The Nation wrote:35 Hmong people arrested

Local police in Udon Thani Tuesday arrested 35 Hmong ethnic minorities from Laos en routing to northern Phetchabun province's Ban Huay Nam Khao, where some 6,000 Hmong fellows were being sheltered.

Three pick up trucks fully loaded with the Hmong, including 17 children were forced to stop at a checkpoint on a bypass road in Udon Thani following a tip off to police that there was a group of smuggler moving illegal migrant from Laos.

Police arrested four Thai nationals with Hmong ethnicity who took the Hmong from Nong Khai province, borders with Laos. One of the four known as Jer Yang, a resident of Ban Khek Noi, a villager next to Ban Huay Nam Khao in Phetchabun's Khao Kho district.

Jer Yang told police that he would bring the group of 35 Hmong fellows from Laos to Ban Huay Nam Khao shelter. This was the third trip he has brought the Hmong from Laos to Thailand, he said.

The Nation Newspaper