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BANGKOK, March 13 (Bernama): Anticipating a possible mass exodus from Myanmar following the escalation of violence as authorities crack down on anti-coup protests, Thailand has been getting ready to handle those fleeing the neighbouring country.
Thailand’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanee Sangrat said security agencies and provincial authorities along Thailand-Myanmar border were ready to handle possible border crossings. They have taken steps to prepare facilities. So far, there has been no persons crossing the borders seeking asylum in Thailand due to the situation in Myanmar,” he said at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ weekly press conference, here, today.
Local media reported that authorities in Thailand’s northernmost province of Chiang Rai had intercepted a group of eight Myanmar nationals - four men including two monks, and four women - who crossed from Myanmar’s border town of Tachileik into Thailand. The group was pushed back across the border.
3 March 2021 12:59 GMT Updated 3 March 2021 15:34 GMT in Singapore
Oil and gas companies active in Myanmar have been urged to cut off the supply of revenues to the military junta that staged a coup in the Southeast Asian producer nation early last month.
Last weekend saw the bloodiest pro-democracy protests in Myanmar since 1 February, when the military seized power and subsequently detained more than 1300, including civilian lawmakers, activists and journalists. Such deadly violence against peaceful demonstrators cannot be justified, said Steffen Seibert, a spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Thai pro-democracy protesters confront riot police in Bangkok on Feb. 1 in an area where Burmese migrants were demonstrating after Myanmar s military staged a coup. (Photo: AFP)
A phalanx of police in riot gear violently dispersed a group of Burmese and Thai pro-democracy demonstrators gathered outside the Myanmar embassy in central Bangkok on Feb. 1 in protest at a military coup in Myanmar.
Armed with batons and shields, some 150 officers shoved scores of protesters back at around 5pm in order to clear the area despite the demonstration having been entirely peaceful.
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Tan Hui Yee Indochina Bureau Chief In Bangkok
PublishedJan 25, 2021, 5:00 am SGT
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