Calls for Karen Border Guard Force leader’s arrest; Regime administration collapses in Kachin State’s Bhamo

Rangsiman Rome, the chairperson of Thailand’s House Committee on National Security, Border Affairs, National Strategy, and National Reform, called for the arrest of Saw Chit Thu, the leader of the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF), on Sunday. The BGF handed over 61 human trafficking victims from seven countries to Thai authorities on Thursday.

“My sources indicate that Saw Chit Thu holds many secrets about certain government officials in Thailand, as he has allegedly funneled large sums of money as bribes to Thai authorities,” claimed Rome without providing further details. He added that his government must do more to address the issue of transnational crime along the Burma-Thailand border.