SONGKHLA: Thirty-one illegal Myanmar migrants hoping to get work in Malaysia were caught at a rubber plantation near the southern border in Sadao district late on Wednesday night.
A patrol of soldiers, police and local officials found them hiding in a ditch about one kilometre from the Malaysian border in tambon Badang Besar around 10.30pm.
There were 25 men and six women, all Myanmar nationals who had entered the country illegally, team leader Col Thanitphon Hongwilai, commander of a military task force, said.
All were taken to Badang Besar police station for questioning.
The detainees told police they had…
