UBON RATCHATHANI: Fifty-eight illegal job-seekers from Laos were caught on the bank of the Mekong River in Khong Chiam district as they were preparing to travel to Bangkok on Monday morning.
Capt Nathawat Wichakul, commander of the Ubon Ratchathani Mekong Riverine Unit (MRU), said a combined security force intercepted a white Toyota van shortly after it left Khong Chiam Marina Resort on Phrom Singto road, beside the Mekong river.
There were 27 Lao nationals in the van, who had crossed illegally into Thailand .
Pornthep Chansen, 54, the driver, said he was being paid 3,000 baht to take his passengers to Ubon Ratchathani town, from…
