Last year, there were 4 Thai fishing detained, none of whom were fishermen.
The four Thai fishermen personnel who were detained by Myanmar soldiers in late November for allegedly invading Burmese waterways weren’t among the 151 Thai prisoners who were released on Saturday.
According to Pol Gen Thatchai Pitaneelabutr, Director of the Police Cyber Taskforce (PCT), top inspector general of the Royal Thai Police and chairman of the Police Cyber Taskforce (PCT), the 151 Thais were repatriated again to Thailand on Saturday evening through the following Thai-Myanmar connection gate in Chiang Rai.
He stated that” we have coordinated with Myanmar regulators to arrange for an immediate trip to take 151 Thai nationals back home to help victims and expand our efforts to capture online gaming and call center scam gangs.”
On Saturday, Pol Gen Thatchai and another senior police officers travelled to the next Thai-Myanmar connection bridge in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai area to await the arrival of the Thai captives.
Following the agreement with Myanmar officials to return the Thai immigrants, Pol Gen Thatchai said, he was assigned by Pol Gen Kittharath Punpetch, Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police, to handle this situation.
When back in Thailand, the 151 Thais will go through a screening process to find out who were survivors of deception and who were active people of call center con gangs or online gambling.
The Thai authorities have records of people who work in these legal networks, some of whom falsely claim to avoid being charged with crimes.
All those accused have been investigated and prosecuted by Pol Gen Thatchai, according to officials from the Percent and state officials.
According to reports from Myanmar’s media, the Thai prisoners were one of the 180 international prisoners who were among the 180 who were released as part of the neighboring nation’s annual asylum to mark its independence day.
In total, 5, 864 detainees were released on Saturday, Gen Zaw Min Tun of Myanmar told local press, adding of this variety, 600 were Burmese politicians and 180 were immigrants.
Most of the 180 international prisoners who were released were Thai and Indonesian citizens who had been detained in Tachileik, Myanmar, for their involvement in illegitimate online gambling or elsewhere for illegal hunting in Myanmar’s waters, according to Gen Zaw Min Tun.
These captives were serving their sentences for some time prior to their release, according to Myanmar media.
The public, however, did not mention the four Thai fishermen who were detained by Myanmar soldiers in the southwestern province of Ranong last year on a fishing fisherman in the country.
Phumtham Wechayachai, the minister of defense in Thailand, originally stated to the internet that the four fishermen would be released by January 4.
Foreign Affairs Minister Maris Sangiampongsa, who stated he anticipated the release of the four Thais immediately, even followed his confidence with a cheery note on December 19.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra had previously suggested that the good news about the four Thai nationals ‘ planned release should be less than a year after the New Year.
The four were taken after Myanmar patrol vessels launched a cannon attack on 15 fishing vessels off Ranong on November 30.
One staff member of a fish boat jumped into the water during the attack and died.
On Saturday, Thai state official Jirayu Houngsub declined to comment on the situation, while Mr. Phumtham was unavailable for comment. If the four will still be released in the first New Year, it is unknown.
Saturday’s growth prompted Nipit Intarasombat, a previous Democrat MP from Phatthalung, to repeat his inquiries to the state about the harsh assault on the sailors.
He questioned whether the four sailors had been given legal help from the Thai government and whether it was true that the Thai fishermen had actually invaded the country’s maritime area before being taken into custody.