Provincial Police Region 5 to suppress vices in the North
The Deputy Commissioner of the Provincial Police Region 5, Pol. Maj. Gen. Panthuwat Sriwalai, reminds the crime suppression and investigation police officers in the eight northern provinces, who were trained to suppress human trafficking, to be more stringent in arresting business operators who provide or distribute various vices.
Pol. Maj. Gen. Panthuwat instructs them to eradicate pornographic media, online game shops, curtain hotels, and karaoke bars with prostitution businesses behind the scenes in the North within seven days. He says inactive police officers will be disciplined.
Pol. Maj. Gen. Panthuwat also orders the police to record the names of influential people who are related to human trafficking businesses in the North, particularly in Chiang Rai province as it is bordering other countries.
Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 11 July 2007