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Thai army watching Myanmar border amid scammer exodus
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 02/11/2025
» Tak: The Royal Thai Army's (RTA) Naresuan Force is monitoring the Thai–Myanmar border in Mae Sot district as over 1,500 foreign nationals have fled from KK Park to Thailand, a military source said on Saturday.
Government's scam centre crackdown not enough, warns Rangsiman
Reuters, Published on 27/02/2025
» An ongoing effort targeting scam compounds along Thailand's border with Myanmar has led to only a small proportion of workers there being pulled out, a top Thai opposition lawmaker said, calling for more comprehensive measures to stomp out a booming illegal industry.
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.
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.
Thai police investigate ‘call-centre beating’ video
Post Reporters, Published on 08/02/2025
» Thai police are tracing the source of a viral video showing what is believed to be an employee of a call centre based in a border town in Myanmar being brutally assaulted by a gang.
Thailand logs 3 new foreign Covid cases Monday
Online reporters, Published on 09/11/2020
» The government recorded three new imported cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, bringing the accumulated total in Thailand to 3,840. No new deaths were reported.