NARATHIWAT (Bernama): Thai authorities have arrested more than 400 of their citizens for attempting to sneak into the kingdom from Malaysia after five land border checkpoints were re-opened Saturday (April 18).
Deputy Commander of Fourth Army Region, Maj Gen Kriangkrai Srirak said about 300 Thais crossed the border Sunday (April 19) without registering with the Royal Thai Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Consulate-General in Penang or Kelantan, or for not having travel documents or “fit-to-travel” documents.
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He said 130 were arrested on Saturday after crossing natural borders into the kingdom.
“All of them were fined 800 baht (about RM100) and sent to state facilities for a 14-day quarantine,” he said.
The Thais, who mostly work in oil palm and rubber plantations as well as fishing vessels in Malaysia, returned home after Malaysia imposed the movement control order (MCO) on March 18, and after the closure of border checkpoints between the two countries since March 23.
Meanwhile, Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) spokesman Thaweesilp Wissanuyothin said a total of 2,548 Thais stranded in Malaysia have registered to return home as of this month.
He said since the reopening of the land border checkpoints of Thailand and Malaysia on Saturday, the relevant authorities have limited the number of returnees to about 350 every day.
“On the first day of re-opening of the land border checkpoints, 266 Thais registered to return home while it was 303 today,” he said at the Covid-19 daily briefing in Bangkok on Sunday.
He said the Thai embassy in Kuala Lumpur and Consulate offices in Malaysia have provided assistance such as care packages, food and essential items to 10,396 Thai people in Malaysia. – Bernama
Deputy Commander of Fourth Army Region, Maj Gen Kriangkrai Srirak said about 300 Thais crossed the border Sunday (April 19) without registering with the Royal Thai Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Consulate-General in Penang or Kelantan, or for not having travel documents or “fit-to-travel” documents.
Yesterday,
He said 130 were arrested on Saturday after crossing natural borders into the kingdom.
“All of them were fined 800 baht (about RM100) and sent to state facilities for a 14-day quarantine,” he said.
The Thais, who mostly work in oil palm and rubber plantations as well as fishing vessels in Malaysia, returned home after Malaysia imposed the movement control order (MCO) on March 18, and after the closure of border checkpoints between the two countries since March 23.
Meanwhile, Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) spokesman Thaweesilp Wissanuyothin said a total of 2,548 Thais stranded in Malaysia have registered to return home as of this month.
He said since the reopening of the land border checkpoints of Thailand and Malaysia on Saturday, the relevant authorities have limited the number of returnees to about 350 every day.
“On the first day of re-opening of the land border checkpoints, 266 Thais registered to return home while it was 303 today,” he said at the Covid-19 daily briefing in Bangkok on Sunday.
He said the Thai embassy in Kuala Lumpur and Consulate offices in Malaysia have provided assistance such as care packages, food and essential items to 10,396 Thai people in Malaysia. – Bernama
