Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, temporarily suspended from prime ministerial duties, is adjusting to working from home and anywhere outside government offices, according to sources.
The news about 59 Rohingya "abandoned" near southernmost Satun province early this month reminds us that fighting the heinous crime of human trafficking will be a hard-won battle.
Free tests for at-risk groups as PM plans illegal migrant smuggling crackdown
Free tests for at-risk groups as PM plans illegal migrant smuggling crackdown
THAILAND: The Department of Health Service Support yesterday (Dec 23) instructed private hospitals nationwide to provide free COVID-19 tests for at-risk groups.
Thursday 24 December 2020, 08:19AM
Officials stop a car at a checkpoint set up to block illegal immigration, in Sangkhla Buri district of Kanchanaburi yesterday (Dec 23). Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen.
Director-general of the department Thares Krassanairawiwong said a new wave of COVID-19 infections in Samut Sakhon last week sparked grave concern among local residents as well as those who had visited at-risk areas.
7 Officials stop a car at a checkpoint set up to block illegal immigration, in Sangkhla Buri district of Kanchanaburi on Wednesday. (Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen)
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered a 1,000-bed field hospital be set up to treat Covid-19 patients in Samut Sakhon, the centre of a major outbreak of the disease
Gen Prayut, who is also defence minister, has also ordered the military and police to step up efforts to stop illegal migration and the use of illegal foreign labour.
The outbreak in Samut Sakhon is centred on migrant worker communities.
Defence spokesman Lt Gen Kongcheep Tantrawanit said the instructions were issued at a meeting of the Defence Council on Wednesday.