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MEA cracks down on illegal cable cutting
Published on 19/09/2025
» The Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) has issued a warning against illegal activities such as cutting power cables, using stolen electricity for Bitcoin mining and tampering with electricity meters, all of which are considered MEA property.
Too caring; he asked for it; crazy buffalo; polite thief
News, Mae Moo, Published on 07/09/2025
» A Khon Kaen man killed his mother after she tried to make him take antidepressant medication, police said.
MEA Targets Illegal Electricity Use and Power Theft
Published on 27/06/2025
» The Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) is taking decisive action against the illegal cutting of power lines and unauthorised electricity use, including cryptocurrency mining and tampering with electric meters, which are the property of MEA. These acts are illegal under both civil and criminal law, posing life-threatening risks and causing serious damage to the power distribution system—potentially resulting in large-scale blackouts and widespread service disruptions.
Noise, power and scams topped complaints list last year
Post Reporters, Published on 12/02/2025
» In fiscal 2024 more than 59,400 complaints were filed at government complaint centres nationwide, with noise, electricity and scams topping the list.
Nuclear warning
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/01/2025
» Re: "New plan prepares for nuclear power", (Business, Jan 14).
Police round up crypto-mining power thieves
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 12/11/2024
» Police and electricity authorities have raided buildings in Chachoengsao and Surat Thani provinces, arrested suspects and seized cryptocurrency mining machines that stole tens of millions of baht worth of electricity.
Bitcoin miners steal electricity in Kanchanaburi
Published on 09/10/2024
» KANCHANABURI - Investigators are trying to track down the perpetrators behind a bitcoin mining operation that consumed millions of baht worth of stolen electricity from 10 locations in Tha Muang district.
Cops bust secret crypto mining site
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/06/2024
» Ratchaburi: Authorities uncovered a clandestine bitcoin mining operation in Photharam district on Wednesday after the local Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) office detected irregular patterns of power consumption at a location in tambon Chet Samian.
Bitcoin miners pivot to Southeast Asia after China crackdown
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/06/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - The 17-acre cement slab in the middle of a Borneo industrial area once belonged to a logging company. Long ago that business abandoned the site to the elements, leaving just rudimentary structures and a four-story-tall concrete birdhouse made to lure swiftlets whose nests, built with saliva, fetch high prices in China.
Accidents waiting to happen
Published on 12/05/2024
» Bangkok residents were left horrified by two tragic accidents early this month that highlight a lack of safety measures on the part of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and other agencies.