• Sun. Apr 19th, 2026

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Big Joke to bring home 162 Thais from Myanmar

Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn will leave for Yangon on Monday for talks with Myanmar authorities to bring home 162 Thais evacuated from Laukkaing, a township in northern Shan State, bordering China.

The 162 had been lured by an internet scam gang into illegal work allegedly run by Chinese business operators in Laukkaing, the capital of the Kokang self-administered zone.

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