Rohingya escapees rounded up
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Some 14 Rohingya escaped detention at a Phang Nga family home in Takua Pa yesterday morning by climbing down a makeshift "rope" of blankets from the building's second floor, where they slept.
The escapees were identified as 12 women aged from 13-32, plus a five-year-old boy, and a seven-year-old girl.
After the escape was reported at 3am, police inspected the scene and were told some escapees fled in a bronze-coloured van that was waiting on Phetchkasem Highway (Takua Pa to Khao Lak) while others ran towards the woods.
Police later apprehended nine women hiding in the woods reportedly waiting to be picked up by a labour agent.
The remaining five escapees were recaptured later.
Police are examining security camera footage along the route to identify the van that picked them up. The escapees reportedly said that the agent had promised to take them to another country.
