The incident took place on May 12, at the Sino Thai Engineering and Construction Public Company Limited, around Ban Khao Wong, Moo #3, Nawng Nam Daeng, Pak Chong District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. About 60 Thai and Burmese workers were fighting each other there. Thai police were mobilized and deployed at the scene to hold the event under control not to escalate further. After the situation calmed down, it was found that a person was wounded and he is a Burmese worker. He had been stabbed with knife on his back. The police sent him to the Pak Chong Hospital but he was in a rage and didn’t let the doctor cure him and ran away. He is missing now.

According to the inquiry, a group of Burmese workers were having a drink and there was a Burmese worker named Saen who served as a translator for the Burmese workers and had an argument with them. Thai workers were asked to come to mediate them but the incident escalated and became the scene of fighting between Thai and Burmese workers at the workers housing.

Besides it was also found that the Thai workers housing was put on fire by Burmese workers and suffered damage. Fortunately, Thai workers used fire extinguishers and water tank to extinguish fire immediately before it spread further.

(Translated from 12May, 2013 news of ASTV)