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Chinese foreman and 23 Myanmar migrants arrested for illegal work

Unregistered migrant workers are arrested during a raid on a construction site in Bang Phli district, Samut Prakan, on Thursday evening. (Photo: Sutthiwit Chayutworakan)

SAMUT PRAKAN: A Chinese man entering the country on a tourist visa and 23 undocumented Myanmar migrant workers were arrested during a police raid on a construction site in Bang Phli district on Thursday.

The raid conducted by immigration police was prompted by a tip-off that illegal workers were employed at the site near a bridge across Paed canal.

Upon seeing the officers, many workers attempted to flee, but 23 were apprehended. All of them were Myanmar nationals who lacked work permits, according to Pol Col Chinnawut Tangwonglert, the superintendent of Samut…

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