Reports of high-profile kidnappings on the Thai-Myanmar border have frightened Chinese tourists who were Thailand's top visitors in 2024. Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has sought to quell safety concerns but posts claiming she said the entire Thai military would be deployed to Myanmar upon China's orders featured a video with fake subtitles.

Thailand will suspend electricity supply to some border areas with Myanmar in an effort to curb scam centres, its government said on Tuesday, amid growing pressure on the illegal compounds that have ensnared vast numbers of people of multiple nationalities.

Thailand on Wednesday cut off power supplies to areas in Myanmar where scam networks operate, following a public outcry demanding government action to tackle the problem

Thai authorities cut off electricity Wednesday at five points on the border with Myanmar in an attempt to combat cyber scam centers that operate from the other side of the border and have created a regional security problem with thousands of victims in recent years.