PUBLISHED: 27 Dec 2024 at 05: 22
Banks and cellular phone network providers will be held more accountable for preventing online scams by the government.
An executive order, requiring bankers and cellular phone network providers to take more care to help prevent their clients from losing money to online scams, will been announced in the Royal Gazette on Thursday, according to Deputy Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong.
We anticipate that, for example, cellular phone messages that might contain clickbait that must be immediately removed by the mobile phone network operators, or that they will be held accountable if they cause scammers to lose money, according to Mr. Prasert.
This kind of legal system, he said, has been used in other countries such as Singapore, where the government is defrost a bank account where needed.
According to Mr. Prasert, the state anticipates the order to speed up the recovery of lost funds lost in online scams by the state.
With this constitutional method, the process may take no longer than six months, an development from the existing one or two centuries, said Mr Prasert, who is also the modern economy and society minister.
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra made the announcement of the order in response to a promise to stop online swindling criminals operating in neighboring nations.
He was speaking as he assisted a candidate for the Pheu Thai Party in a Tuesday regional vote in Chiang Mai.
At the campaign event for the vote, Thaksin made a hint that he knew about a significant call center group operating from a tower in Poipet, Cambodia.
He likewise claimed to have instructed the governments of Myanmar and Cambodia to do more to address the issue of virtual scams, which affects many Thai citizens.
He said without going into specifics that he would volunteer to take troops from Thailand to deal with the groups for them if these nations weren’t able to expend the funds to expel those criminals that are operating on their soil.
The Royal Thai Police (RTP ) was briefed on Thursday by Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra about the importance of keeping the public informed about the launch of an online platform to combat online scams.
The PM was paying a visit to the RTP’s office, where she was briefed on the officer’s “Cyber Check” virtual system.
It has technology that enables people to check with the police first to see if a bank account they are required to transfer money to or a phone number used by someone to contact them is on a police black list.