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Governor checks up on refugee care

Tak governor Somchai Kitchareanrungroj with local officials during a visit to a Myanmar refugee shelter in Mae Sot district on Sunday. Tak Provincial Public Relations Office

TAK: Local authorities have been visiting displaced people sheltering close to the border to follow up on efforts to manage refugees after clashes between ethnic groups and the Myanmar military flared up last week.

Tak governor Somchai Kitchareanrungroj, in his capacity as director of the Provincial Myanmar-Thailand Border Operations Centre, said he has been leading local officials, soldiers and personnel from non-governmental organisations, including the Provincial Red Cross Organisation to visit about 8,000 Myanmar refugees and provide them with food and…

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