Illegal Rohingya migrants arrested in Thai South

SATUN, THAILAND, December 24 (TNA) - Thai police on Monday arrested over 50 Rohingya Muslims who illegally entered Thailand's southern Satun province, before heading to third countries. The police from a special operation unit in Satun stopped two vans packed with the 54 Rohingya migrants at a check point in Tungnui sub-district and took them and the vans' drivers for questioning and prosecution. Following the interrogation, the police said the 54 Rohingya Muslims sailed from Myanmar’s western Rakhine state more than 10 days ago and they were heading to the third countries, after recently disembarking in Satun's Tammalang sub-district. (TNA)