Hundreds of Workers Detained Crossing Thai Border

13 November 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Economy and commerce
Anti-human trafficking police / Banteay Meanchey Province / harvest season / Kork Romiet commune / Ministry of Interior / Police / Thai Border / Thma Puok district

Police in Banteay Meanchey province detained 298 people for trying to illegally cross the border to Thailand last week in Thma Puok district’s Kork Romiet commune, police said yesterday. During questioning, all 298 detainees admitted that they were trying to cross the border in order to find jobs on farms or construction sites in Thailand, as they were currently unemployed while waiting for the rice harvest season to start next month. …

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