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Two bodies float down river as new scam hubs emerge in Myawaddy township

  THAI villagers in Tak province today (Oct. 7) found the bodies of a Chinese man and woman that had floated down Moei river and washed up on the Thai bank from the location of a new scam city south of Myawaddy town on the Myanmar side, TV Channel 7 said. These villagers, in Phop

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Police officer linked to whistleblower’s alleged extortion bid faces dismissal

  A POLICE colonel who has been charged with joining the head of Crime Victims Assistance Association and four other accomplices in extorting 2.5 million baht from an Immigration police officer to not broadcast allegations of smuggling out Chinese suspects from a detention centre faces dismissal within five days, Amarin TV said today (April 22).

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Chinese call centre gang busted in Bangkok after woman conned out of 34m baht

  METROPOLITAN Police rounded up three Chinese nationals who are members of a transnational call centre gang on charges of defrauding a 65-year-old Thai woman out of over 34 million baht then demanding more, PPTVHD36 said today (April 18). At around 5.40 p.m. yesterday a police team from Metropolitan Police Bureau’s Investigation Division 3 together

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Secret room at ‘VIP prison’ built 8 months ago with Chinese inmates covering the cost

  MORE details have emerged about special privileges granted to Chinese inmates at Bangkok Remand Prison with one of 20 officials transferred saying that it was built eight months ago with these deep-pocketed Chinese inmates paying 2 million baht for the construction, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Nov. 25). Ms. Phongsawat Neelayothin, permanent secretary of

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Panel probing frequent trips to Macau by ex-Bangkok Remand Prison director

  THE Justice Ministry’s fact-finding committee is coordinating with the Immigration Bureau in investigating overseas trips by former Bangkok Remand Prison director as it is rumoured he frequently visited Macau where he was paid off for allowing Chinese grey capitalists jailed there enjoy special privileges including visits by beautiful models, TV Channel 7 said today

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Panel probing ex-prison chief over Chinese grey capitalist VIP inmates

  FOLLOWING the transfer of Bangkok Remand Prison director and 14 guards the Corrections Department has now set up a committee to investigate them for allowing Chinese grey capitalists jailed there enjoy special privileges including visits by beautiful models, Amarin TV said this evening (Nov. 20). Mr. Manop Chomchuen and these officials were transferred to

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US and UK take largest action ever targeting cybercriminal networks in Southeast Asia

  Washington –  The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), in close coordination with the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), took complementary actions against criminal networks responsible for targeting citizens of the United States and other allied nations through online scams

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Chinese restaurant in Thailand places Hun Sen’s images at entrance for people to step on

  SOON after China’s Ambassador to Cambodia voiced support for the neighbbouring country protecting its national sovereignty and security, a Facebook user shared a video clip of a Chinese restaurant in Thailand having placed senior Khmer leader Hun Sen’s images on the floor next to the entrance leading to customers and staff stepping in them

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Thai NGO asks Karens to help free 90 human trafficking victims

  A THAI non-government organization (NGO) team urged leaders of Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) to help free 90 victims of human trafficking who despite having requested assistance are still being detained and tortured by Chinese Mafia running online scam centres at Myawaddy township, just across from Thai border town Mae Sot, Amarin TV said.

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