[BenarNews] Thai authorities are searching for three Uyghur men who beat feet from an immigration detention center in central Thailand earlier this week, a police investigator said Thursday.The trio broke out of their cell before dawn on Monday, police Col. Rattapong Tiasud told BenarNews. The runaways used a sharp tool to saw their way through metal bars as they beat feet from the detention center in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, about 320 km (199 miles) south of Bangkok, according to an image that BenarNews obtained from another source.
"We are searching for them, and I’m awaiting reports from the ground. The search is a bit slow because of the public holidays lately," said Rattapong, an investigator at the immigration bureau.