According to the everlasting minister, cutting off the electricity supply to criminals presents a significant challenge.
PUBLISHED: 1 Feb 2025 at 17: 46
The Ministry of Interior has defended its demand to the Thai security forces for more information regarding Myanmar‘s suspected illegally populated areas.
After minister Anutin Charnvirakul requested information from the National Security Council ( NSC), Ansit Samphantarat, permanent secretary for the ministry and chairman of the Provincial Electricity Authority ( PEA ), the minister responded to questions on Saturday.
Mr. Anutin noted in his letter that Myanmar is served by the Seed in five distinct areas. If any of these regions’ energy supplies are discovered to be engaged in illegal activities, they may be shut off. Finding a means to do this without affecting other power customers, such as regular people and businesses, is a challenge.
According to Mr. Ansit, providing power to a neighboring nation is a federal policy with both security and humanitarian ramifications.
The Interior Ministry is only in charge of domestic protection, while the Seed, which is under the ministry’s control, needs to hear from the appropriate authorities before it can decide to take any further action.
The ministry’s and the PEA’s actions are a part of the regular course of action, according to Mr. Ansit. It is looking for details to take action following the government resolution, it said.
He was referring to a cupboard resolution from May 14 last year that stated that the ministry may work with various organizations to organize the suspension of the provision of cross-border public power services that have been used improperly for call-center scam gangs, human trafficking, money laundering, and drug networks.
Mr. Ansit claimed that the situation is extremely vulnerable and that detailed information is required. The Seed has invited staff from 25 agencies to join on Feb 6 to give details, he added.
The NSC claimed that it had no authority to determine which areas of the neighboring nation were deemed to be harmful to Thailand in response to Mr. Anutin’s request.