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Minister explains move to lift afternoon alcohol ban
Post Reporters, Published on 14/11/2025
» Public Health Minister Pattana Promphat has elaborated on the government’s decision to temporarily lift the ban on alcohol sales between 2pm and 5pm, stressing that it will start with a six-month trial period.
MPs take up amnesty proposals
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 10/07/2025
» The House of Representatives on Wednesday began intense deliberations on five bills to foster social harmony and grant amnesty for political offences, submitted by MPs and citizen groups.
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.
Big push to rescue 10,000 foreigners in Myanmar scam farms
Mongkol Bangprapa and Piyarach Chongcharoen, 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
Post Reporters, 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.