One soldier died and another was seriously injured after falling from a high cliff at Doi Montha in Tak while on duty patrolling the border for drug traffickers on Sunday. Deputy army spokesman Col Sirichan Ngathong said soldiers from the Naresuan Force have been deployed recently to search for illegal migrants on Doi Montha mountain […]
TAK: Security authorities sent reinforcements to the Myanmar refugee camp where a riot erupted on Tuesday night and insisted on legal action against dissident refugees. Paramilitary rangers, border patrol police, local administrators and territorial defence volunteers were deployed around the perimeter of the Mae La refugee camp in tambon Mae La on Thursday in a […]
Tak province has emerged as a new Covid-19 hotspot, with 52 cases found from proactive testing, as 126 cases — 116 local and 10 imported — were added nationwide on Saturday. The new cases brought the national tally to 24,405 cases, with no new deaths. Full story: Bangkok Post BANGKOK POST ONLINE REPORTERS
BANGKOK, Feb 11 (TNA) – The daily new COVID-19 cases soared by as many as 37 in Tak province alone. Dr Apisamai Srirangson, assistant spokesperson for the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration, said the new cases in Tak were among the 201 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Thailand on Feb 10. Full story: tna.mcot.net TNA
A COVID-19-infected businessman from Myanmar has allegedly given a false statement to health investigators about his movements in Mae Sot district of Thailand’s western border province of Tak, exposing 27 people to the risk of infection. After having verified that the statement given by the Myanmar untrue, Dr. Natthakarn Chuenchom of Mae Sot Hospital said […]
The Governor of Thailand’s Tak province, Pongrat Phiromrat,has ordered all 33 border checkpoints and natural crossings with Myanmar closed, for at least a week, after three relatives of an infected Myanmar couple, living in Mae Sot district, tested positive for COVID-19. The Governor said that Thai health officials quarantined the couple after they tested positive […]
TAK: A manhunt has been stepped for two Uighur escapees who slipped out of an immigration detention centre in Mae Sot district on Wednesday. Teams of border patrol police, immigration officers, local police and soldiers on Thursday searched corn fields behind the detention centre. Full story: Bangkok Post Assawin Pinitwong BANGKOK POST
TAK, Jan 15 (TNA) – Migrant- smuggling ring has been busted after hiding six Myanmar workers under a modified water tank on a pick-up truck. Security officers detected the suspicious pick-up truck loaded with a large water tank after the driver tried to avoid a checkpoint, 14 kilometers from the Thai-Myanmar border in Mae Sot, […]
