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Thai army watching Myanmar border amid scammer exodus
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 02/11/2025
» Tak: The Royal Thai Army's (RTA) Naresuan Force is monitoring the Thai–Myanmar border in Mae Sot district as over 1,500 foreign nationals have fled from KK Park to Thailand, a military source said on Saturday.
Seville and Jefferson-Wooden enjoy maiden world titles, US savour field of gold
AFP, Published on 14/09/2025
» TOKYO - Oblique Seville and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden recorded their first major victories in winning the men's and women's 100 metres world titles on Sunday, making it honours even between sprint powerhouses Jamaica and the United States.
Government's scam centre crackdown not enough, warns Rangsiman
Reuters, Published on 27/02/2025
» An ongoing effort targeting scam compounds along Thailand's border with Myanmar has led to only a small proportion of workers there being pulled out, a top Thai opposition lawmaker said, calling for more comprehensive measures to stomp out a booming illegal industry.
‘Contemplated suicide’: Ethiopians recount SE Asia scam centre horrors
AFP, Published on 27/02/2025
» NAIROBI - Starved, beaten and electrocuted, Ahmed remains traumatised months after being trafficked to Southeast Asia, one of an untold number of Africans forced to work in scam centres far from home.
Myanmar scam gangs free 261 people
Published on 12/02/2025
» The government is preparing for an influx of foreign victims released from the clutches of call-centre scam gangs in Myanmar after Thailand cut off power and internet, Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said on Wednesday.
Thailand readies for influx of freed foreign scam-centre victims
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 12/02/2025
» The government is preparing for a possible influx of foreigners released from the clutches of scam gangs in Myanmar after Thailand cut off all power, Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said on Wednesday.
Thai police investigate ‘call-centre beating’ video
Post Reporters, Published on 08/02/2025
» Thai police are tracing the source of a viral video showing what is believed to be an employee of a call centre based in a border town in Myanmar being brutally assaulted by a gang.
Ethiopia unveils joint Saudi probe into alleged migrant killings
AFP, Published on 22/08/2023
» ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia said Tuesday it would launch a joint investigation with Saudi Arabia into a Human Rights Watch report accusing the kingdom's border guards of killing hundreds of Ethiopian migrants.
Saudi border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants: HRW
AFP, Published on 22/08/2023
» LONDON - Saudi border guards fired "like rain" on Ethiopian migrants trying to cross into the Gulf kingdom from Yemen, killing hundreds since last year, Human Rights Watch said in a report Monday.
Saudi border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants: HRW
AFP, Published on 21/08/2023
» LONDON - Saudi border guards fired "like rain" on Ethiopian migrants trying to cross into the Gulf kingdom from Yemen, killing hundreds since last year, Human Rights Watch said in a report Monday.