was alerted at about 7am.
A six-wheel vehicle with its top severely damaged in the ditch dividing the road was discovered by officers and rescue personnel at the field. Before crashing into the drain, it had hit a roadside energy shaft.
When authorities removed the canvas covering the base of the vehicle, they found 53 men and women, all Myanmar citizens, crammed in. One person suffered a broken hip, while others had minor injuries. Nothing could converse Thai, so they appeared worn out.  ,
They were being interrogated and told police that a vehicle had been sent to pick them up from the Myanmar borders as they were headed to Malaysia, according to an interpreter. They had paid 50, 000 ringgit each to Indian work broker. The truck struck the Na Bon area while traveling, and the pilot fled.
Authorities were pursuing the pilot in order to file a lawsuit. The migrants may return to their home countries.
Following a collision in the Na Bon city of Nakhon Si Thammarat on Friday day, officers pulled back a tarpaulin and discovered 53 Myanmar nationals lying in a truck’s bed. ( Photo: Nujaree Rakrun )
After the truck’s driver fled, the refugees from Myanmar are removed. ( Photo: Nujaree Rakrun )