The Joint Information Center on the Thailand-Cambodia Situation organizes a site visit for foreign media to Surin Province, to witness first-hand, evidence of online scamming operations in the border area

วันที่นำเข้าข้อมูล 12 Mar 2026

วันที่ปรับปรุงข้อมูล 12 Mar 2026

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On 12 March 2026, the Joint Information Center on the Thailand - Cambodia Situation (JIC) led a delegation of 37 journalists from 18 foreign media outlets on a site visit to Surin Province, accompanied and facilitated by officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the visit, the foreign media had the opportunity to observe areas affected by the clashes between Thailand and Cambodia, and received briefings on Thailand’s military operations, which had consistently been conducted in strict compliance with international law and international humanitarian law.

In addition, the delegation also had the chance to observe casino buildings and a scam compound in the Chong Chom border area of Surin Province. They were briefed on how the various buildings in the scam compound had been used not only for illegal activity but also as a military base for Cambodian forces. This first-hand look enabled them to verify a few important points, namely (1) Cambodia’s violation of international law through the use of civilian buildings for military purposes, and (2) the sophistication and industrial-level of the transnational criminal networks and the harm they inflict on populations both within and beyond the region.

This field visit provided the foreign media with the facts based on empirical evidence, reflecting the transparency of Thailand’s actions all along. This is critical, especially when Thailand is driving international cooperation against online scams, to underline what is required to fight this crime: rule of law, strong law enforcement and an open society that creates awareness of this problem in order to ensure that the population is resilient and protected against falling prey to these dangers.

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