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Hundreds of Chinese detainees riot in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 10/12/2025
» TAK - Security officials were checking for possible escapees after more than 300 Chinese being held in a detention zone in Mae Sot district, bordering Myanmar, rioted on Tuesday night.
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 anti-scam team arrives in Myawaddy
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 07/07/2025
» TAK - A team from China's Criminal Investigation Bureau has arrived in Myanmar's Myawaddy border township to discuss help for Chinese victims of the scam centres that continue to operate there, a reliable source said on Monday.
Chinese assistant minister may receive Chinese scam victims at border
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 16/02/2025
» TAK: Chinese Assistant Public Security Minister Liu Zhongyi arrived in Mae Sot district on Sunday as observers expected him to escort hundreds of Chinese victims of call scam gangs back to their homeland.
PEA cuts power to two towns in Myanmar
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 06/06/2023
» TAK: The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) of Thailand has cut off the supply of electricity across the Moei river to two border towns in Myanmar where groups of Chinese businessmen have made huge illegal investments, at the request of the Myanmar government, Thai official sources said.
Traders call for border reopening
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 13/01/2023
» The volume of goods traded with Myanmar through the border in Chiang Rai is expected to grow twofold if Myanmar agrees to reopen the checkpoint in Mae Sai district, according to Chiang Rai's Chamber of Commerce.
4 Chinese arrested in Tak trying to cross into Myanmar
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 29/03/2020
» TAK: Four Chinese nationals were arrested on Saturday trying to sneak across the border from Mae Sot district to Myanmar, an immigration police source said on Sunday.
Victim's kin demand execution for 'killers'
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 05/03/2020
» Relatives of a Chinese man whose body was found in a suitcase pulled from the Ping River have demanded the death penalty for his killers, after two of the four hunted suspects were caught in Myanmar.
Orders for Valentine roses plummet
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 12/02/2020
» TAK: Orders for highly valued roses from Phop Phra district for Valentine's Day have dropped sharply. Farmers blame it on coronavirus fears and the economic slump.
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.