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Task force to be formed to track tourists
A New unit will help curb virus spread in Thailand
That Royal Thai Police is forming a special task force to track down tourists infected with Covid-19 as Thailand prepares to reopen its airspace to travellers.
Pol Lt Gen Sutin Suppuang will head the new division as commissioner of the CIB to establish a “Covid-19 Investigation Division” to avoid any potential future outbreaks.
The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) will be in charge of tracking tourists, according to a source.
Although the government hasn’t opened its airspace to international flights yet, Pol Lt Gen Sutin Suppuang said, ”this is just a blueprint on how the division will operate.”
CIB agents will be recruited from the Thai Marine Police Division, Highway Police and Natural Resources, and Environment Crime Suppression Division which normally works with the tourism sector.
They still don’t know how closely they will need to follow the tourists, it all depends on how well they use the online apps which already do most of the tracking.
It’s also expected for the highway patrol to set up checkpoints along roads to inspect tourists and take their temperature and log in their destinations.
Pol Maj Gen Worapong Thongpaibul, commander of Tourist Police Subdivision 1, said he’s getting ready to propose a new online application to track tourist movement.
He said the app will allow travelers to contact the police at any time and will work well with the already existing tracking tool, the Thai Chana platform.
Source: Task force to be formed to track tourists
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Police chain suspects doors and windows until next morning
On August 9, A man attacked an officer, took his gun, and fled to his house in Plang Yao District, Chachoengsao Province. The officer then tried to persuade him to surrender for more than 6 hours but still failed.
Later at 6:00 pm, Plangyao Police Station decided to send 50 officers from a special operations unit in Chachoengsao Province.
The standoff lasted until 11:00 p.m. and the villain still showed no signs of surrendering.
So, they decided to chain his doors and windows preventing him from escaping until the next day rather than risk any of the officers or even the suspect’s life.
Meanwhile, the Royal Thai Police in Chachoengsao Province started to process a search warrant for the next morning after leaving a couple of police officers to watch the house.
Later, Col. Sonthaya revealed that the perpetrator was named Mr. Anon, 45, at the house in Tha Bunmi Subdistrict, Koh Chan District, Chonburi Province, who went into a drunken methamphetamine rampage and destroyed his neighbor’s ricefields.
Police tried to intervene but Mr. Anont took a gun from Officer Or Sor and ran away. Mr. Anon’s daughter also reported his unusual behavior saying he was showing signs of aggressive behavior telling officers to exercise caution especially since he had a gun.
Police hope he will surrender after bringing a search warrant after the drugs wear off. To be continued……..
Later, it was reported that the suspect had escaped through the back of his house prior to officers boarding up his doors and windows. Police then conducted a search of the house and did not find the stolen gun. Police are still searching for the armed and dangerous suspect now.
Source and photos: https://www.khaosod.co.th/breaking-news/news_4678351
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2 Thai embassies hit by Covid-19 outbreaks
Thai embassies hit by Covid-19: Staff members of Thai embassies in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have contracted the novel coronavirus, according to the Foreign Ministry. The embassy in Manama reported that a foreign employee suffering mild symptoms tested positive for Covid-19, ministry spokesman Cherdkiat Atthakor said on Sunday.
Source: 2 Thai embassies hit by Covid-19 outbreaks
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‘Sick’ policeman jumps to his death from hospital
A policeman in Si Sa Ket province who suffered from mental illness reportedly killed himself on Saturday (August 8) by jumping out of the hospital building. The deceased, Suwaroj Khumthong, 53, was a police officer at Muang Chan Police Station who was admitted to Sisaket Hospital due to his mental condition.
Source: ‘Sick’ policeman jumps to his death from hospital
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