SONGKHLA: Eleven Myanmar nationals hoping to get work in Malaysia were arrested near the Thai-Malaysian border in Sadao district.
A team of soldiers, border patrol police and immigration officers found nine men and two women hiding in a forested area at Dan Nok village in tambon Samnak Kham on Friday afternoon, said Col Thanitphon Hongwilai, commander of a military task force, who led the team.
All of them were illegal migrants from Myanmar. They apparently looked exhausted when the arresting team arrived.
The officers took them for Covid-19 testing and their results were…
