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Residents flee fighting in Myanmar
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 06/04/2023
» TAK: More than 1,000 people fled across the border into Tak's Mae Sot and Mae Ramat districts on Thursday as fighting continued nearby between Myanmar government troops and Karen fighters.
Three groups of border crossers caught in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 01/03/2022
» TAK: Forty-three Myanmar nationals were arrested after illegally crossing the border in three groups into Muang and Mae Sot districts of this northern border province on Monday, police said.
Warning shots prompt talks with Myanmar
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 24/04/2021
» Tak: Talks are underway between local Thai and Myanmar authorities following a report that Myanmar security forces on Thursday fired warning shots at a Thai border patrol boat travelling along the Salween River in Mae Hong Son's Mae Sariang district, a border source said.
Chinese nationals accused of illegal entry
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 26/10/2020
» TAK: Three Chinese nationals were arrested by joint forces for allegedly entering the kingdom illegally through the province's natural border from Myanmar with 8 million baht in cash in their belongings.
Uighurs get clean away
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 16/10/2020
» Tak: Two Uighur migrants who escaped from a detention centre in Mae Sot district on Wednesday used soap to give their captors the slip, authorities said.
Hunt in Tak for two Uighur escapees
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 15/10/2020
» TAK: A manhunt has been stepped for two Uighur escapees who slipped out of an immigration detention centre in Mae Sot district on Wednesday.
Six caught sneaking in from Myanmar
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 05/09/2020
» TAK: Five Thais and one Chinese national have been arrested on charges of illegally crossing the border into Mae Sot district, just across from the site of a casino in Myawaddy, Myanmar.
Illegally cut teak seized in Mae Sot
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 20/05/2020
» TAK: A large quantity of team wood was seized from a village near the Mae Sot National Park in Mae Sot district on Tuesday by police from the Natural Resources and Environment Crime Suppression Division and soldiers from the 4th Infantry Regiment.
National forest reserve encroached in Mae Sot
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 19/04/2020
» TAK: Three large tracts of woodland -- about 45 rai altogether -- were found to have been encroached on inside the Mae Sot National Forest Reserve in Phop Phra district, according to a local media report.
Victim's kin demand execution for 'killers'
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 05/03/2020
» Relatives of a Chinese man whose body was found in a suitcase pulled from the Ping River have demanded the death penalty for his killers, after two of the four hunted suspects were caught in Myanmar.