Thai-ordered power and internet cuts targeting Myawaddy scam compounds, February 2025

DRAFT — needs an editor rewrite. Notable for being Thai-authority-ordered rather than junta-ordered — STOP's record names a specific electricity supplier (Myit Shwe Thaung Rin Company, linked to Karen Border Guard Force) that preemptively cut power before the official cutoff. A related Feb 21, 2025 STOP record (Payanthonzu, Kayin State) describes Thai authorities separately disabling AIS Thai-SIM mobile service — included here as the same border-scam-crackdown pattern, not a separate event. STOP's record notes the Myawaddy shutdown was still reported active as of July 2025 with residents relying on generators and Starlink to bypass restrictions — flagging this as a scope note for an editor since it overlaps thematically with the Starlink restriction pattern event, but the cause here (Thai-ordered, anti-scam) is distinct from the junta/TNLA Starlink actions in that event. Stale-ongoing review (2026-07): 2026-dated evidence (scam-compound solar/ Starlink workarounds, still-active compounds per satellite imagery) is consistent with the underlying Thai grid cutoff remaining in force but doesn't confirm it directly, and no source states it was lifted either. Kept ongoing rather than guessed either direction — see internal research notes. Scope decision (maintainer research, 2026-07): kept SEPARATE from 2025-starlink-restriction-pattern rather than merged, despite geographic/ temporal overlap in Myawaddy and Kyain Seikgyi. Different primary actors and mechanisms — this event is Thai-government-pressure-driven (power/ ISP/fuel cuts, junta/allied raids on scam compounds, connectivity loss as a side effect of clearing operations); the Starlink event is driven by SpaceX's own terminal-level restrictions and junta device confiscations. Related event: see 2025-starlink-restriction-pattern for STOP records in this same border zone that are specifically Starlink-restriction actions rather than the broader power/ISP crackdown described here.