By AFP 18 November 2023 | 10:12 am Forty-one Thais trapped in Myanmar for three weeks by an upsurge in fighting between the junta and an alliance of ethnic minority armed groups returned to the kingdom on Saturday, the Thai army said. Home At Last: Forty-one trapped Thais have reunited with their families. Photo: bangkokpost.com Forty-one Thais trapped in Myanmar for three weeks by an upsurge in fighting between the junta and an alliance of ethnic minority armed groups returned to the kingdom on Saturday, the Thai army said. Fighting has raged since October 27 across northern Shan state near the Chinese border after the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Arakan Army (AA) launched attacks on the military. The Thai army said 41 Thais — 23 men and 18 women — working in a town near the Chinese border were repatriated Saturday to Thailand’s border province of Chiang Rai. “We have taken them by vehicle to Mae Sai in Chiang Rai,” an army statement said. “They will be provided with food and shelter, health check-up before sending them to Social Development and Human Security office.” Local media footage showed a number of Thai workers getting off a bus with their backpacks. The army said it was also working with the kingdom’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and humanitarian NGOs to repatriate more than 260 Thai nationals believed to work in illegal online scam centres. Online scam compounds have mushroomed in Myanmar’s borderlands, staffed by citizens from China and other countries who are often trafficked and forced to work swindling their compatriots. More than 200,000 people have been displaced by fighting in Myanmar since the October 27 offensive was launched, according to the United Nations. 8 mins ago Gombe State governor, Muhammadu Yahaya Inua, yesterday paid a courtesy visit on the Minister of Works David Umahi, describing the former governor of Ebonyi as a perfect choice for the ministry. Though details of his mission were not disclosed, the visit was not unconnected with the desire of the State Governor to seek the Federal… 28 mins ago Nearly 400 US-bound migrants, most of them women, have endured sexual violence this year as they crossed a notorious jungle stretch between Panama and Colombia, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF). 54 mins ago Forty-one Thais trapped in Myanmar for three weeks by an upsurge in fighting between the junta and an alliance of ethnic minority armed groups returned to the kingdom on Saturday, the Thai army said. 55 mins ago Football and Fashion legend David Beckham recently met with popular Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan, when he visited Mumbai for the India vs New Zealand ICC World Cup semi-final, During his three-day stay as UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador, he attended a dinner hosted by arguably the most popular Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan. Beckham, expressing his… 1 hour ago In a ramshackle Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, Hayat Shehadeh wrings her hands as she watches the Israel-Hamas war. Her daughter is in Gaza, and she has not spoken to her for a week. “I can’t sleep. I get up at 3:00 am… I go to watch the television,” said the 69-year-old from her dark… 1 hour ago The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has condemned the removal of the Chief Judge of Osun, Justice Adepele Ojo, by Gov. Ademola Adeleke. 1 hour ago Ukraine’s air force said Saturday Russia fired 38 drones at its territory overnight — the highest reported number in more than six weeks. 2 hours ago Indian rescuers said Saturday they had paused efforts to reach 40 men trapped in a collapsed road tunnel after a cracking sound created a “panic situation” over the possibility of a further cave-in 2 hours ago Five fighters in the armed wing of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party were killed early Saturday in a rare Israeli airstrike on the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Red Crescent and Fatah sources said. Israeli army raids targeting Palestinian militant movements in the West Bank have surged since Hamas launched its October 7 attacks… 2 hours ago The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), said it has deployed fully armed tactical personnel to secure the Nigerian borders with the Niger Republic, through Katsina State.
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