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Illegal job seekers caught en route to Malaysia

The deserted house in Sadao district, Songkhla, cordoned off by police following the arrest of 20 illegal migrants from Myanmar there on Tuesday. (Photo: Assawin Pakkawan)

SONGKHLA: Twenty illegal Myanmar migrants hoping to get jobs in Malaysia were arrested at a deserted house in Sadao district of this southern border province.

Immigration and local police raided the house on Ban Chaikhuan Road in tambon Padang Besar on Tuesday on information it was being used to shelter illegal migrants en route to Malaysia.

Twenty young adults, 16 men and 4 women aged 19-26 yrs, were in the house, arresting officlals said. All were undocumented and from Myanmar. They were sitting in groups of 3-4 in different corners with coloured ribbons…

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