Thailand Cuts Internet and Power Supply To Some Areas in Myanmar in Blow To Scam Centers

Thailand cut power supply, fuel and internet to some border areas with Myanmar on Wednesday. It's an attempt to choke scam syndicates operating out of there that have become a growing security concern. Reuters: Scam compounds in Southeast Asia are suspected to have entrapped hundreds of thousands of people in illegal online and telecom operations, generating billions of dollars annually, according to a 2023 U.N. report. Thai Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul visited the Provincial Electricity Authority headquarters in Bangkok on Wednesday to oversee the effort to fight the crime rings. "They may turn to other sources of power supply or generate their own electricity. In the Thai Security Council orders, it also includes the halt in supplying oil and internet to them, which means that from now on any damage that occurs will have no connection to any resources in Thailand."

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[OrangAsm]

Canada should become 19 states.

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[Iamthecheese]

I'm not afraid of trannies. I'm afraid of programmable people and the propaganda network that feeds them instructions. Trannies I couldn't care less about. I mean I love every human but other than that. All that said, the machinations being done in the name of "supporting diversity" that actually are intended to enhance top-down social control downright piss me off. They can take their compelled speech and shove it deeply into the well that their other shit comes from.

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[mjwx]

Canada should become 19 states.

Provinces, provinces of the expanded Conservative States, Associate Citizen. States have rights.

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[Roger W Moore]

...which amounts to basically every Canadian province having fully legalized it.

It was the federal government, not the provinces, that legalized weed. However, I see zero chance of any part of Canada becoming a US state short of military invasion. Trump's constant tariff threats have stirred up lots of anti-American sentiment here. Indeed, your best chance had probably been Alberta and even here people are now really angry with the way the US government is threatening our economy. There is not much we could do to stop a determined military invasion by the US but, short of that, we ar

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[ls671]

Furthermore, the provinces have no say at all in the criminal code, only the federal government can legislate in criminal matters. Provinces can legislate in civil matters although. For example, some province legislated that it was civilly illegal to smoke weed in your own apartment if the landlord doesn't want you to but you don't get a criminal record and can't go to jail for that.

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[tlhIngan]

Trump's constant tariff threats have stirred up lots of anti-American sentiment here. Indeed, your best chance had probably been Alberta and even here people are now really angry with the way the US government is threatening our economy. There is not much we could do to stop a determined military invasion by the US but, short of that, we are clearly willing to prioritize our freedom over our economy.

Plus, Canada has very dangerous ideas that might infect other US states.

Things like gun control - guns requir

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[gary s]

I wish someone would choke out the latest scam I have been getting. People calling and wanting to adjust the frequency of my TV? Quite humorous. End run is to get your streaming service account/passwords. Had one guy on a call for 45 minutes before he finally figured out I dont have any streaming channels.

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[PPH]

Had one guy on a call for 45 minutes before he finally figured out I dont have any streaming channels.

Is that you, Daisy [slashdot.org]?

It’s a big deal

[labnet]

One of my staff has done a mission trip to the Thai Myanmar border.
He says people get off on the airport at Thailand thinking they have Job, and are bussed to the border and over the river into these call centres to be effectively imprisoned. And he said these buildings run for hundreds of kms and the area if effectively lawless.
His team was involved with trying to smuggle people out to regain their freedom.

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[labnet]

He’s some more info
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]

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[SouthSeb]

Myanmar is a country with a long history of coups and disarray. Right now, the dictatorial military junta that governs the country is said to control less than half of it's territory, leaving the rest to be effectively no-man's land.