Chiang Rai News
Scam Gangs in Myanmar Spark Investigation, Malaysian Woman, 22 Still Missing
Since last year, more than 140 Thais have sought assistance after being deceived by online scam gangs into working in Myanmar’s Shan state, with approximately 60 rescued so far, according to the Consular Affairs Department.
The department’s director-general, Ruj Thammongkol, presented the update during a meeting on Wednesday with representatives from various organisations seeking solutions to expedite victim repatriation.
Paveena Hongsakul, president of the Paveena Foundation for Children and Women, and representatives from the Thai embassy in Yangon, the Chiang Rai Chamber of Commerce, and the Migrant Worker Assistance Centre in Chiang Rai were among those in attendance.
According to Pol Col Sanya Niumpradit, Police Attache of the Royal Thai Embassy in Myanmar, many Thais are enticed by online adverts on social media offering increased earnings and attractive welfare packages.
They were later victims of scammers, with their passports stolen, he said, adding that many had sought assistance from the embassy.
According to Pym Chaiyasan, the embassy’s first secretary, the majority of the victims were from Thailand’s northeastern and central provinces, with no Chiang Rai natives among them.
According to Amnat Phalapleewan, director of the Consular Department’s Thai Nationals Overseas Interests Protection Division, the majority of them were enticed to work illegally in Myanmar.
“Approximately 140 people asked for our assistance, but we have only been able to repatriate 63 of them so far,” he stated. “The issue is that the rescue procedure can take two to three months.”
According to him, establishing an investigation centre to punish those who file false complaints with the division might cut the rescue process down to a few weeks.
An immigration office in Chiang Rai also stated that Thais who were persuaded by criminals did not use the Mae Sai immigration checkpoint to enter the border. Instead, they used natural crossings, making it difficult for investigators to track them, according to the report.
According to a survey by The Border Consortium (TBC), 11 out of 18 Thais aged 20-30 were rescued from contact centre gangs between November and January, with the others still unrescued. The victims saw job postings on Facebook, Line, and TikTok promising free food and lodging as well as big compensation in the Myanmar border town of Tachileik.
They were, however, moved to other places in Shan state to work for contact centre gangs after crossing, according to the report.
According to the report, some of them were forced to sign contracts written in Chinese and were abused, while others were forced to sell sex.
The Paveena Foundation for Children and Women issued a similar statement, claiming that some of the women were forced to take drugs and become prostitutes, while others were kept for ransom.
Meanwhile, a Malaysian woman who had been reported missing in Chiang Rai, Thailand, since 1 June has appeared in recordings yesterday, 7 June, claiming to be “safe and healthy.”
Angie Chong Sum Yee, 22, had travelled into Chiang Rai on her own on Monday, May 29.
Her family last heard from her on Thursday, 1 June, when she emailed them images of herself trekking 250 kilometres to the northernmost region of Mae Sai in Chiang Rai province. Human trafficking has occurred in the area in the past.
Chee Choy Wen, her mother, had made a public Facebook post asking for the public’s assistance in locating her. Thai authorities, including immigration and tourist police, have initiated a hunt for the missing Malaysian since then.
However, in the middle of the desperate search for Chong, three dubious videos appeared on Facebook yesterday.
According to Sin Chew Daily, the films were posted by a new Facebook account called “Moe Aye.”
Two of the three films were captured by a camera photographing a phone that was playing footage of Chong, prompting netizens to ask why “Moe Aye” did not directly submit the videos to Facebook.
Following the release of the recordings, many netizens said that Chong appears unnatural in the videos, as if she was forced to film the movies of herself under duress.
She may be seen seated with a dish of food in front of her in a 34-second video.
“Good morning, good morning. “Actually, I’m fine,” she says at the start of the video.
“I am perfectly safe and healthy.” I was not assaulted. So, my friends, family, and netizens, as well as those I don’t know, please don’t be concerned about me. “I am very, very healthy,” she says, smiling brightly.
She claims to be working at an unnamed location in another 23-second video.
“I’m working here right now, and I’m safe.” Please don’t be concerned about me. I feel incredibly secure here. Please don’t bother the rider who offered me a ride, cops. “They don’t know anything,” she adds in the footage, where her spectacles reflect a lit-up display.
Many netizens assumed she was reading a script while filming herself since her eyeballs slid from left to right while looking beyond the camera.
Chong’s mother stated that she will not rest until she sees her daughter in person.
“Until I see her in person, I won’t know what happened in my heart.” “I’ll get to the bottom of this,” a distraught Chee stated yesterday on Facebook. She also warned the people not to believe the footage, according to Sin Chew Daily, Chee flew to Thailand with the assistance of a Malaysian lawmaker to find her daughter.
Police in Wiang Kaen District of Chiang Rai Province have arrested a 50 year old man after the threatened to rape a 20 year-old woman and the proceeded to murder her 2 and half month old baby.
Police with doctors from Wiang Kaen Hospital and the Chao Luang Wiang Kaen Welfare Association were summoned to the scene of the incident to a 2-story cement house, Village No. 2, Tha Kham Subdistrict, Wiang Kaen District of Chiang Rai
On arrival they found Ms. Chanikarn, age 20, in a state of distress crying uncontrollably beside her 2 and a half month baby girl (Linlada) that was dead on the floor.
After calming Ms. Chanikarn, the child’s mother, said that at approximately 2:30 p.m she was out to collect diapers that had been dried in front of the house, while her 2 and a half month old daughter was sleep on the ground floor of the house.
She said she was suddenly approached by a Mr. Lee, about 40 years old, who lived on the opposite side of the road. He came towards her and grabbed her arm and threatened her saying if she didn’t sleeping with him he will go and kill his daughter.
Miss Chanikan refused and ran away, then Mr. Lee then walked into the house and grabbed Ms. Linlada’s leg, smashing the child’s head against the cement floor of the house. The infant died immediately.
Mr. Lee then just walked away and returned to his own home, leaving Miss Chanikan and her dead baby.
When police went to Mr. Lee’s home he immediately confessed killing the infant and was taken to Wiang Kaen Police Station for further questioning. Under caution he told police that he was sexually attracted to Miss Chanikan‘s and when her husband leave for work he took the opportunity to approach her.
He said when he saw her husband leave he crossed that road and found Miss Chanikan in the yard alone, he then threatened her to sleep with him, saying he would kill her child if she didn’t have sex with him. However when she refused he flew into a fit of rage walked into her home and murdered he baby. He said he was out of control with rage.
After killing the infant he walk across the street to his home and waited for the police to arrive. The police have charged him with premeditated murder and attempted rape. He is being held without bail at the local remand center.
Meanwhile, Miss Chanikan and her family were preparing a religious burial ceremony for the child.
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Machete Wielding Man Shot an Killed by Police in Chiang Rai
https://www.chiangraitimes.com/chiangrai-news/machete-wielding-man-shot-an-killed-by-police-in-chiang-rai/
CHIANG RAI: Prime Minister Settha Thavisin has authorized the establishment of an emergency cyber center operated by the Royal Thai Police to combat transnational crimes committed by call center gangs along the Thai border in Chiang Rai province.
On July 19, Prime Minister Settha Thavisin directed the Center to combat information technology crimes. The Royal Thai Police (Royal Thai Police) will crack down on call center gangs in Myanmar, Laos, and along the border.
His directive comes as call center gangs ratchet up their scams to defraud people of their money, causing concern among Thais and jeopardizing the country’s economic and social stability.
Pol. Gen. Kittirat Panphet, Deputy Commander and Director of the Police Crime Suppression Division, Assigned Pol. Lt. Gen. Thatchai Pitanilabut, Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Police/Deputy Director of the Police Crime Suppression Division, has launched the operation ‘Bombing the Thieves’ Bridge’ in collaboration with the CAT Office, G., mobile phone network operators AIS DTAC TRUE NT, and local security agencies to cut the mobile phone signal and WiFi internet that criminals illegally use to deceive Thai citizens.
Pol. Lt. Gen. Thatchai stated that they will begin pressing the first action of the ‘Explosion of Thieves’ Bridge’ in Chiang Rai Province toward the thieves’ base of operations in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone.
The territory surrounding King Roman in Laos. King Roman is now a full-service entertainment destination with an airport that welcomes travelers from Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar, he explained.
According to Pol. Lt. Gen. Thatchai, this operation will have no influence on honest people along the Thai border, and it will only target cyber criminals.
They will also increase the arrest and prosecution of unlawful service towers, such as SIM booths, which allow gangs register SIM cards to swindle the people. Dealing with criminal organizations of foreigners and Thais who band together to deceive and damage Thais.
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) suspended more than three million SIM cards on July 16 because the holders had not verified their identities with their mobile phone operators by the deadline, in accordance with the NBTC’s measures to combat alleged fraudsters’ mule accounts.
The names of the holders of 80 million mobile phone numbers used for mobile banking transactions did not match the names associated with the mobile banking accounts.
The NBTC would require mobile phone companies to authenticate SIM card holders and the names of their mobile banking accounts. The verification procedure is expected to be completed by the end of September this year.
In addition, the NBTC and Royal Thai Police have collaborated to combat illegal telecom towers throughout the country’s borders, disconnecting signals at 465 places, altering antenna direction at 470 towers, and dismantling antennas at 179 locations.
They are certain that the move will disrupt contact center gangs and other types of technology-based crime.
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Machete Wielding Man Shot an Killed by Police in Chiang Rai
https://www.chiangraitimes.com/chiangrai-news/machete-wielding-man-shot-an-killed-by-police-in-chiang-rai/
Police in Mae Chan, Chiang Rai, shot and killed a 28-year-old man who allegedly attacked a police officer with a machete. The officer was slashed in the right leg with the machete.
According to police, the culprit, known only as Mr. Toon, had been harassing local villagers in Mae Chan district, Chiang Rai, threatening them with a knife and using violet insults.
The village headman arrived on the scene to try to calm Mr. Toon, but he was shouting hysterically and taking swipes at him with the machete, so he contacted the police.
When the responding officer arrived at the site about 9 p.m., he attempted to calm the man, but he instead assaulted the officer, slashing his right leg with the machete. In self-defense, the cop had to fire his gun at Mr. Toon, striking him in the chest.
Mr. Toon and the policeman were taken to Mae Chan Hospital, where Mr. Toon died of a gunshot wound. Pol Sgt. Sutthikiat Phanomphraisakul was released from the hospital after receiving numerous stitches for his injuries.
Local police received a tip around 9.30 p.m. yesterday that a guy was causing mayhem in the village. When authorities arrived, they discovered 28-year-old Toon strolling along a public road, holding a large knife and threatening people. Mae Chan district officials attempted to contain the incident.
During a search of Mr. Toon’s home, authorities discovered methamphetamine consumption equipment. Locals told authorities that the man was addicted to Yaba (Methamphetamine) and an alcoholic.
The authorities are conducting an inquiry to determine Toon’s motivations and whether any underlying issues contributed to his violent outburst.
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