Myanmar Junta Used Chartered Plane To Fly Cash From Mae Sot To Yangon

[webfact]

AFTER Karen National Union (KNU) and People’s Defence Force (PDF) fighters yesterday (Apr. 7) captured Myawaddy town, just across the border from Thailand’s Mae Sot town, Myanmar authorities used a chartered plane to fly things, believed to be cash, plus officials from Mae Sot airport to Yangon with Thai government’s permission , Thai Rath and Matichon newspapers said today.

 

KNU and PDF forces had first seized the tactical headquarters of the Myanmar junta in Myawaddy before invading Battalion 275 base, the largest one in the border town, after which anti-junta troops were in control of the entire Myawaddy district.

 

Most of Myanmar’s overland trade with Thailand passes through Myawaddy.

 

This fall of the border town led to officials, such as customs and immigration and those attached to other agencies, withdrawing and evacuating to Kawkareik town which is still under the junta’s control.

 

by TNR Staff

TOP: The chartered flight that landed at Mae Sot airport last night and the pick-up truck believed to be carrying cash next to it. Photo: Thai Rath

 

Full story: THAI NEWSROOM 2024-04-09

 

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[spidermike007]

Hooray to the Burmese people, may they bring utter misery to the junta, and the thieves that are controlling Burma, stealing their treasure, and inflicting misery on their people.

 

They are total pigs. The Burmese army is a den of thieves, drug dealers, gem smugglers, human traffickers, serial killers, vote stealers and despot thugs. Billionaires raping the public. General Min Aung Hlaing is the top pig. He says the military will hold an election and hand over power to the winning party. Right. Can't handle the loss, you loser?  

 

“Action must be taken according to the law with effective steps against offences which disturb, prevent and destroy the state’s stability, public safety and the rule of law,” said a statement read by an announcer on state-run MRTV. Total nonsense. They are making up this crap as they go. 

 

The generals previously justified their takeover on the grounds of election fraud, promising to hold new elections. Now, they lost by huge margins. The people said enough. "Hundreds of thousands if not millions of people have been protesting about the coup and Min Aung Hlaing’s response astoundingly seemed to blame the democratically elected government of not being appropriately committed to democracy as one cause for the coup,” Lee said. Funny man. Desperate and weak too. 

 

“He then suggested that the economic environment for investment would be good under the military. Well, if you call billionaire generals good for the economy, well it is at least good for a few hundred idiotic, and ridiculously corrupt and morally bankrupt generals, anyway.

 

When the Burmese army says they are uninterested in politics, that is total BS. They are power hungry thugs. Utter pigs and despots. The pussy, billionaire generals are thieves, robbing the people of their gems, their timber, their minerals and selling heroin for the sake of amassing wealth. And supported by extremist Buddhist monks against the minorities. Broken men. With their recent overthrow, they have self revoked the right to consume oxygen. May the Myanmar youth prevail! May the dinosaurs be pushed out. A pox on their families. A terrorist army.

 

And shame on the morally bankrupt officials and Thai military, for granting that foul, horrific, toxic, obnoxious military, permission to fly over Thai airspace to rescue their ill-gotten billions. 

Edited April 8 by spidermike007

[smedly]

why is SEA so corrpt 

 

it is shamful, democracy  ?

 

time for our governments to call out this shame, but they won't because if they do ........

 

 I have morals and standards - Corrupt thailand doesn't come close

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

AFTER Karen National Union (KNU) and People’s Defence Force (PDF) fighters yesterday (Apr. 7) captured Myawaddy town, just across the border from Thailand’s Mae Sot town, Myanmar authorities used a chartered plane to fly things, believed to be cash, plus officials from Mae Sot airport to Yangon with Thai government’s permission

Moving their ill-gotten gains to a safer location.

[KhunLA]

"believed to be" ...

... more imaginary news

[bamnutsak]

2 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Moving their ill-gotten gains to a safer location.

 

 

For a sizeable (30%) commission.

 

Senior military junta leaders and their supporters have probably already moved the bulk of their assets by now.

 

 

 

Interesting that PM Srettha prevaricated yesterday on the "cargo" of this flight. He said there were refugees and no arms.

 

 

Srettha was already facing several insurmountable challenges. Based on his responses yesterday it looks like he will fail on this one.

 

 

 

[Suua]

36 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Hooray to the Burmese people, may they bring utter misery to the junta, and the thieves that are controlling Burma, stealing their treasure, and inflicting misery on their people.

 

They are total pigs. The Burmese army is a den of thieves, drug dealers, gem smugglers, human traffickers, serial killers, vote stealers and despot thugs. Billionaires raping the public. General Min Aung Hlaing is the top pig. He says the military will hold an election and hand over power to the winning party. Right. Can't handle the loss, you loser?  

 

“Action must be taken according to the law with effective steps against offences which disturb, prevent and destroy the state’s stability, public safety and the rule of law,” said a statement read by an announcer on state-run MRTV. Total nonsense. They are making up this crap as they go. 

 

The generals previously justified their takeover on the grounds of election fraud, promising to hold new elections. Now, they lost by huge margins. The people said enough. "Hundreds of thousands if not millions of people have been protesting about the coup and Min Aung Hlaing’s response astoundingly seemed to blame the democratically elected government of not being appropriately committed to democracy as one cause for the coup,” Lee said. Funny man. Desperate and weak too. 

 

“He then suggested that the economic environment for investment would be good under the military. Well, if you call billionaire generals good for the economy, well it is at least good for a few hundred idiotic, and ridiculously corrupt and morally bankrupt generals, anyway.

 

When the Burmese army says they are uninterested in politics, that is total BS. They are power hungry thugs. Utter pigs and despots. The pussy, billionaire generals are thieves, robbing the people of their gems, their timber, their minerals and selling heroin for the sake of amassing wealth. And supported by extremist Buddhist monks against the minorities. Broken men. With their recent overthrow, they have self revoked the right to consume oxygen. May the Myanmar youth prevail! May the dinosaurs be pushed out. A pox on their families. A terrorist army.

 

And shame on the morally bankrupt officials and Thai military, for granting that foul, horrific, toxic, obnoxious military, permission to fly over Thai airspace to rescue their ill-gotten billions. 

 

Great post.

 

You could almost replace....... "The Burmese army is a den of thieves, drug dealers, gem smugglers, human traffickers, serial killers, vote stealers and despot thugs. Billionaires raping the public. General Min Aung Hlaing is the top pig. He says the military will hold an election and hand over power to the winning party. Right. Can't handle the loss, you loser?".........with 'The Thai army' in your paragraph......pretty much the same description of the heathens.

Edited April 8 by Suua

[Suua]

13 minutes ago, smedly said:

why is SEA so corrpt 

 

it is shamful, democracy  ?

 

time for our governments to call out this shame, but they won't because if they do ........

 

 I have morals and standards - Corrupt thailand doesn't come close

 

It is so corrupt because most of the countries have dictators at the helm......the curse of humanity and will lead to catastrophe, as we're already seeing with russia.

[Dcheech]

Friends helping friends. 

[nobodysfriend]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Myanmar authorities used a chartered plane to fly things, believed to be cash, plus officials from Mae Sot airport to Yangon with Thai government’s permission ,

 

The rats are leaving the sinking ship .

With the complicity of Thai .

The only place for Burmese junta members is jail , or a coffin .

[mfd101]

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

Hooray to the Burmese people, may they bring utter misery to the junta, and the thieves that are controlling Burma, stealing their treasure, and inflicting misery on their people.

 

They are total pigs. The Burmese army is a den of thieves, drug dealers, gem smugglers, human traffickers, serial killers, vote stealers and despot thugs. Billionaires raping the public. General Min Aung Hlaing is the top pig. He says the military will hold an election and hand over power to the winning party. Right. Can't handle the loss, you loser?  

 

“Action must be taken according to the law with effective steps against offences which disturb, prevent and destroy the state’s stability, public safety and the rule of law,” said a statement read by an announcer on state-run MRTV. Total nonsense. They are making up this crap as they go. 

 

The generals previously justified their takeover on the grounds of election fraud, promising to hold new elections. Now, they lost by huge margins. The people said enough. "Hundreds of thousands if not millions of people have been protesting about the coup and Min Aung Hlaing’s response astoundingly seemed to blame the democratically elected government of not being appropriately committed to democracy as one cause for the coup,” Lee said. Funny man. Desperate and weak too. 

 

“He then suggested that the economic environment for investment would be good under the military. Well, if you call billionaire generals good for the economy, well it is at least good for a few hundred idiotic, and ridiculously corrupt and morally bankrupt generals, anyway.

 

When the Burmese army says they are uninterested in politics, that is total BS. They are power hungry thugs. Utter pigs and despots. The pussy, billionaire generals are thieves, robbing the people of their gems, their timber, their minerals and selling heroin for the sake of amassing wealth. And supported by extremist Buddhist monks against the minorities. Broken men. With their recent overthrow, they have self revoked the right to consume oxygen. May the Myanmar youth prevail! May the dinosaurs be pushed out. A pox on their families. A terrorist army.

 

And shame on the morally bankrupt officials and Thai military, for granting that foul, horrific, toxic, obnoxious military, permission to fly over Thai airspace to rescue their ill-gotten billions. 

But apart from that they're pretty good fellas?

[bamnutsak]

In related news...

 

Thai Senator Indicted On Drug, Money Laundering Charges

Senator Upakit Pachariyangkun is accused of having ties with Myanmar businessman Tun Min Latt, who has close links to junta chief Min Aung Hlaing.

 

Thai prosecutors have indicted a sitting Thai senator on drug and money laundering charges, according to Thai media reports.

 

Appearing yesterday in the Criminal Court in Bangkok, Senator Upakit Pachariyangkun was formally slapped with six charges including drug trafficking, money laundering, and suspected involvement in a transnational crime organization.

 

https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/thai-senator-charged-with-drug-money-laundering-charges/

 

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/general/40033815

[bamnutsak]

I wonder if the Revenue Department will be looking at the income tax on the funds remitted.

[Peterphuket]

59 minutes ago, Suua said:

 

It is so corrupt because most of the countries have dictators at the helm......the curse of humanity and will lead to catastrophe, as we're already seeing with russia.

For corrupt countries you don't need only dictators, even without dictators there are countries who are also corrupt.

[brianthainess]

From the full story; The flight ''was approved on humanitarian grounds."

What a load of BS, another load of BS by this useless government, if they had one iota of common decency then the flight should have been

'Refused on Humanitarian grounds. 

[klauskunkel]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Myanmar authorities used a chartered plane to fly things, believed to be cash, plus officials from Mae Sot airport to Yangon with Thai government’s permission

Thai government, how much they gave you? 20%? 30%?

Isn't it nice when everyone speaks the same language...

Edited April 9 by klauskunkel

[Tropicalevo]

2 hours ago, smedly said:

I have morals and standards

Well done.

So do I and my conscience does give me a bit of a kick up the backside at times.

Then the old head in its twilight years says, but Thailand is a lot better than most other counties at the moment.

The real people are lovely. The food is great and the beer is cold.

So here I stay.

But Burma is a very sad situation for its people - who are just as lovely.

I have no idea about the food and the beer as I will not go there and 'support' the corrupt military.

[Digitalbanana]

2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

And shame on the morally bankrupt officials and Thai military, for granting that foul, horrific, toxic, obnoxious military, permission to fly over Thai airspace to rescue their ill-gotten billions. 

+1

[EdrigoSalvadore]

It seems many here are mislead by the western media.

Check out this video to come closer to the truth of what's really happening.

 

YouTube channel: "The New Atlas"

 

Video name: "US Uses Thai Proxies to Escalate Crisis in Myanmar, Creating Arc of Chaos on China's Borders"

 

https://youtu.be/myoFh1sL9rw

[bamnutsak]

2 minutes ago, EdrigoSalvadore said:

YouTube channel: "The New Atlas"

 

Yuck.

 

Tony Cartalucci.

 

What a maroon.

 

Is this sort of propaganda allowed here?

[dinsdale]

The puppet PM would have had no say in this. This was green lighted by the military. Big brown evenvelope on this one that's for sure.

[bamnutsak]

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin clarified the landing of a passenger plane from Myanmar at Mae Sod Airport.

 

He stated that it was a special diplomatic flight for civilian passengers and goods, explicitly not for military or weaponry purposes. The approval followed strict regulations, focusing on humanitarian aid for the injured or refugees, without involving military personnel or armaments.

 

 

https://thainews.prd.go.th/nbtworld/news/view/209978/?bid=1

 

 

[webfact]

Karenni Army Mounts Fierce Attack On Town Opposite Mae Hong Son
by TNR Staff

 

Aerial view of fighting along the border in Myanmar. Photo: Naewna

 

AFTER Karen National Union (KNU) and People’s Defence Force (PDF) fighters almost fully seized Myawaddy town, oppositie Thailand’s Mae Sot town, with one Myanmar junta battalion holding out, the Karenni Army (KA) and their allies stepped up their attacks at two townships and Pha Song town opposite Mae Hong Son province’s Mueang district, Naewna newspaper said this morning (Apr. 9).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1324494-karenni-army-mounts-fierce-attack-on-town-opposite-mae-hong-son/

[wombat]

er...how did the money get to them for it to be flown out?

[kman90]

1 hour ago, bamnutsak said:

 

Yuck.

 

Tony Cartalucci.

 

What a maroon.

 

Is this sort of propaganda allowed here?

Calling for censorship?

If you think he's a grifter or a Chinese asset, explain why, make your arguments, isn't that the point of free speech and freedom of the press?

 

And if you think the US doesn't meddle in other countries' affairs on a daily basis, I have some magic beans to sell you 😂

Edited April 9 by kman90

[Purdey]

Lots of speculation on Thai social media but no one has evidence there was gold and cash onboard. 

[rudi49jr]

I would bet my life that a portion of that cash found its way to the pockets of several Thai officials, and then the rest was flown to Yangon. No way the Thai authorities would pass up an opportunity like that to make a little extra tea money.

[brianthainess]

2 hours ago, wombat said:

er...how did the money get to them for it to be flown out?

Over the friendship bridge apparently by one report I read. So that must have been allowed in by Thai immigration.

[1duckyboy]

2 hours ago, wombat said:

er...how did the money get to them for it to be flown out?

 

I'm guessing the money was for "goods" delivered to Thai distributors.

[spidermike007]

5 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

In related news...

 

Thai Senator Indicted On Drug, Money Laundering Charges

Senator Upakit Pachariyangkun is accused of having ties with Myanmar businessman Tun Min Latt, who has close links to junta chief Min Aung Hlaing.

 

Thai prosecutors have indicted a sitting Thai senator on drug and money laundering charges, according to Thai media reports.

 

Appearing yesterday in the Criminal Court in Bangkok, Senator Upakit Pachariyangkun was formally slapped with six charges including drug trafficking, money laundering, and suspected involvement in a transnational crime organization.

 

https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/thai-senator-charged-with-drug-money-laundering-charges/

 

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/general/40033815

An indictment and an arrest is one thing, a conviction and time in prison is quite another. Just think of the big joke, how many on this forum want to wager he'll never see a day in prison?

 

He is as guilty as the night is long.