Thailand vows to end this year by cracking down on suspects involved in telecom fraud gangs.

According to Thai media reports, on March 15, General Tatchai revealed that he was appointed by the government and the National Police Chief to go to Cambodia to coordinate the crackdown on the "traitorous Thai" online scam gangs, which is a challenging task.

He has had in-depth discussions with the Royal Thai Police, the Immigration Bureau, and the Cambodian National Counter-Terrorism Committee. "This mission is a declaration of war against the 'traitorous Thai' scam gangs, who set up operational bases in Cambodia to evade Thai law and blatantly deceive Thai compatriots," General Tatchai vehemently stated, further revealing that, according to the discussion results, the Cambodian government has fully cooperated in harshly cracking down and arresting 119 members of the Thai online scam centers in Poipet, and exchanging intelligence to expand the arrest efforts against the remaining members of the gang.

"We will no longer let these Thais go unpunished; they will be prosecuted for transnational organized crime, gang involvement, fraud, and inputting false information, with a maximum sentence of 15 years imprisonment.

In the past, these call scam gangs exploited legal loopholes, claiming they were forced to work to avoid charges, but this time, we will not allow anyone to make such claims.

The Royal Thai Police will fully suppress the scam gangs until they are completely eradicated from Thai society. We will also cooperate with the Cambodian authorities to bring these Thais back to Cambodia for comprehensive prosecution, a process that must be completed this year," General Tatchai firmly stated.