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Burmese man sneaks onto plane

An illegal Burmese immigrant who sneaked into Suvarnabhumi airport and boarded an empty Turkish Airlines plane on January 22 has airport authorities worried.

An airport official identified the Burmese man as Soe Aung, 27. The man entered the airport next to King Kaew road and made his way through three layers of barbed wire fences.

AoT president Chana U-sathaporn has ordered changes, including more patrol officers, better lighting, stricter searches and improved surveillance equipment.

No more warnings

Crackdown on illegal dorms

The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security will begin a crackdown on illegal student dormitories.

Owners of unregistered dorms were given a final warning on January 24 to register their buildings by January 31. Minister Poldej Pinprateep stated that three months warning had been given, and that it was time to take serious action against those who failed to obey the law.

Under the Dormitory Act, student dorms must provide separate living sections for male and female tenants. Police spokesman Wimol Pao-in said that police stations across the country would assist in the crackdown.

�All those arrested will go to court immediately, and the maximum penalty includes a six-month jail term,� he said.

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Out of the way

Airport sculpture to be moved

A sculpture at Suvarnabhumi airport will be moved. It was on display in the passenger departure lounge. The sculpture is in the way of fire escapes.

The sculpture is called Churning of the Milk Ocean. It is worth 48-million-baht.

	immigrant (n): a person who has come to live permanently in a country that is not their own sneak (v): to go somewhere secretly, trying to avoid being seen barbed wire (n): strong wire with short sharp points on it, used especially for fences surveillance (n): the act of carefully watching a person suspected of a crime or a place where a crime may be committed tenant (n): a person who pays rent for the use of a room, building, land, etc. sculpture (n): a work of art that is a solid figure or object made by carving or shaping wood, stone, clay, metal, etc. fire escape (n): a staircase that people can use to escape from a fire