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Border on alert amid Myanmar raids
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 22/04/2026
» Security has been tightened along the Thai–Myanmar border in Mae Hong Son province after Myanmar airstrikes hit Karen National Union (KNU) positions opposite Mae Sariang and Sob Moei districts, prompting Thai authorities to place ranger units and local agencies on 24-hour alert.
Truck plunges off washed-out bridge during heavy rain
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 04/09/2024
» A pickup truck plunged off the end of a washed-out bridge during heavy rain in the early hours of the morning in Tak province on Wednesday.
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.
Chinese arrested in Tak for illegal entry
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 02/09/2020
» TAK: Six Chinese men were arrested in Mae Sot district of this northern border province on Wednesday morning for illegal entry.
Moei river patrols increased against illegal border crossers
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 31/08/2020
» TAK: Government agencies are combining in stepping up patrols along the Moei river to prevent illegal migration by job-seekers and others from Myanmar, where Covid-19 is spreading in western Rakhine State.
Raids net 321 outlaw foreigners
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 01/11/2018
» TAK: A total of 321 illegal migrants were rounded up during coordinated raids in Mae Sot district early on Thursday morning.
Cambodians, Chinese caught in immigration raids in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 24/10/2018
» TAK: Forty Cambodian and 20 Chinese nationals were arrested for immigration offences during raids in Mae Sot district on Wednesday morning.