Content inspection by the House Committee in Rayong
PUBLISHED: 26 Apr 2025 at 03: 30
In response to allegations of illegal operations and concerns about economic compliance, the House committee on national protection and border affairs will check a Rayong steel factory in early next month.
A task force headed by Industry Minister Akanat Promphan will join the committee chair and main opposition People’s Party ( PP ) MP for Rayong, Chutipong Pipobpinyo, who is also the chairman of the committee and the main opposition People’s Party ( PP ) MP for Rayong.
He stated that the organized visit is to investigate information that the Xin Ke Yuan Steel Company’s Pluak Daeng district’s following factory had been constructed despite a suspension order.
Since the State Audit Office ( SAO ) building in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district collapsed in the March 28 earthquake, Xin Ke Yuan Steel Co has been subject to investigation.
ITD-CREC, a cooperative venture between China Railway No. 216 and SET-listed Italian-Thai Development Plc, was constructing the building. For the SAO building job, 10 Thailand Co. and Xin Ke Yuan Steel Co. sourced the material.
The Chinese company even attracted attention in December of last year when its Rayong stock was shut down as a result of an accident involving a fuel tank leak.
Mr. Akanat met with the council on Thursday to explain efforts to end Thailand’s “zero-dollar business,” a term used to describe job that generates no money and worth for the country.
According to the business minister, foreign companies may be granted investment privileges if they are found to have broken the laws, the PP MP said, adding that the procedure to withdraw them may be suggested by a government involved.
The Industry Ministry will, for instance, propose to the Board of Investment ( BoI ) that the Board of Investment ( BoI ) be given the right to terminate investment privileges in the event of non-compliance with industrial standards.
Mr. Chutipong claimed that BoI representatives informed the screen that the organization conducts inspections of foreign companies with investment privileges, but they did not specify how often these inspections are carried out.
The large number of Chinese technicians employed by these companies as part of the purchase privilege scheme, which may not be in line with the goals of a policy that was intended to promote employment opportunities for Thais, was also noted by the PP MP.
He claimed that Xin Ke Yuan Steel Co employs 9.4 % of its labor, with the remainder being migrant workers.
What benefit does Rayong Province receive from granting these businesses purchase protections? What benefit does it have if Thai citizens aren’t employed? he inquired.
Mr. Chutipong stated that the council would follow up on the issue of Thai personnel being employed by businesses that have BoI privileges.