A Vietnamese man illegally in Thailand was pulled from Rayong Bay, pale and hungry, but otherwise unhurt.
The unidentified man was rescued by a crab-fishing boat Oct. 12 and then dropped at the IRPC Co. pier in Rayong. Employee Wijit Saengmekh, 58, gave the man clothes, food and water, then called police. Officers could not communicate, however, and he was turned over to the Immigration Department.
The rescued man told an interpreter that he’d entered Thailand illegally to work for a pier-repair company. He didn’t elaborate on why he was found swimming so far from shore.
Police try to communicate with the Vietnamese fisherman after giving him some rice to eat.
