TAK: A Karen female student went missing while collecting molluscs in the Moei river on Saturday, and local officials in Tha Song Yang district of this northern province continued to search for her on on Sunday morning.
The 21-year-old woman, identified as Si Su, was in a group of 19 Karen students from the Kaw Tha Blay Learning Centre who went to collect molluscs along the bank of the Moei river on the Thai-Myanmar border near Ban Mo Tha in tambon Mae Tan of Tha Song Yang district on Saturday afternoon.
While the students were in the river, three of them went missing.
After the incident was reported to Tha Song Yang district chief Prateep Pothiam, police, administrative officials and rescuers were mobilised to look for the missing students.
Police, administrative officials and rescuers were able to rescue two of the missing students, but failed to find Ms Si Su.
The search was called off after nightfall and resumed on Sunday morning.
The Kaw Tha Blay Learning Centre is operated by Project Umbrella Burma, a Canadian non-profit organisation founded in 2002 that provides aid for education and healthcare on the Thai-Myanmar border, particularly for Karen refugees from Myanmar.
