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Large fuel stash found in secret site
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 12/03/2026
» Authorities in Tak's Mae Sot district inspected a suspected fuel hoard of nearly 30,000 litres near the Thailand-Myanmar border following reports from villagers.
Shells from Myanmar hit border area
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 01/12/2025
» TAK: The army fired smoke rounds into Myanmar after shells from across the border landed in Mae Sot district, damaging a house and injuring at least two civilians.
Tak braces for refugee influx
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 06/02/2025
» Tak: The Tak Provincial Public Health Office is gearing up for an influx of patients from refugee camps along the Thai-Myanmar border, with around 40,000-50,000 people expected.
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.
Reinforcements sent to Myanmar camp where riot erupted
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 16/12/2021
» TAK: Security authorities sent reinforcements to the Myanmar refugee camp where a riot erupted on Tuesday night and insisted on legal action against dissident refugees.
Smuggled Rohingya caught in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 20/05/2020
» TAK: Ten adult Rohingya were arrested in Mae Sot district, near the border with Myanmar, on Tuesday night and charged with illegal entry, police said.
Temple burgled, B20,000 stolen in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 30/06/2019
» TAK: The abbot of a temple, Wat Pa Mai Dungdee, in Mae Sot district of this northern border province has only 100 baht left after a thief broke into his room early Sunday and made off with about 20,000 baht in donations, police said.
Six policemen transferred after suspects fled
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 30/10/2018
» TAK: Police commissioner Chakthip Chaijinda has transferred six officials, including the acting commander, of the Mae Sot police station after two Chinese suspects on China’s arrest warrants escaped from detention.
Police officer found hanged in Mae Sot hotel
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 06/05/2018
» TAK: A police officer from a special operations unit was found hanged in a hotel in the northern border town of Mae Sot on Sunday morning. He was believed to have taken his own life.
Probe into claim police station left unstaffed in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 30/01/2018
» TAK: Provincial police are investigating a complaint aired on a live Facebook broadcast by a woman claiming Phop Phra police station was deserted when she and dozens of sugarcane growers went there to file a complaint about loan fraud on Saturday.