Thais free 14 Cambodian workers

3 July 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Crime and law enforcement / Government / Informal migration for labor / International relations / Judiciary and courts / Labor / Law and judiciary / Local workers abroad / Offshore recruitment and employment
Cambodia-Thailand border relations office / Hun Sen / Pich Vanna / Sa Kaeo provincial court / Thailand / Veera Somkwamkid

Charges against 14 Cambodia migrant workers arrested in Thailand last month have been dropped and the group will return to the Kingdom tomorrow, government officials have told the Post. A hearing at the Sa Kaeo provincial court in Thailand this morning determined that the workers had been deceived by their brokers, according to Pich Vanna, chief of the Cambodia-Thailand border relations office. “They will be released soon today and will return to Cambodia tomorrow through Poipet international checkpoint,” Vanna said. …

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