In the district of Khun Yuam, in Mae Hong Son province, law enforcememyannt apprehended three Thai citizens who were allegedly facilitating the illegal smuggling of Burmese refugees from a temporary holding facility. The event unfolded on Thursday evening. Several of these migrants, comprising five children and five adults were discovered in the culprits’ vehicles when they were apprehended the following day.
Upon acting on intelligence that Burmese refugees had secretly left their designated shelter, local authorities and police officers organised a checkpoint along Highway 1337, located in Tambon Mae Kee. As part of their operation, they halted a pair of pick-up trucks with Chiang Mai licence plates travelling in succession and found several passengers within.
The three men involved in this operation were identified as 21 year old Sangworn, 38 year…
