RANONG: Fourteen illegal job seekers from Myanmar on their way to Malaysia were arrested in a forest in this southern province.
A combined team of navy officers and security officials in Ranong found the 14 illegal migrants, including three children under 15 years, in Mu Koh Ranong National Park in tambon Ngao of Muang district on Tuesday morning, said the Region 3 Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre.
During questioning, they told the officers that they had travelled from Yangon, Irrawaddy and Mawlamyine townships in Myanmar for jobs in Malaysia. Myanmar job brokers took them to Koh Song 10 days ago. A long-tailed boat later took them to the forested area on…
