Infected trio face stiff action

Thai women ‘will pay for entry dodge’

The three Thai women who sparked panic in Chiang Mai after sneaking back into Thailand from Myanmar while infected with the coronavirus will face serious charges, local police said on Tuesday.

Pol Lt Gen Prachuap Wongsuk, deputy chief of Provincial Police Region 5, which covers the upper North, including Chiang Rai, said the three women were on Tuesday discharged from Nakornping Hospital in the province and it was time for them to be held accountable for their actions.

Mae Sai police station in Chiang Rai has been ordered to press charges against the trio that will stand as a warning to others not to attempt similar transgressions, he said.

The three sneaked back from the Myanmar border town of Tachileik into Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district late…

Infected trio face stiff action