Police and officials from Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) have shut down six illegal cellular sites in the northern provinces of Tak and Chiang Rai and dismantled their antennae, in an attempt to prevent call centre gangs in Myanmar from using the internet and mobile phone signals to prey on victims in Thailand.

 

Two of the illegal sites were located in Mae Sot district of Tak province and four others in Mae Sai and Chiang Khong districts of Chiang Rai province, according to Pol Gen Nathathorn Prousoontorn, a member of the NBTC in charge of legal affairs.

 

Three people have been arrested and charged with operating a radio station without permission, an offence which is subject to a maximum imprisonment of five years and/or a 100,000 baht fine on conviction.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-09-25

 

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3 hours ago, webfact said:

Three people have been arrested and charged with operating a radio station without permission, an offence which is subject to a maximum imprisonment of five years and/or a 100,000 baht fine on conviction.

Local plod should be a bit more observant regarding installations in their areas?

Seems fitting. But in a real country how do you go about setting up an illegal cell tower. It's not as if they are invisible/

26 minutes ago, retarius said:

Seems fitting. But in a real country how do you go about setting up an illegal cell tower. It's not as if they are invisible/

A sprinkling of money makes them go away!

"Cellular station" is not the right word for this kind of equipment.

12 hours ago, webfact said:

........and dismantled their antennae......

Antennae is the name for the feelers of an insect.

The correct plural for the transmitting and recieving devices for radio frequency is antennas.

Here endeth the lesson.????