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Muay Thai fighter Buakaw Banchamek and Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc ( CPF ) have collaborated to create” Moo Deng” Muay Thai shorts for charity.

On Monday, Buakaw Banchamek spoke in an exclusive interview with the Bangkok Post about how he and CPF collaborated on the “CPxMooDengxBuakaw” venture.

He claimed that the job incorporates MooDeng, a well-known pygmy hippo from Khao Kheow Open Zoo, and two of Thailand’s most adored soft energy pathways into a distinctive donation strategy.

The Khao Kheow Open Zoo opened the initiative on December 8, 2024.

The unique Moo Deng Muay Thai clothes were created by CPF and the Thailand’s Zoological Park Organization to raise money for the project” Moo Deng Helps Flood Victims and Cares for Canine Associates.” An auction was held at the occasion, which attracted both Thai and foreign supporters and raised more than 1.39 million baht.

” It’s a pleasure to be a part of this project. It promotes Muay Thai as well as aiding animals and people in want. Additionally, all the money goes without any conclusions instantly to charities,” Buakaw said.

He emphasized that this plan embodies Thai culture’s capacity to influence people around the world.

For 899 baht, the special Moo Deng Muay Thai shorts can be purchased online or at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in three sizes ( S/M/L ). Additionally, limited-edition, individualized shorts were offered for sale at a live-streaming event, where they received passionate feedback.

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who acknowledged it is not within her power to decide the length of the future grilling, has not approved the opponent’s request to manage the entire length of a 30-hour censure debate.

After the opposition made the request, which the coalition government characterized as increased, she said on Tuesday,” It might not make impression.”

During the discussion, Ms. Paetongtarn is anticipated to be targeted for investigation.

She did, however, acknowledge that the state and the opposition paddles are in charge of reaching a final decision.

She noted that the paddles are scheduled to meet and decide on the date immediately.

The criticism insisted that the 30-hour debate would require all 30 time, whereas Ms. Paetongtarn recently agreed to it.

According to government official Jirayu Houngsub, she told the government on Tuesday that their regular conference may be moved to March 27 in order to accommodate the censure conversation, which is tentatively scheduled for next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

Ms. Paetongtarn said she had no trouble with the opponent’s most recent agreement to avoid calling former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra a “family part” and instead use him as a “family member.”

Her father is Thaksin, a previous top himself.

He is widely recognized as the de facto leader of the decision Pheu Thai Party despite being an observer.

The coalition’s” a Offer for a Country” poster, which uses the motto, was read by Ms. Paetongtarn, who also said she understood the language was being used to attract interest to it.

In contrast, the banner was intended to show how Pheu Thai had resisted its promises to the expense of the people, according to Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn, assistant chief of the main opposition Women’s Party.

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said she is not aware if she is on the roster of Thai officials who have been detained in China for the past 40 days and have been denied visa to travel there.

On Tuesday, Ms. Paetongtarn addressed the internet regarding the selection. When questioned about her status, she responded,” There’s no confirmation yet.” I also don’t know.

She added that Thailand is only fulfilling its obligations in repatriating the cultural group after a decade-long confinement in the country and that the Foreign Affairs Ministry would provide additional explanations to provide more precision on the matter.

She also downplayed any possible repercussions of the contentious move, saying,” We may discuss the matter, but it’s not critical.

Justice Minister Pol Col Tawee Sodsong defended the deportation of the Uyghurs, claiming that it was based on numerous problems, especially those from the Immigration Bureau, invoking possible anti-torture and enforced disappearance rules.

Thailand must carefully manage all the legal restrictions, according to Pol Col Tawee, to prevent abuse or execution of detainees in their own country.

He claimed that Thai authorities would be able to visit deported people in China after to see how they were treated and that the government had been assured that the country would treat them with respect.

He claimed that the nation was upholding human rights while also upholding its local laws and foreign obligations.

On Wednesday, Pol Col Tawee, along with several other government officials, including deputy prime minister and defense secretary Phumtham Wechayachai, deputy assistant federal police captain Pol Gen Kraibun Thuadsong, and state spokesman Jirayu Houngsub, will attend the expelled Uyghurs and check their health.

When questioned about whether the emigrants ‘ medical records may possibly lead to the US reversing its visa restrictions on Thai authorities, Pol Col Tawee said the attend to China and the restrictions are two separate issues.

Based on the statement made by the US Embassy, he claimed Washington wouldn’t establish an absolute restrictions on visas.

A team led by Deputy PM Phumtham may have access to just 5 of the 40 deported prisoners.

Just five of the 40 Tamils who were deported next month will be able to travel to the Xinjiang region of China on Tuesday, according to the government, but government officials from Thailand were on their way there on Tuesday.

The 40 Uyghurs were detained in a mysterious pre-dawn repatriation in Thailand on February 27, defying calls from UN human rights experts who claimed they were in danger of being tortured, ill-treated, and “irreparable harm” if they were returned.

The action was met with severe criticism from northern nations, including the United States, which last week issued visa sanctions to unknown Thai officials for the deportation. Thailand is also being decried by the European Parliament, who has urged the EU to utilize free trade agreements as a means of preventing a duplicate.

Right organizations accuse Beijing of carrying out frequent abuses of the Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority in the Xinjiang place, which is estimated to number about 10 million. Beijing denies any maltreatment and has accused northern nations of being involved in and selling lies.

According to government spokesman Jirayu Houngsub, deputy prime minister Phumtham Wechai, justice secretary Taweee Sodswong, senior military personnel, and nine members of the Thai advertising are visiting the city of Kashi in Xinjiang.

A representative from the Xinjiang intelligent region will give the delegation a summary briefing, according to Mr. Jirayu, adding that they will eventually travel to the Uyghurs. On Thursday, the class is expected to travel back to Thailand.

Thailand has stated on numerous occasions that it has received assurances that the Tamils will been looked after. ( The story continues below )

The World Uyghur Congress ‘ show on Monday in Geneva, a day before a UN Human Rights Council meeting, highlights the group’s “ongoing persecution.” ( Photo: @UyghurCongress X account )

No” Haunted plan!”

Thailand expected just five of the 40 Tamils who returned, and one from a team sent up a decade ago, according to Mr. Phumtham, who is also the defense minister.

They all eluded China and were detained in Thailand in 2014, joining a group of 300 Separatists. Some were returned to China, while others were incarcerated in Turkey until next season’s imprisonment.

The government may let the rest of the world know about Thailand’s simplicity and the absence of any fabricated plans to deport migrants, according to Mr. Jirayu.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Mao Ning stated at a typical lecture on Tuesday in Beijing that the visit was “part of typical friendly exchanges between China and Thailand.”

This month, Reuters reported that Canada and the United States had offered to absorb the Tamils who had been taken back to China, but Bangkok feared threatening China. Thailand claimed to have received no specific presents, though.

According to Russ Jalichandra, a vice chancellor for foreign affairs, the deportation was in the country’s best interests because it was possible for Beijing to retaliate if the party was sent abroad.

Thailand’s point man on multinational crackdown says operations so far have just scratched the surface

Despite a weeks-long multinational crackdown, scam centres along the Thai-Myanmar border are still operating with up to 100,000 people working there, says the top police general leading Thailand’s operations against the fraud compounds.

Thailand is fronting a regional effort to dismantle scam centres along its borders, which are part of a Southeast Asian network of illegal facilities that generate billions of dollars every year, often using people trafficked there by criminal gangs, according to the United Nations.

Based on early assessments of some of the 5,000 people pulled out of sprawling scam hubs in the Myawaddy area, hundreds went there voluntarily, said Pol Gen Thatcher Pitaneelaboot, an inspector-general with the Royal Thai Police.

He called for careful investigations among nationals of over a dozen countries to winnow out criminals.

“Many people use Thailand as a pathway to sneak themselves into Myawaddy to find work, and this is not just the call centre gangs but also online gambling work and other professions,” Pol Gen Thatchai said in an interview with Reuters.

His comments run counter to widespread reports that scam centre workers in and around Myawaddy were victims, lured to go there by criminal bosses.

Jason Tower, an analyst with the US Institute of Peace and an expert on regional scam centres, said that many people who willingly travelled to areas such as Myawaddy were trapped in conducting scamming operations.

“Many did go in willingly, only discovering that they had been trafficked later,” he said.

Several former scam workers describe being trapped in the compounds, where they were forced to trick strangers online into transferring large amounts of money, often pretending to be romantic interests.

Although these scam centres have operated for years, they came under renewed scrutiny following the abduction of a Chinese actor Wang Xing in Thailand in January, who was later rescued from Myawaddy.

The incident sparked a social media firestorm in China, and Beijing dispatched officials to Thailand to coordinate operations targeted at breaking up scam hubs like Myawaddy and rescuing scores of its citizens, many of whom now have been flown home.

“Since the Wang Xing case, there were 3,600 foreigners who travelled Mae Sot, and we did not find one who was tricked or coerced to come,” Pol Gen Thatchai said, citing information gathered by police checkpoints set up in the district of Tak province, bordering Myawaddy.

Among 260 people from 20 nationalities who were sent from Myawaddy to Thailand in February as the crackdown gathered steam, most were not coerced, according to initial investigations conducted by Thai authorities, he said.

“These people went there voluntarily,” he said, adding that he is waiting on information from countries including China and India that have repatriated hundreds of their nationals on whether they had been trafficked to scam centres in Myawaddy. (Story continues below)

Freed workers from scam centres gather at a compound inside KK Park, one of the most notorious operations in Myawaddy, while they await repatriation to their home countries, on Feb 26, 2025. (Photo: Reuters)

Multinational coordination

Pol Gen Thatchai said the crackdown so far has only affected a fraction of the vast operations in Myawaddy, which lies across a narrow stretch of the Moei River from the town of Mae Sot.

“It could be up to 50,000 or 100,000 people that are still left because we are still seeing their operations,” he said, based on Thai police intelligence as well as information gathered by Chinese authorities, who have identified at least 3,700 criminals continuing to operate in the area.

Since February, more than 5,200 people have been extricated from scamming facilities in and around Myawaddy, according to Thai police citing Myanmar authorities. Over 3,500 have been sent back to their home countries via Thailand, which has also cut off electricity, internet and fuel supplies to the area.

With scam workers hailing from a wide range of countries, Pol Gen Thatchai said he is pushing for a multinational coordination centre to repatriate, investigate and share information to prosecute criminals involved in the fraud operations.

Suspected criminals extricated from Myawaddy and other scam hubs should be prosecuted in their home countries, and the Thai police are ready to help wherever necessary, Pol Gen Thatchai said.

The main focus of Thai authorities currently is to help coordinate the return of scam centre victims to their home countries, with thousands of former workers still stuck in limbo on the Thai-Myanmar border, including some who are struggling to find their way back because of a lack of funds.

“We have to discharge people as quickly as possible, so that the Myanmar authorities and ethnic armed groups can conduct more crackdowns,” Pol Gen Thatchai said.

Zax is said to be one of many famous clients of the person who was detained next year.

Following the arrest of his traders last week in Bangkok, a Thai stone song was detained on suspicion of possessing drugs, according to a statement released on Tuesday.

According to Pol Lt. Gen. Phanurat Lakbun, secretary-general of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board, the arrests came after two suspected drug riders linked to Thai citizens were detained at Nanjing airports in China.

A 43-year-old Thai lady hired the riders to bring medications into their country was later issued an arrest warrant on July 22 of last year.

The suspect was detained on March 13th, 2018, at a property in Bangkok’s Ratchada neighborhood, in collaboration with the National Narcotics Control Commission of China. Another person, 42, was also being held.

A wide range of drugs were taken from them, including diamond amphetamine, joy, ketamine, and MDMA. According to Pol Lt. Gen. Phanurat, production technology, a bicycle, and 15 lender passbooks were likewise impounded.

According to the police, the crystal meth was discovered muddled with food coloring and nutritious silver powder. According to police, the product’s name was” Golden powder” or” Pink golden powder,” and its target audience included celebrities and other well-known individuals.

When the song Patcharapon” Zax” Panpum, 47, arrived to pick up the medicines from the retailers, the 47-year-old was detained with an amount of glass heroin as the investigation progressed.

The Thai stone group i-Zax, which was well-known in the early 2000s, had lead vocalist Patcharapon.

He was accused of possessing marijuana. According to Pol Lt. Gen. Phanurat, some additional clients have been identified as well, and the research is advancing.