WHILE Chinese grey capitalist gangs having been ransom kidnapping wealthy people in Myanmar’s Tachileik town, which abuts Thailand’s Mae Sai town, this criminal activity has not crossed the border to the Thai side, Matichon newspaper said today (Mar. 18). Ms. Phakaimas Viera, president of the Mae Sai Chamber of Commerce, said a ransom kidnapping
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Thai-Myanmar checkpoint talks cancelled over military threat
A THAI-MYANMAR discussion on the reopening of the Mae Sai-Tachileik international border checkpoint scheduled for Thursday Feb. 16 was cancelled at the last minute because of a military threat by forces opposing the Myanmar junta, Naewna newspaper quotes sources in Chiang Rai province as saying today (Feb. 18). This meeting was to take place
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