Two more Chinese nationals, 27-year-old Wu Changqing and 36-year-old Zhu Chao, were rescued by Thai border troops in Phop Phra district of Tak province last night, after they were dropped off at a location near the border, with a promise that they would be picked up by another driver to take them into Myanmar.
Fortunately, an army patrol came across them at about 6.20pm as they were waiting. They told the troops that they were on their way to Chiang Mai and had been abandoned there.
Realising that the two were probably being duped by human traffickers, who might have been planning to send them to work in call centres or other illegal businesses, the troops escorted them to the police station in Mae Sot, so the police could contact their relatives.
Wu and Zhu told the police that they had arrived at Suvarnabhumi airport at about 5am yesterday and then checked into a nearby hotel to rest.
While in the hotel, they contacted a car rental service to charter a ride to Chiang Mai. At about 10am, they said a grey Mitsubishi Pajero arrived at the hotel and drove them to Phob Phra district, where they were left, waiting for the other car.
