As enforcement becomes more severe, three station chiefs at the border were also assigned to inert positions.
PUBLISHED: 11 Feb 2025 at 18: 58
In a matter of days, two well-known top Thai police officers were transferred to Bangkok while more studies are being conducted into possible hyperlinks between human trafficking and gambling in Myanmar.
Pol Maj Gen Ekkarat Intasueb and Pol Maj Gen Samrit Aimkamol were given the order by federal authorities chief Kittharath Punpetch on Tuesday to walk to the capital’s police headquarters with immediate effect.
Before the transport commands were signed, Pol Maj Gen Ekkarat, 53, served as the acting mind of a geographical division of the Inspector General Office in charge of some northern regions, including Tak. He is a very well-known number in Tak’s borders region, where he was previously the Mae Sot district’s police chief.
According to local media reports, the official prefers to reside in the police suites the Mae Sot captain has been given, which includes a river and golf driving range.
Pol Maj Gen Charoonkiat Pankaew, assistant director of the Central Investigation Bureau, has been appointed by Pol Gen Kittharath to guide an investigation into possible ties between Pol Maj Gen Ekkarat and organizations in the Myawaddy Complex, located across the border from Mae Sot in Myanmar. The betting and other forms of entertainment are well-known at the facility.
The province’s whole frontier with Myanmar is under the control of Pol Maj Gen Samrit, the chief police officer. He is being looked into for possible ties to immigrants who were tricked into Thailand and smuggled into Myanmar through Mae Sot, Mae Ramat, and Phob Phra regions. The research against him is being handled by the Provincial Police Region 6 Office.
In order to make the way for the human trafficking investigation, the Mae Sot, Mae Ramat, and Phob Phra police facilities ‘ supervisors were also moved to the Provincial Police Region 6 Office.
As the Thai government intensifies its effort to remove them by preventing power, crude, and online services from feeding their illegal businesses, the transferred policemen are the first group of senior officers suspected of having connections with call centers and another scams in Myanmar.
Phumtham Wechayachai, the minister of defense, announced on Tuesday that he would require all state officials connected to illegal activity to be removed from border regions where they have impact in order to speed up investigations.