PUBLISHED: 10:02 on October 13, 2023.
After one of its auditors was shot dead and another was hurt during a raid in Phetchabun, the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry announced that it would work with the authorities to crack down on illegal meat merchants and reduce procedures to prevent fatalities.
The death of a Phetchabun Provincial Livestock Office national on Wednesday, according to Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow, is concerning, and the believe may be punished.
” Capt. Thamanat said,” I would like to express my condolences to the family of the late livestock official, whom I heard was a head of inspection unit.” The director-general of the ministry will set up payment for the victim’s household, starting at 100,000 baht.
The injured formal may also receive assistance, he continued.
He claimed that the affair won’t cause Thailand’s meat warehouse inspections to be slowed down.
Thamanat: The firing was concerning.
He claimed that with the full support of the local police, he had mandated that all municipal livestock offices evaluate meat warehouses.
” Some of the leads I’ve received suggest that[ illegal meat wholesalers ] have threatened officials along the Thai border, particularly in the Mae Sot district of Tak ,” he said.
He continued by saying that the agency’s crackdown on smuggled frozen meat may have led to the firing of the cattle officials.
According to him, in Chon Buri on September 29, on four tonnes of unlawful meat that had been seized from 161 shipping vessels were destroyed.
About 800 – 1 000 kilograms of unlawful meat were reportedly discovered at a frozen foods inventory in tambon Chang Talut in Phetchabun’s Lom Sak district on Wednesday.
Anusorn, the owner, apparently was unable to provide the authorities with evidence of the purchase of livestock.
Mr. Anusorn allegedly opened fire on them while officials were imposing a 20, 000 good for possessing illegal flesh. At the field, one national passed away, and another was taken to the hospital.
According to Phetchabun police chief Pol Maj Gen Thadech Klomkliang, Mr. Anusorn admitted to shooting the two stock authorities. According to him, the suspect has been charged with murdering an established, attempted murder, and improper gun ownership.