Electricity cuts loom in Myanmar border areas as Thailand targets fraud operations


Electricity transmission to Tachilek in Myanmar via Chiang Rai Province, Thailand - PEA via Eleven Media/ANN

YANGON: Thailand's Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) is prepared to cut power to certain Myanmar border towns in an effort to disrupt online fraud operations, according to the Bangkok Post.

The PEA said it is ready to cut off electricity to some border towns on the Myanmar side to disrupt the operations of online fraudsters.

Any move to cut off electricity supplies would require close cooperation between Thailand and Myanmar security agencies, the Bangkok Post reported, quoting PEA Deputy Governor Prasit Junprasit on Friday.

He assured that the power cuts would not affect those who rely on PEA services.

Prasit made the comments after the House of Representatives Committee on Security, Border Affairs, National Strategy and Reform asked the Thai Interior Ministry on Thursday for an explanation on the power cuts to cross-border fraud centers.

Although the border town in Myanmar is a customer of PEA, it could not act alone in the matter, the PEA said in a statement on Friday.

The report said quoting Thai Foreign Affairs Ministry that Thailand had cut off power supply to two villages in Myawady District, Kayin State, in 2023 at the request of the Myanmar embassy in Thailand.

The Thai government-owned PEA supplies electricity to five locations in Myanmar, two of which are from Tak Province to Myawady and from Chiang Rai Province to Tachilek, the Bangkok Post reported. - Eleven Media/ANN

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