Karen rebel leader may be nabbed for alleged involvement in transnational crimes
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI-LED government was today (Feb. 10) encouraged to have Karen rebel leader Saw Chit Thu arrested on charges of alleged involvement in crimes perpetrated across the Thai-Myanmar border. People’s MP Rangsiman Rome posted on his Facebook page to prompt the Pheu Thai-led government to manage to get an […]
Read MoreThaksin urged to get Cambodia-based scammers busted
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has been encouraged to exert his personal influence to the extent that suspected call-centre scams based in Cambodia’s Poipet township and Sihanoukville city and preying on victims in Thailand be completely suppressed. Given his long-lasting, personal ties with former Cambodian prime minister Hun […]
Read MorePolice measures against transnational crimes stepped up in Chanthaburi
By Thai Newsroom Reporters POLICE HAVE STEPPED UP measures to deter and combat transnational crimes across the Thai-Cambodian border from Chanthaburi which could possibly flourish in lieu of those in Myanmar’s townships across the border from Thailand’s northern and northwestern provinces. Now that Thailand has shut off power and Internet signals earlier supplied ”unawares” […]
Read MorePayathonzu border town cloaked in darkness after power cut
AFTER Thailand shut off electricity, Internet and fuel supplies from five points to Myanmar yesterday (Feb. 5) the neighbouring country’s Payathonzu border town, opposite Sangkhla Buri district in Kanchanaburi, plunged into darkness , Naewna newspaper said today. This action was taken by the National Security Council because call centre scammers entrenched along the Myanmar […]
Read MorePM yet to order power supply freeze to Myanmar townships: Anutin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-cum-Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul commented today (Jan.30) Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has not as yet ordered him to shut off power supply to a Myanmar township where criminal rackets have thrived across the shared border from Thailand. Anutin said he could not act on his own in regard […]
Read MoreCabinet nod to toughen law on call centres and cybercrimes
THE CABINET today (Jan. 28) approved a draft to amend the cybercrime decree and give officials absolute power to arrest, revoke and increase punishment with banking apps and mobile networks no longer able to shirk responsibility, Naewna newspaper said. Mr. Jirayu Huangtrakul, the Prime Minister’s Office spokesman, said this amendment to the Royal Decree […]
Read MoreScammers hitting shopkeepers by showing fake QR code payment slips
MANY shopkeepers at a Rayang market cheated by scammers who buy lots of products and then show fake QR code payment slips on their mobile phones warned others to be careful, TV Channel 7 said today (Dec. 10). CCTV cameras inside P. Charoenphan shop at Ban Phe market in Rayong city filmed a male […]
Read MoreSouth Korean call centre gang nabbed at luxury condo
EIGHT members of a South Korean call centre gang who were scamming victims from a luxury condo in Ekamai Soi 3 were rounded up in a raid mounted by Immigration Police today (Aug. 22). Under the direction of Immigration Bureau chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Ittipol Itthisarnronnachai a police team raided this luxury condo on […]
Read MoreRetired worker commits suicide after being cheated by call centre scammers
A RETIRED state-owned electricity company employee hanged himself in his house after being swindled by call centre scammers who claimed to be running a garment business and offered handsome return on investment, Amarin TV said this morning (Aug.11). Policemen from Chanthaburi city station found the body of Mr. Prichakorn (surname withheld), who just turned […]
Read MoreWorking women are the biggest target of cyberattacks
LATEST POLICE statistics show two out of three cybercrime victims who reported to police from March 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024 were working women in the 22-59 age bracket and not the elderly and youths who are frequently in the news after being scammed, TV Channel 7 said today (July 29). Pol. Maj. […]
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