Two Thai men have been arrested by Myanmar police while fishing near Koh Son in Myanmar waters, Thailand Maritime Enforcement Command Centre Region 3 said on Monday.
On Sunday, the village chief of Koh Sinhaige reported that the two men were fishing in their boat near Koh Son in Myanmar’s Kawthaung province. A Myanmar police boat fired a warning shot and then detained them and their boat.
Capt Phetcharat Thienchan, deputy director of Thai-MECC Region 3, had assigned officers to contact the joint Thailand-Myanmar border coordinating committee and seek their release. The statement said Myanmar authorities had agreed to release the two men on Monday.