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Cambodia News (Battambang): On May 4, 2021, a couple was arrested while smuggling 10 people to Thailand through border no. 533, Ouanlong village, Komrieng district, Battambang. The suspects were identified as Pok Poeun, 35 years old, the wife, and Sao Thie, 30 years old, the husband.
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The suspects were detained at Kom Rieng police station. The 10 people were taken for quarantine.
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More ¨People Smugglers" Sent to Court
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Cambodia News, Banteay Meanchey: According to the National Police General Commission, three suspects, two of whom were brokers and one driver, were arrested by O'Chrov district police for smuggling people across the border into Thailand. Police in Svay Chek District sent them to Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court on May 5, 2021 for legal action.

According to a report by Colonel Lay Kim Loun, director of the Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Police Office, Sen Rachna, Male, 31 years old, in Seila Khmer Village, O'Bei Choan Commune, O'Chrov District, Banteay Meanchey Province, and Yam Vit, Male, 43 years old, in Tumnup Dach Village, O'Bei Choan Commune, O'Chrov District, Banteay Meanchey Province were arrested by the police force of O'Chrov district at 10:30am on May 3, 2021 at the corridor of O'Bei Choan commune, O'Chrov district for smuggling people across the country to the border with Thailand.

Their accomplice, Sreung Sareth, male, 37 years old, driving a loaded 2008 Starex car, was arrested by Svay Chek District Police Force for transporting 11 people illegally, including 3 children. Each person had paid 400 Thai baht to the people smugglers.
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Based on the confession and the physical evidence, the suspect was sent to the provincial court for legal proceedings. The passengers were all sent to the quarantine center.
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Two Men Arrested for Transporting 17 Men, Women, and Children, to Cross Thai Border
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Cambodia News, (Banteay Meanchey): Two vehicles were apprehended by the Cambodian authorities, jam-packed with several families of Cambodians who paid between 250-400 Thai baht per person to cross into Thailand illegally. The cars were stopped as they drove through a cashew plantation in Banteay Meanchey, close to the Thai border, at 3:25pm on May 06, 2021.
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The two drivers were arrested by police and the families of hopeful migrants were taken to a quarantine center to be tested for Covid-19.
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2 Brokers and 25 Illegal Cambodian Migrants Detained
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Cambodia News, (Banteay Meanchey Province): On May 10, 2021, two brokers who were active in bringing illegal migrant workers to the Thai border were arrested by the Banteay Meanchey Military. One of the brokers attempted to flee, but was captured by the officers.

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25 people, including 17 women and 2 children, were detained by the authorities in the border area of ​​Boeung Beng commune, Malai district, and they have been taken to the quarantine center for 14 days
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Cambodia News (Battambang): On May 12, 2021, from 5-6 pm, in Phnom Touch village, Phnom Prek district, Battambang, according to the order of General lieutenant Sath Kimsan, Battambang police chief, Lieutenant Heng Barang, Phnom Prek inspector, led the police forces to arrest two suspects who attempted to smuggle 17 people from Cambodia to Thailand.
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The suspects were identified as Pho Pat, a 38-year-old man, and Sa Pat, a 64-year-old woman. After questioning, Mr. Ki Bunara, the prosecutor, prepared the case following the legal procedure. The 17 would-be migrants were taken to get quarantined in Battambang.
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Cambodia News, (Banteay Meanchey Province): Banteay Meanchey police arrested two air force officers on the night of May 15, 2021, while they were leading workers illegally across the border into Thailand.
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Just after midnight on May 15, 2021, the authorities arrested the two airmen and took them to Malai district station for questioning. The group of ten hopeful migrants, consisting of five men and five women,were sent to the quarantine center.
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Was it worth it? Trafficking people, 10 people relating to a cost of approximately $150.
10 kilogram of meth would be more easily concealed than 10 people. What would be the difference sentence be between people trafficking and drug trafficking?
Always "hope" but never "expect".
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12 Cambodians Migrants Sent Back by Thai Border Forces
Cambodia News, (Banteay Meanchey Province): Thai armed forces arrested 12 illegal Cambodian migrant workers at the border in Ta Preah Ya district, Sa Kaeo province, as they confessed to entering Thailand illegally.
On May 20, 2021, Thai journalists reported that with the order of the Commander of the Bopha (Thai) Forces to prevent the illegal entry of Cambodian workers, including to prevent the spread of Kovid-19 forces, Ta Preah Ya authorities sent patrols along the Cambodian-Thai border to monitor the area of ​​Top Siam village, Ta Preah Ya commune, Ta Preah Ya district, Sa Kaeo province, and found a group of Cambodian workers crossing the border through the corridor from the Cambodian side.
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After the inspection, it was found that there were 12 Cambodians, including 5 men, 5 women and 2 children. After questioning, these people admitted that they wanted to go to work in a potato farm in the neighboring Thai province. Therefore, the authorities took them to be interrogated at the headquarters of the 3rd Regiment and followed the medical measures to measure the temperature for Covid-19 signs, but as a result, the 12 were found to be normal.
After that, the police made a record and sent them back to Cambodia through checkpoint S38, Noun Mak Mon village, Kork Khyung district, O Bei Choan checkpoint, Banteay Meanchey province, and the Cambodian authorities there sent the group to quarantine for 14 days.
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AndyKK wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 4:09 pm Was it worth it? Trafficking people, 10 people relating to a cost of approximately $150.
10 kilogram of meth would be more easily concealed than 10 people. What would be the difference sentence be between people trafficking and drug trafficking?
It’s not hard to imagine someone having a moral code that viewed trafficking people as helping them build better lives, whilst at the same time regarding meth as a scourge that ruins whole communities.
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nerdlinger wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 6:18 pm
AndyKK wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 4:09 pm Was it worth it? Trafficking people, 10 people relating to a cost of approximately $150.
10 kilogram of meth would be more easily concealed than 10 people. What would be the difference sentence be between people trafficking and drug trafficking?
It’s not hard to imagine someone having a moral code that viewed trafficking people as helping them build better lives, whilst at the same time regarding meth as a scourge that ruins whole communities.
Firstly, my quote or reply, was more of a hypothetical question. I don't make the laws of the country, and people trafficking I understand to be a serious offense.
You think the traffickers have a moral code helping illegals over the border for payment, and back again in many cases, when the migrant workers may have covid19.
Always "hope" but never "expect".
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