Thai military to aid search and rescue in Myanmar

Thai military to aid search and rescue in Myanmar

To be treated royally by injured patients

A family member of a worker trapped in a collapsed under-construction skyscraper in Chatuchak district, Bangkok, waits for updates on Saturday. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul)
A worker’s family member in Bangkok’s Chatuchak city is awaiting updates on Saturday as the situation progresses. ( Photo: Apichart Jinakul )

Following a 7.7-magnitude disaster that caused extensive damage, Thai army will been dispatched to Myanmar to help with recovery and treatment efforts.

Deputy Defense Minister Gen Nattapol Nakpanich said on Saturday that Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra had given Defense Minister Phumtham Wechayachai instructions to think about mobilizing military forces to help with disaster relief in Myanmar.

On Sunday, a search and rescue team made up of 49 members of the Thai military will be flown aboard a C-130 plane of the Thai heat pressure along with medical staff and supplies.

The Myanmar government will evaluate the president’s needs for additional support in addition to the original assistance. Gen Nattapol stated that the Thai government is looking into potential solutions to Myanmar’s assistance calls.

Over 1, 000 people have been confirmed dying in Myanmar places so much as a result of the disaster on Friday. The spasms were strong enough to erupt in many areas of Thailand, also toppling a high-rise creating there.

However, their majesties the King and Queen have accompanied patients who have been injured in Thailand as a result of the earthquake under imperial support.

On Prime Minister Paetongtarn’s Twitter page, a edict was posted stating that those who were affected by the crisis would get spectacularly sponsored treatment.

Asean is “ready” to assist.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( Asean ) is prepared to support recovery efforts and acknowledges the urgent need for humanitarian assistance for Myanmar following the earthquake, according to its foreign ministers on Saturday.

The Southeast Asian bloc’s foreign ministers issued a joint statement, stating that” Asean affirms its unity and will work closely to integrate humanitarian support, support and help comfort operations, and ensure proper and effective humanitarian response.”

No assistance in Myanmar

Hazard response teams from Russia, China, Singapore, and India will be arriving on Saturday in Myanmar in a unique request for foreign assistance.

Rights activists raised concerns that help may never reach those on the floor because the government has a record of preventing help from reaching areas of the nation controlled by opposition groups.

In a blog on X, previously Online, Thomas Andrews, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, claimed that the government’s response to a recent hurricane and typhoon demonstrated its “willingness to destroy aid in the midst of natural disasters.”

By urging researchers to refrain from gathering data about poverty, the junta intimidated aid organizations and suppressed knowledge about a severe food crises gripping the nation.

Residents of Mandalay who spoke with Reuters spoke with them for the first time about receiving any help from military officials.

One rescuer claimed on Saturday that they had taken out tools from companies to comb through the rubble. He claimed they had nothing from the military authorities, but he refrained from giving any more details out of concern for vengeance.

On Twitter, some users were making appeals for technology.

One of the commentators claimed that their loved ones had been crushed beneath a mosque and that” we desperately want to restore their systems.”

” To eliminate the large concrete blocks, we need to hire a crane.” Please get in touch with us if you know where to book one, they wrote.