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Thai police screen over 1,000 foreigners fleeing Myanmar scam compounds
Wassayos Ngamkham and Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 26/10/2025
» TAK — Thai police are stepping up efforts to screen more than 1,000 foreigners who have fled from scam compounds and illegal casinos in Myanmar’s Myawaddy township following a raid by the Myanmar military on KK Park, one of the biggest scam compounds on the border.
More Chinese repatriation flights for scammers arrive
News, Assawin Pinitwong and Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 07/03/2025
» More repatriation flights from China have arrived in Tak's Mae Sot district to take home Chinese nationals rescued from call centre scams in Myanmar.
Thousands in limbo on Thai-Myanmar border after scam centre crackdown
Reuters and Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 24/02/2025
» Thousands of foreigners freed from online scam-operating centres in Myanmar are stuck in limbo on the border with Thailand after a multinational crackdown on the compounds run by criminal gangs, three sources told Reuters on Monday.
First Chinese scam-centre returnees fly home from Thailand
Assawin Pinitwong and Reuters, Published on 20/02/2025
» TAK - The first group of 50 Chinese people returned from Myanmar-based scam centres flew home from Mae Sot on Thursday morning, with another 150 compatriots scheduled to return to China by the end of the day.
Chinese in call scams head home from Thursday
News, Assawin Pinitwong and Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 20/02/2025
» Local authorities will begin receiving members of Chinese call centre scam networks for legal charges in China on Thursday, according to the governor of Tak province.
China’s activities 'part of joint operation' against Myanmar-based scammers
Mongkol Bangprapa, Piyarach Chongcharoen and Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 17/02/2025
» The presence and activities of China's Assistant Minister for Public Security Liu Zhongyi are part of a three-country joint operation against Chinese call-scam gangs based in Myanmar, Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said on Monday.
China joins scam crusade
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 17/02/2025
» China has stepped up efforts to suppress international scam gangs along the Thai-Myanmar border by sending its assistant minister of public security, Liu Zhongyi, to visit the area and seek support to step up the crackdown.
Karen Border Guard Force to help nail scammers
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Asawin Pinitwong, Published on 15/02/2025
» Col Saw Chit Thu, leader of the Myanmar junta-allied Karen Border Guard Force (BGF), has pledged to cooperate with the Thai government to crack down on call-centre scam gangs in Myanmar near the Thai border.
Myanmar scam gangs free 261 people
Mongkol Bangprapa and Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 12/02/2025
» The government is preparing for an influx of foreign victims released from the clutches of call-centre scam gangs in Myanmar after Thailand cut off power and internet, Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said on Wednesday.
Myanmar towns powered down but not out
Assawin Pinitwong and Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 05/02/2025
» Thailand’s stoppage of cross-border power and fuel supplies is affecting border communities in Myanmar, some of which are sourcing electricity from Laos where possible.