Described: 16 Feb 2025 at 11: 17
According to a study conducted by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll, the majority of Thai people support the president’s decision to shut down Myanmar’s supply of electricity, online, and energy in order to stop call-centre groups in the neighboring nation.
In the survey to sample public opinion on the government’s “war on scam gangs”, 70.54 % of respondents said they totally agreed with the government’s move to cut off electricity, internet and fuel supplies to areas where scammers are believed to operate in Myanmar, 21.07 % somewhat agreed, 5.34 % somewhat disagreed, and 3.05 % totally disagreed.
Asked how much the measures could address the problem of call-centre scam gangs, 60.92 % said to a certain extent, 17.71 % a lot, 15.95 % very little, and 5.42 % not at all.  ,
Asked whether they thought some Thai officials were helping the scammers in Myanmar, 69.85 % said they definitely were, 26.87 % were not sure, and only 3.28 % said they were sure no Thai officials were helping the call centre scammers.  ,
When questioned about the size of the group: those who were duped into working for call center criminals in Myanmar or those who deliberately did so, the responses were as follows:        
49.77 % believed the two groups likely had equal numbers of people
25.80 % said most people went voluntarily to Myanmar to work for scammers
20.38 % thought most people were deceived by the scammers
4.05 % were not sure
On February 10 through to February 11, 1, 310 citizens from across the nation, with varying levels of education and employment, participated in the surveys.  ,