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Thailand pulling the plug on scam gangs in Myanmar
Post Reporters, Published on 04/02/2025
» Thailand will cut electricity, internet services and fuel supply to five areas of Myanmar on Wednesday morning as it attempts to cripple the call-centre scam gangs that have become a threat to national security, Deputy Prime Minister Phutham Wechayachai said on Tuesday night.
Anutin seeks clarity on Myanmar power cuts
Post Reporters, Published on 31/01/2025
» Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has asked the National Security Council (NSC) to clarify the legal steps needed for the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) to cut off the power supply to areas in Myanmar where criminal activity, especially call-centre scams, is rampant.
Missing Malaysian woman tracked to Myanmar border
Post Reporters, Published on 07/06/2023
» CHIANG RAI: A missing 22-year-old Malaysian woman went to a river pier on the border with Myanmar in Mae Sai district before her worried family lost contact with her, according to official sources.
MFP's Rangsiman deflects Upakit's challenge
Post Reporters, Published on 11/04/2023
» Move Forward Party (MFP) MP Rangsiman Rome says it is the job of a public authority to investigate 86 companies that have allegedly received money from the narcotics trade.
MFP urges anti-graft body to probe court officials
Post Reporters, Published on 23/03/2023
» Move Forward Party (MFP) spokesman Rangsiman Rome is asking the National Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate three senior officials in the Criminal Court in connection with the revocation of an arrest warrant against Senator Upakit Pachariyangkul.
Mae Sai-Tachilek bridge reopens
Post Reporters, Published on 20/02/2023
» CHIANG RAI: The first Thailand-Myanmar friendship bridge, linking Mae Sai district and Tachilek, was reopened on Monday morning nearly three years after it was closed because of the Covid-19 epidemic, much to the delight of people on both sides of the border.
Senator denies having ties to detained Myanmar mogul
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/09/2022
» Senator Upakit Pachariyangkun on Thursday denied having any close relationship with Myanmar tycoon Tun Min Latt, who was arrested in Bangkok on Saturday on charges of conspiring to traffic narcotics and money laundering.
Myanmar man arrested for border-post dodging
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/06/2021
» A foreign national has been arrested for allegedly helping three Thais skip a border checkpoint to illegally enter Chiang Rai province from Myanmar.
Anutin promises 'no lockdown'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/12/2020
» Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Sunday Covid-19 infections among Thais returning from the Myanmar border town of Tachileik would not cause a second wave of the new coronavirus in Thailand, nor result in another lockdown.
CCSA mulls tighter curbs
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/12/2020
» The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) will consider renewing some disease-control measures to curb the spread of Covid-19, including reducing the number of concertgoers and public transport passengers in the wake of at least one new case of local transmission.