16 Chinese caught entering illegally

Sixteen Chinese nationals were arrested for illegally entering the country through natural channels along the Thai-Lao border in Nong Khai. (File photo)
Sixteen Chinese nationals were arrested for illegally entering the country through natural channels along the Thai-Lao border in Nong Khai. (File photo)

Sixteen Chinese nationals were arrested for illegally entering the country along the Thai-Lao border in Nong Khai.

The navy said the group was arrested on Saturday night along the banks of the Mekong River.

The Chinese nationals were spotted and arrested by officials patrolling the river.

Officials suspected they were trying to avoid the 14-day quarantine.


None of those arrested had any identification documents with them.

Also, in Prachuap Khiri Khan yesterday, five Myanmar nationals were caught sneaking into Thailand in tambon Huai Sai.

Three of the men said they paid migrant smugglers 20,000 baht each to take them to an employer in Samut Sakhon.

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Vocabulary

  • arrested: caught by the police and taken to a police station because you are believed to have committed a crime - ถูกจับกุม
  • banks: the raised areas of land along the side of a river - ริมฝั่งแม่น้ำ, ตลิ่ง
  • identification: an official card or a document that can prove who you are - บัตรประชาชน
  • migrant: someone who travels to another place or country in order to find work (an immigrant is someone who comes to live in a country from another country) - ผู้อพยพ, คนงานต่างถิ่น
  • national: a citizen of a particular country - ประชาชน
  • official: connected with the job of somebody who is in a position of authority - ที่เป็นทางการ
  • patrol: to move regularly around a place in order to prevent trouble or crime or to watch for an enemy - ลาดตระเวน
  • smuggler: a person who takes things or people to or from a place secretly and often illegally - ผู้ลักลอบขนสินค้าหรือคนหรือสัตว์เข้าและออกจากประเทศอย่างผิด
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