14 Cambodian migrants arrested in Sa Kaeo
Writer:Online ReportersPublished:21/09/2015 at 10:03 PM
SA KAEO — Soldiers rounded up 14 Cambodians trying to sneak out of the country via a natural border in Aranyaprathet district on Monday.
A patrol team from the Burapha Task Force found the Cambodians -- seven men and seven women -- carrying travel bags through a eucalyptus forest near Wang Mon village in Tha Kharm sub-district on the Thai-Cambodian border tonight.
The squad arrested them after the aliens failed to present travel documents.
Reaw Joon, 45, a Cambodian in the group, said most of them were relatives living in Cambodian province of Bantia Mianjoey. They had been working in Chon Buri for two months and their employer had legally registered them with the Labour Ministry.
He claimed family members telephoned to ask them to return home to help grow rice as it was raining in Cambodia. But their boss would not allow them to leave work, citing a shortage of manpower. They then decided to flee the country and did not take the labour or travel documents kept by the employer.
The soldiers questioned the migrant workers and sent them to Sa Kaeo provincial immigration office for further legal proceedings.