Description:
"A 37-year-old Myanmar woman was arrested earlier this month at a home in Samut Songkhram on charges of human trafficking and providing shelter to illegal migrants in an extended probe into a human trafficking ring, police said.
The arrest was announced on Friday at a press conference by the Immigration Bureau.
The suspect, who was identified only as "Ms A", was implicated by a Thai suspect, Thanachai Mangthim, a mail van driver who had been caught transporting 13 illegal Myanmar migrant workers to the Thai-Malaysian border in Songkhla in May.
Mr Thanachai told police that he had been contacted by a Myanmar woman several times to transport migrant workers. He identified "Ms A" as his contact in photos shown at the Samut Songkhram immigration office..."
Source/publisher:
"Bangkok Post" (Thailand)
Date of Publication:
2019-07-12
Date of entry:
2019-10-04
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
Countries:
Myanmar, Thailand
Language:
English
Resource Type:
text
Text quality:
- Good