Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anuthin Chanwirakun sent a most urgent official letter to the Secretary General of the National Security Council the day before yesterday, requesting detailed information on the security and safety conditions in the areas where energy is supplied to Myanmar, with plans to cut off the electricity supply to five locations along the Thai-Myanmar border to help curb the activities of fraudulent parks.
According to Thai reports, a letter from the Ministry of the Interior said that under a 1996 Cabinet resolution, local electricity boards are permitted to sell electricity to foreign villages adjacent to the Thai border without having to apply for additional policy approvals. However, the letter pointed out that the Thai-Myanmar border is currently facing cross-border crimes such as drug trafficking, money laundering, fraud, and human trafficking, and these areas are using electricity supplied by the Province Electricity Authority, which may have an impact on the security of Thailand and Myanmar.
The Ministry of the Interior has asked the National Security Council to determine which of the five electricity trading points along the Thai-Myanmar border are involved in illegal activities such as drug trafficking, money laundering, telecommunication fraud, and human trafficking, and pose a threat to national security and safety, in order to decide whether or not to disconnect the electricity supply.
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