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46 Myanmar job seekers caught near Malaysian border

Thai authorities prepare to take illegal Myanmar job seekers from the rubber plantation hideout to Sadao police station in Songkhla for legal action. (Photo: Assawin Pakkawan)

SONGKHLA: A group of 46 Myanmar migrants wanting to get jobs in Malaysia were arrested in Sadao district near the Malaysian border on Friday evening.

A combined team of soldiers, border patrol police and immigration officers found 34 men and 12 women hiding in a rubber plantation in tambon Tamnak Kham, after being alerted by the plantation owner, said Col Thanitphon Hongwilai, commander of a military task force.

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