Thailand’s Corrections Department refutes claims by an opposition MP that a detained Uyghur in Klong Prem sent letters opposing repatriation to China. An investigation found no evidence of the letter’s authenticity, with one detainee denying authorship and the prison stamp found to be fake.

Attention has been focused on the Mae Sod border, which connects Thailand and Myanmar, after authorities in the Myanmar government asked to land in the area after its recent defeat by anti-government army groups.