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Rohingya beaten by man for ransom
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 10/02/2024
» A 37-year-old Myanmar man has been arrested in Hat Yai for brutally beating three Rohingya -- two women and a 14-year-old boy -- in a bid to get a 500,000 kyat (8,500 baht) ransom from them while smuggling them into Malaysia.
Cops arrest Bangladeshi migrants
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 21/12/2023
» Seventy-three illegal Bangladeshi migrants have been arrested in the southern provinces of Songkhla and Phatthalung while being smuggled to work in Malaysia through Thailand.
1,200kg of ‘ice’ destined for Malaysia seized
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 26/05/2023
» SONGKHLA: Police seized 1,200 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine worth 120 million baht, destined for Malaysia, after surrounding a house in Na Mom district but the smugglers managed to flee.
Migrant traffickers' 'boss' nabbed
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 09/03/2023
» SONGKHLA: A woman alleged to be the leader of a major network responsible for smuggling Myanmar workers to Malaysia via Thailand has been arrested by immigration police.
Karaoke shop owner charged with trafficking 13y/o girl
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 17/05/2022
» SONGKHLA: The woman owner of a karaoke shop in Thepha district has been arrested on a charge of trafficking a 13-year-old girl, Provincial Police Region 9 commissioner Pol Lt Gen Nanthadet Yoinual said on Tuesday.
Suspected human trafficker arrested in Songkhla
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 19/02/2022
» SONGKHLA: A man wanted for alleged involvement in smuggling illegal migrants from Myanmar to Malaysia was arrested at a house in Sadao district of this southern province on Saturday.
'Human trafficker' nabbed after 7 years
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 15/01/2022
» SONGKHLA: A 38-year-old man wanted in connection with trafficking of Rohingya migrants was arrested in Sadao district on Saturday, almost seven years after fleeing to Malaysia.
Illegal migrants caught in Hat Yai
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 07/09/2021
» SONGKHLA: Ten illegal Myanmar migrants and their two guides, a Myanmar woman and Thai man, were arrested at a hotel in Hat Yai district on Monday.
20 Myanmar migrants arrested in Hat Yai
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 06/06/2021
» SONGKHLA: Twenty Myanmar migrants were arrested in Hat Yai district on Saturday night, local media reported.
Samut Sakhon-bound migrant traffickers arrested
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 18/03/2021
» SONGKHLA: Two Thai men have been arrested for alleged trafficking in illegal Myanmar migrants from Malaysia to Samut Sakhon province, the epicentre of the December Covid-19 surge.