SONGKHLA: Twenty-two Myanmar nationals were arrested in Hat Yai district of this southern province on Saturday, police said.
The job seekers were found hidden in the bushes near Moo 10 village in tambon Ban Rai at about 7pm by a team of district officials led by three assistant district chiefs for security affairs, supported by defence volunteers and police from Thung Lung station.
The Myanmar nationals, all men, told the authorities in initial questioning that they had travelled from Myanmar and arrived in Hat Yai on Friday. They had paid 50,000 baht each to job brokers for jobs in Malaysia.
They were waiting in the bushes for the job brokers to lead them across the border into Malaysia. The brokers fled before the Thai authorities arrived and arrested them. All of them appeared exhausted from the journey.
The job seekers were handed over to Thung Lung police…
