TAK: The Mae Sot immigration chief has been transferred pending an investigation into the escape of two Uighur men from an immigration detention centre on Wednesday.
The escapees remained at large on Friday.
The Immigration Bureau chief signed an order moving Pol Col Sangkhom Thadso, chief of Mae Sot immigration office, to work as an assistant at the bureau head office, a source said.
Teams from several agencies on Friday continued their hunt for the two Uighur escapees, aged 41 and 29.
The search area was expanded along the Myanmar border, but they had found no trace of the two…