A groundbreaking solution is on the horizon as the Bhumjaithai Party‘s Southern working committee strategises a preventative measure; proposing a bill to safeguard Thai hajj pilgrims from potential misery abroad brought about by issues back home.
Astoundingly, above 500 pilgrims hailing from Yala, Thailand found themselves in an unfortunate entanglement, trapped and unsupervised on arrival in Saudi Arabia during the hajj period, despite an individual contribution of over 270,000 baht towards the pilgrimage expenses.
Premiere voices of the committee, including the former Narathiwat parliamentary representative, Nujmuddin Uma, strongly expressed the urgency for a revamp of the current Hajj Affairs Promotion Act, negating future recurrences of the incident.
While tales of Thai pilgrims being left adrift have become a familiar annual narrative, the recent…
