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Fuel to Air India jet engines cut off moments before crash: probe
AFP, Published on 12/07/2025
» NEW DELHI — Fuel control switches to the engines of an Air India flight that crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 260 people, were moved from the "run" to the "cutoff" position moments before impact, a preliminary investigation report said early Saturday.
Call-scam losses halved to B50m a day, digital minister says
Post Reporters, Published on 04/03/2025
» Losses reported from call scams have halved, from about 100 million baht a day to less than 50 million baht a day since the government launched its crackdown on the gangs, according to Digital Economy and Society Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong.
Conservatives win German vote as far-right makes record gains
AFP, Published on 24/02/2025
» BERLIN - Germany's conservatives won Sunday's elections, with their leader Friedrich Merz set to become the next chancellor, followed by the far-right AfD in second place after record gains, according to exit polls.
Big push to rescue 10,000 foreigners in Myanmar scam farms
Published on 17/02/2025
» The Royal Thai Police (RTP) estimate that 10,000 foreign nationals will be rescued from call scam centres in Myanmar as authorities ramp up a crackdown on transnational crime syndicates near the Thai border.
Diesel shortage near Thai-Myanmar border as anti-smuggling efforts continue
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 16/02/2025
» TAK: People in Phop Phra district of Tak bordering Myawaddy are facing a shortage of diesel while security officials arrest Thais for smuggling fuel into Myanmar.
Most Thais support power cutoff to Myanmar: poll
Online Reporters, Published on 16/02/2025
» Most Thai people support the government’s cutoff of electricity, internet signals and fuel supplies to Myanmar to combat call-centre gangs in the neighbouring country and they believe some Thai state officials are involved in scammers’ operations, according to a survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.
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.
Thailand set to escalate war on scammers in Myanmar
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 11/02/2025
» The government is likely to intensify the war on call-scam gangs operating from Myanmar to include a border ban on suspected accomplices and suspension of solar panel exports to Myanmar, according to senior officials.
Govt shrugs off Myanmar rallies against Thai sanctions
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 10/02/2025
» The government must protect Thais from Chinese scammers and will not be swayed by Myanmar rallies for a boycott of Thai goods after it cut off power, fuel and the internet to border areas where the gangsters are based, Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said on Monday.
61 victims rescued from Myanmar-based gangs
Published on 06/02/2025
» Sixty-one people lured by call-centre scammers to work in Myanmar were rescued and sent back to Thailand on Thursday.