42 Vietnamese arrested in Thailand over bogus passports

A group of 42 people have been arrested in the Thai capital, Bangkok as they were about to travel to South Korea, on charges of forging official documents and illegal entry

Thai immigration police say the suspects had replaced photographs on real Vietnamese passports which they had used to travel out of Vietnam.

The police claim they also found contracts showing they had each paid between three-thousand and four-thousand dollars for tickets and travel arragements, and expected to pay another six-thousand dollars to illegal job brokers in South Korea.

7/03/01 11:02:14 | ABC Radio Australia News

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