SONGKHLA: A group of 46 Myanmar migrants wanting to get jobs in Malaysia were arrested in Sadao district near the Malaysian border on Friday evening.
A combined team of soldiers, border patrol police and immigration officers found 34 men and 12 women hiding in a rubber plantation in tambon Tamnak Kham, after being alerted by the plantation owner, said Col Thanitphon Hongwilai, commander of a military task force.
All were Myanmar migrants.
During questioning, the migrants told the arresting team via an interpreter that there were two groups of them. One group used to work in Bangkok but wanted to seek jobs in Malaysia. They had…
