Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Muslim man from Narathiwat arrested for allegedly smuggling eight Muslims from Cambodia, Vietnam

January 17, 2007
The Nation (Thailand)

Sa Kaew - A Thai Muslim from Narathiwat was arrested here Wednesday for allegedly smuggling in eight Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam.

Ahama Dareng, 49, was arrested at the Rong Klua Market near the Cambodian border at 11:30 am when police found eight illegal immigrants inside his van.

Pol Lt Col Srimuang Siriwiset, an officer of the Aranyaprathet Immigration office, said three of the immigrants were Cambodian women and four were Vietnamese women and another Vietnamese man. All were Muslims.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Damned, I hope the Thai is not
under any terrorist threat. If
they do, we can kiss our tourrism
growth good bye, not to mention
the side effect on khmer people.

Hence, this call for a bilateral
cooperation between the two
neighbors to keep terroristd from
spoiling our interests.