News Forum - Thailand deploys “King Cobra” unit at Myanmar border to monitor illegal crossings

[Thaiger]

The lifting of restrictions on Covid-19 in Thailand, which culminated with its reopening on November 1, sparked a surge in demand for foreign labor, making it very difficult to control the illegal border crossings. To deal with it, Thailand’s “King Cobra” special unit team under the Surasee Taskforce is now actively searching for unauthorised migrants along its western border with Myanmar. Patrol is heightened in eight districts in the province of Prachuap Khiri Khan border Myanmar, which has 34 natural border passes linking the two countries. The head of the King Cobra unit, Col Assadawut Panyarachun, claimed many jobs are […]

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[NCC1701A]

"The unit has been divided into sections that will go on patrol for several days at a time. “We have no idea where we’ll sleep each night”.

don't' forget your Hello Kitty blanket and teddy bear. 

[Jason]

Now, now....let's not be like that They'll just need to build a tent like every other soldier! Just a matter of getting used to 24 ration packs!! It's and interesting dilemma....Thailand needs the workers and the Burmese need the work. I think it would be a lot cheaper to work out a vaccination and work permit system.

[HolyCowCm]

16 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

"The unit has been divided into sections that will go on patrol for several days at a time. “We have no idea where we’ll sleep each night”.

don't' forget your Hello Kitty blanket and teddy bear. 

And to keep my teddy bear company I need to also bring my:

[HolyCowCm]

King Cobra? wonder why they didn't call it monitor lizard.

[RampantRabbit]

more  holes than a  swiss  chees  that border,  impossible to patrol

[RampantRabbit]

10 minutes ago, Jason said:

Now, now....let's not be like that They'll just need to build a tent like every other soldier! Just a matter of getting used to 24 ration packs!! It's and interesting dilemma....Thailand needs the workers and the Burmese need the work. I think it would be a lot cheaper to work out a vaccination and work permit system.

Instead a  few  years  ago they introduced a  stupid laborious paper  rich system with massive fines, I mean just give em a  work permit for ANY work, instead no it has to specifiy the work the employer etc, so you  shell  out a load of  money for this and 1  month later they up and leave

[Jason]

One less worker and the problem still exists. 

[Rookiescot]

2 hours ago, Jason said:

Now, now....let's not be like that They'll just need to build a tent like every other soldier! Just a matter of getting used to 24 ration packs!! It's and interesting dilemma....Thailand needs the workers and the Burmese need the work. I think it would be a lot cheaper to work out a vaccination and work permit system.

A tent? Luxury! When I was in you were lucky if you had a dandelion leaf to shelter under. 

[Jason]

Luxury!!!! When I was a soldier, we only had half the size of a bees dick to shelter under!!!

[Jason]

And that was only after we stood in the pouring rain for twelve hours, with no raincoats, standing at attention, with wild elephants menacing us

[Rookiescot]

4 minutes ago, Jason said:

Luxury!!!! When I was a soldier, we only had half the size of a bees dick to shelter under!!!

A bees dick! You was spoiled. We had to camp in the middle of Lake Windemere. Had a hell of a time getting a fire going.

[King Cotton]

13 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:

A bees dick! You was spoiled. We had to camp in the middle of Lake Windemere. Had a hell of a time getting a fire going.

Ah, Belle Island, I know it well, from the occasional rowing boat mission from Bowness . . . and very wet, more often than not.

[Rookiescot]

20 minutes ago, King Cotton said:

Ah, Belle Island, I know it well, from the occasional rowing boat mission from Bowness . . . and very wet, more often than not.

An island? Luxury! Three days treading water and then we had to fight a pack of Zulus at the end of it.

[Rain]

4 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

"The unit has been divided into sections that will go on patrol for several days at a time. “We have no idea where we’ll sleep each night”.

don't' forget your Hello Kitty blanket and teddy bear. 

.....ei ei ei 

[Jason]

Yep...the monty pythonesk flavour of this thread keeps on coming.....