"Thailand nabs 400 trying to sneak home from Malaysia", 19 April 2020

More than 400 Thai citizens have been arrested for attempting to sneak into the kingdom from Malaysia....

The regional deputy army commander said about 300 Thais crossed the border today. Yesterday, 130 were arrested after crossing natural borders. They did not register with the Thai embassy in Kuala Lumpur, consulate-general in Penang or Kelantan, or did not have travel documents and ‘fit-to-travel’ documents.

“All of them were fined 800 baht and sent to state facilities for 14-day quarantine,” the commander said.

The Thais, mostly work in oil palm and rubber plantations as well as fishing vessels in Malaysia. [...]

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