Thai police seeking anti-junta activists detain 108 Myanmar nationals in Mae Sot

Authorities in western Thailand’s Tak province detained as many as 108 Myanmar nationals Wednesday in a series of raids on buildings believed to house members of anti-junta groups, confiscating what they claimed was military equipment.

The raids took place at around 1 p.m. in Tak’s Mae Sot district, along the border with Myanmar, and followed intelligence reports that members of Myanmar’s anti-junta People’s Defense Force paramilitary groups were being sheltered, according to reports from residents and the Bangkok Post.

“Thai military and immigration officers raided the [two] Ma Ruay Villa four-story buildings … making all the residents go out and sit in the streets,” a resident of a building near the compound told RFA Burmese, speaking on condition of anonymity citing fear of reprisal.

“Then they found two men with some drones and military…