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An Army task-force unit tracked down 70 Myanmar nationals who had sneaked across the border into Tak province to seek jobs in Thailand.

Some 220 Myanmar nationals who sought refuge in Tak’s Mae Sot district decided to return home on Thursday evening after tensions in the border town of Myawaddy eased.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) advised the government on Tuesday to assist Myanmar refugees and Thai nationals in Mae Hong Son and Tak border areas as soon as possible.

Commander of Naresuan Force Major Gen Prasan Saengsirirak on Monday morning visited a temporary refugee camp in Mahawan subdistrict of Tak’s Mae Sot district to show moral support to soldiers of 14th Ranger Regiment who have been stationing at the Thai-Myanmar border to monitor the situation in Myanmar and provide assistance to Myanmar refugees.

The Naresuan Force has tightened security in Tak’s Mae Sot district in response to clashes at the Myanmar border last week. Troops also visited the Ban Muen Ruechai area in Phop Phra subdistrict on Saturday to provide aid and basic necessities.

Two soldiers patrolling the Doi Monta hill in Tak’s Mae Sot district slipped and fell more than a kilometre down a cliffside on Friday night. One soldier was killed immediately while the other sustained serious injuries to his leg.

Police officers of Child, Woman Protection and Anti-Human Trafficking Centre on Monday arrested three suspects for allegedly involving in international human trafficking operation in Mae Sot district of Tak province.

A Myanmar national found her 50-year-old father frozen to death on Sunday morning inside a market in Tak’s Mae Sot district.

Soldiers of 14th Infantry Regiment on Wednesday night arrested 184 Myanmar migrants as they were crossing the border into Thailand without documentation at Phob Phra district in Tak province.

Thailand’s secondary provinces are finding new ways to revive their economies now that the Covid-19 crisis is easing. Lopburi, for instance, is getting ready to host its annual Monkey Buffet Festival, while Trang and Rayong are preparing for island hoppers.

Two men were arrested in the wee hours of Saturday morning as they were trying to smuggle 23 Myanmar nationals into Thailand via the Mae Ramat checkpoint in Tak province.

Here’s how officials dealt with the disaster.