Following last month’s arrest of 31 Burmese migrants trying to cross via Songkhla province into Malaysia, police have now caught a person suspected of trafficking them. Yesterday, police in Sadao district arrested Saiyid Ratdaewa after discovering him in a home he was renting. Police say they found that Saiyid was a job dealer for migrants in search of jobs in Malaysia. Police additionally discovered a pistol and 33 rounds of ammunition, in addition to a pickup truck and a cell phone.
The alleged smugglers concerned within the operation were Thai, Malaysian, and Myanmar nationals. The 31 migrants they tried to smuggle included 25 men and six women. Police discovered them hiding in a ditch on a rubber plantation in Sadao district, about one kilometre from the Malaysia border. The migrants stated they first entered Thailand through a pure border crossing in Tak, a Northern province, and a pickup truck took them to Songkhla. Another pickup truck then took them to Sadao. Once in Sadao, that they had been told to attend for help getting throughout the border into Malaysia.
Saiyid is from Padang Besar, a Malaysian town that borders Songkhla.
Migrants from Myanmar frequently try to cross into Thailand for jobs. They typically pay job brokers some large cash to search out them jobs, from 5,000 to 50,000 baht. With the recent spike in Covid-19, Thai officials have warned individuals to “look out for” illegal migrants. ติดตั้งโซล่าเซลล์ใกล้ฉัน have additionally stated they may crack down on smuggling gangs, and factories hiring illegal migrants..