KANCHANABURI – Thai immigration officers in Kanchanaburi have temporarily closed the Three Pagodas border crossing after a group of Myanmar people protested against the death sentence of two Myanmar men.
Superintendent of the immigration bureau in Kanchanaburi province Col.Weerayot Karunyathon said army officers were maintained strict security measures at the border crossing area although the protest did not escalate. There was no protester crossing the borders to Thailand, said the superintendent.
However, the immigration bureau decided to temporarily close the border crossing and prohibit Thais from crossing the borders there to Myanmar for security reasons, the official said.
The protesters have gathered in the Payatongzu market in Myanmar after the two Myanmar men were sentenced to a death penalty for the murder of two British tourists in Thailand.
