Khit/ Kyaw (NSS) – Dec 23

Persons who have been assisting the Myanmar workers affairs in Thailand reported that a total of 91 Myanmar nationals who were arrested and detained in Thailand under various charges were sent back to Myanmar on 22 December. 

The report states that the authorities from Ranong Province contacted the officials of Kawthoung Township to deport them by boat. What is more, both the Ranong authorities and the Head of the Myanmar Labour Attaché Office in Thailand briefed the Myanmar nationals who were sent back.

 Officials welcomed those 91 Myanmar nationals involving 64 males and 33 females when they arrived in Kawthoung, and the staff from the relevant departments conducted medical tests, Covid-19 test and other scrutinizing process on personal details. 

After a quarantine period in Kawthoung Township, they will be transported to their home towns.