"We are using an official vehicle," the Thai immigration police officer declared as we started towards the mountains commonly traversed by Myanmar nationals trying to enter Thailand.
This is not the normal practice, I am told. Here, in Kanchanaburi province by Thailand's rugged western border, security officers keep tabs on illegal entry using unmarked vehicles.
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