Thailand Cuts Power Supply to Myanmar in Blow to Scam Centers
- Move comes ahead of Thai PM’s meeting with Xi Jinping Thursday
- Scam operations in neighboring country hurt tourism, PM says
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Thailand cut off electricity, internet access and fuel supplies to some areas in Myanmar suspected to house cyber scam operations, widening a crackdown after a high-profile trafficking of a Chinese actor put the spotlight on criminal activities across the Thai borders.
Power supply to five areas in Myanmar including Myawaddy and Tachileik was halted from 9 a.m. Wednesday after the National Security Council endorsed the plan a day earlier. The move was to protect Thai people from the call center gangs, Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said.