Info sought on missing property of Thais detained in Myanmar
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Ranong - Thai authorities will soon seek a progress report from their counterparts in Myanmar on the return of the possessions of the 92 Thais arrested for trespassing on July 4, of whom 90 were later repatriated.
The two other Thais have been jailed in Myanmar on drug charges.
Colonel Uthit Anantananont, deputy chairman of the Ranong-Koh Song Township Border Committee, said yesterday that the Thais and their relatives kept asking about the status of their property.
The Thai side will ask for the details of the items still left in Myanmar and the guidelines for their retrieval because the Ranong TBC has not received anything yet, Uthit said.
They will also ask Myanmar officials to take care of the remaining belongings in Ban Inthaninkwang of Koh Song (Kawthaung) province, where the Thais were arrested, after some people reportedly smuggled some back to the Thai side.
Seri Phetchnoi from Surat Thani said he and 100 other relatives of the 92 Thais |had come to Ban Nai Krang in Ranong’s Kra Buri district, which is across the border from Ban Inthaninkwang, to search for the property that was reportedly brought into Ranong without the knowledge of the Thais and their relatives.
Their probe along with Thai soldiers and officials along the Thai-Myanmar border opposite Ban Inthaninkwang found traces of a backhoe and six or seven pickup trucks allegedly used by the smugglers.
However, no one knows who the smugglers are and none of the 90 Thais know about such a move or have received their property back.
Thai authorities should quickly investigate this case as the personal assets might have been stolen or lost, Seri said.
