Interior Ministry drives border security for 32 provinces

Matichon•Politics•20h ago

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Interior Ministry Permanent Secretary Arsit Sampantharat presided over a workshop for governors of 32 border provinces to enhance border security and threat management.

•The workshop was held on July 20 at the Rama Gardens Hotel in Bangkok.
•The initiative involves the Border Security Integration Center of the Ministry of Interior (BSIC MOI).
•Key focuses include combating technological crimes, human trafficking, and narcotics, especially on the Myanmar and Cambodia borders.
•Governors were urged to push the 'Drug-Free Sub-district' project to eliminate drug buyers and sellers.

Overview

•On July 20, Arsit Sampantharat opened a workshop at the Rama Gardens Hotel in Bangkok.
•Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul issued Prime Minister's Office Order 212/2026 on May 30 to establish the Border Security Integration Center (BSIC).
•The Ministry of Interior established the Border Security Integration Center of the Ministry of Interior (BSIC MOI) to analyze border security situations and coordinate with other agencies.
•Arsit Sampantharat highlighted threats from technological crime, human trafficking, and narcotics along the Myanmar and Cambodia borders.
•Arsit Sampantharat instructed governors to use relations with neighboring countries to negotiate solutions for transnational crime, forest fires, and transboundary haze.
•The security situation in the Southern Border Provinces has improved, allowing for a reduction in emergency decree areas, though close monitoring is still required.
•Arsit Sampantharat authorized governors to order district officers to set up administrative checkpoints in front of customs checkpoints to stop illegal agricultural imports.
•All provinces are required to create clear border security action plans for the years 2023-2027.

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Key Quotes

Arsit Sampantharat

"The drug problem is considered a national agenda that must be urgently resolved because most drugs are smuggled from abroad."

ปัญหายาเสพติดถือเป็นวาระสำคัญระดับชาติที่ต้องได้รับการแก้ไขอย่างเร่งด่วน เนื่องจากยาเสพติดส่วนใหญ่ถูกลักลอบนำเข้ามาจากต่างประเทศ

Key Entities

Person

Arsit Sampantharat(อรรษิษฐ์ สัมพันธรัตน์)

Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior.

Anutin Charnvirakul(อนุทิน ชาญวีรกูล)ℹ️

Prime Minister who issued the order to establish the Border Security Integration Center.

Nattapong Praokaew(ณัฐพงษ์ เพราแก้ว)

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters.

Passakorn Bunyaluck(ภาสกร บุญญลักษม์)

Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior and head of the internal security mission group.

Koedsak Yasothon(เกิดศักดิ์ ยะโสธร)

Deputy Director-General of the Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning.

Thanawat Passadarak(ธนวัฒน์ พัศดารักษ์)

Deputy Director-General of the Department of Lands.

Kookiat Nimniem(กู้เกียรติ นิ่มเนียม)

Head Inspector of the Department of Local Administration.

Onuma Worasaen(อรอุมา วรแสน)

Director of the Foreign Affairs Division, Office of the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Interior.

Organization

Ministry of Interior(กระทรวงมหาดไทย)ℹ️

The ministry responsible for the BSIC MOI and managing border security via provincial governors.

Border Security Integration Center(ศูนย์บูรณาการด้านความมั่นคงชายแดน)

A center established by Prime Minister's Office Order 212/2026 with the Chief of Defence Forces as Director.

Border Security Integration Center of the Ministry of Interior(ศูนย์บูรณาการด้านความมั่นคงชายแดน กระทรวงมหาดไทย)

The Ministry of Interior's wing for monitoring, analyzing, and assessing border security situations.

Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters(กองบัญชาการกองทัพไทย)ℹ️

The military organization associated with Deputy Chief of Staff Nattapong Praokaew.

Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning(กรมโยธาธิการและผังเมือง)ℹ️

Government department represented by Deputy Director-General Koedsak Yasothon.

Department of Lands(กรมที่ดิน)

Government department represented by Deputy Director-General Thanawat Passadarak.

Department of Local Administration(กรมส่งเสริมการปกครองท้องถิ่น)

Government department represented by Head Inspector Kookiat Nimniem.

Ministry of Labour(กระทรวงแรงงาน)ℹ️

The ministry coordinating with the private sector to integrate displaced persons into the labor system.

Place

Rama Gardens Hotel(โรงแรมรามาการ์เด้นส์)

The venue in Bangkok where the workshop was held.

Bangkok(กรุงเทพฯ)ℹ️

The city where the workshop took place.

Myanmar(เมียนมา)ℹ️

A neighboring country with border threats including technological crime and narcotics.

Cambodia(กัมพูชา)ℹ️

A neighboring country with border threats including technological crime and narcotics.

Law

Emergency Decree on Border Goods Control 1981(พระราชกำหนดควบคุมสินค้าตามชายแดน พ.ศ. 2524)

Legislation used to strictly control goods along the border.

Policy

Drug-Free Sub-district(ตำบลปลอดยาเสพติด)

A project aimed at creating a domino effect to eliminate drug buyers and sellers from the sub-district level up to the provincial level.