Myanmar job seekers caught in Thailand

Another group of illegal job seekers in Myanmar was found Wednesday morning in a forest near a border village in Muang district. Eight men and two women were picked up by a military patrol around 7:00 a.m. M. Near Moo Village 2, Tambon Ban Kao, Muang District. One of the men, So So, 28, said he was hired by a woman he knew as Ms. Nam to take the other nine who were looking for work across the border into Thailand. So they went to the border for five days and arrived at Tambon Ban Kao in Thailand, where they were arrested. Everyone had to pay 14,000 baht to employment agencies upon arrival in Pathum Thani, Rayong and Samut Prakan provinces. All 10 were charged with illegal entry