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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.
Hundreds more scam workers flee Myawaddy
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 24/10/2025
» Nearly 1,700 people from 21 countries have fled KK Park, a notorious scam centre in Myawaddy township in Myanmar, and crossed the border into Tak province over the past two days, Thai authorities said on Friday.
Chinese officials visit Thai-Myanmar border for anti-scam talks
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 29/01/2025
» Chinese and Thai security authorities visited border areas in Tak province on Wednesday to work out measures to help victims of Chinese scam gangs based in Myawaddy across the border in Myanmar.
Briton arrested for drug abuse on Koh Phangan
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 18/04/2024
» SURAT THANI: A British man was arrested while begging in front of a convenience store on the well-known tourist destination of Koh Phangan.
Trafficked Rohingya among illegal migrants caught in Songkhla
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 30/03/2022
» SONGKHLA: There were young Rohingya "victims of human trafficking" among 61 illegal migrants from Myanmar caught in Hat Yai district while en route to Malaysia, assistant police chief Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn said.
Curfew for migrant workers in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 08/07/2021
» TAK: Local authorities have imposed a night curfew on migrant workers in Mae Sot district, and asked Thais to also stay home, in a bid to control the spread of Covid-19.
Four illegal border crossers caught in Mae Sot
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 12/10/2020
» TAK: Four Myanmar nationals were arrested by a government patrol after they waded across the Moei River from Myawaddy in the small hours on Monday.
Four Chinese arrested for fake papers
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 03/01/2020
» Four Chinese tourists were arrested yesterday for trying to use fake passports at the Thai-Myanmar border checkpoint in Mae Sot district of Tak province.
Myanmar trafficking victims escorted home
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 20/11/2018
» TAK: Thai authorities have returned 73 Myanmar nationals who fell prey to human trafficking gangs back to their homes and vowed further crackdowns on migrant labour exploitation.
Thailand repatriates 73 trafficking victims to Myanmar
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 19/11/2018
» TAK: Thailand has sent home 73 Myanmar nationals with aid totalling 146,000 baht after they were rescued from a Myanmar human trafficking ring operating in both countries.