Following an incident last weekend when Myanmar’s navy fired on a group of Thai fishing vessels, four Thai fishermen were released and are expected to return home soon, according to Thailand’s foreign ministry on Friday ( Dec 6 ).
One man perished in the tragedy, while two others were hurt, and the Myanmar navy later detained 31 fishing vessel crew members, including four Thai nationals.
According to Foreign Ministry spokesman Nikorndej Balankura, Thai authorities are at a frontier checkpoint in preparation to welcome the Thai citizens.
Two of 15 Thai fishing warships were shot last weekend at a range of 7.4 to 10.6 kilometers in the territorial waters of Myanmar, according to the Thai government’s defense government.
Myanmar has experienced an economic crisis since 2021, when the defense seized control, toppling the elected government, and stoking an armed revolt by throttling protests with deadly power.