RANONG: Myanmar authorities visited Ranong to repatriate 670 illegal workers after they held a protest on Jan 28 about being detained and demanded they be returned to their homeland, marking the biggest such transfer of immigrant workers to date in the province.
Officials from both sides, including Ranong administrative officers, witnessed the departure of the first batch of workers from Ranong Customs House Pier. They were set to arrive in Myanmar's Kawthaung town on Thursday via the authority's motor boats. The 670 workers comprise 534 men and 136 women.
