webfact Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 19 Thais held for crossing Myanmar border By The Nation Soldiers arrested 19 Thai casino employees who fled Myanmar for Tak's Mae Sot district early on Tuesday morning. Despite a ban on crossing into or out of Myanmar, 10 males and nine females with Thai nationality crossed the Moei river. On being arrested, they told the soldiers they were employees at casinos in Myanmar and just wanted to return home. They were all promptly quarantined. On Monday, Myanmar reported 897 new Covid-19 patients, taking the total of those infected to 11,631. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30395306 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-09-29 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunjeff Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Packing them into the back of a pickup doesn't seem to reflect Government policies on social distancing... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 5 hours ago, webfact said: On being arrested, they told the soldiers they were employees at casinos in Myanmar and just wanted to return home. They were all promptly quarantined. And after quarantine... nothing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upnotover Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Wonder what talents they possess that makes it worthwhile for a Burmese casino to import Thai migrant workers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunjeff Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 5 hours ago, Upnotover said: Wonder what talents they possess that makes it worthwhile for a Burmese casino to import Thai migrant workers. They have native fluency in Thai, and all of the customers are Thai? Just a guess. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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