Samut Prakan -- Three Cambodian victims of human trafficking jumped into the Chao Phraya River early Tuesday to escape from a fishing boat on which they claim to have been detained. Two are still missing, but the third filed a police complaint yesterday, leading to the rescue of another six Cambodian workers on the boat.
Police Tuesday morning boarded the boat named Mahatthana or KM Beksa, which was docked behind Sripitak Frozen Food in Muang district and was about to set sail for the Indonesian Sea.
Police found six Cambodians allegedly detained on board by captain Phailin Phromsuwan, 44, and his subordinates Thananan Yothachai, 32, and Adichat Saetang, 24. The three were charged with illegal detention, smuggling alien workers into Thailand and human trafficking.
The Cambodian plaintiff identified only as Seu, 23, said he and eight other Cambodians had worked in a Sa Kaew sugarcane plantation before being lured by a Thai man, Suthin Teeram, to get aboard his pickup truck to find construction jobs.
The Nation
Police Tuesday morning boarded the boat named Mahatthana or KM Beksa, which was docked behind Sripitak Frozen Food in Muang district and was about to set sail for the Indonesian Sea.
Police found six Cambodians allegedly detained on board by captain Phailin Phromsuwan, 44, and his subordinates Thananan Yothachai, 32, and Adichat Saetang, 24. The three were charged with illegal detention, smuggling alien workers into Thailand and human trafficking.
The Cambodian plaintiff identified only as Seu, 23, said he and eight other Cambodians had worked in a Sa Kaew sugarcane plantation before being lured by a Thai man, Suthin Teeram, to get aboard his pickup truck to find construction jobs.
The Nation
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