Border Police Unit 2 Still Waiting for Allowance Payments
Border Patrol Police assigned to Thailand's northeastern border region still await unpaid allowances due to stalled government budget approvals, with officers surviving on less than 80 baht daily meals.
Democratic Party spokesman Pongsakan Kwanmuang disclosed on August 16 that Border Patrol Police (BPP) personnel assigned to the Thai-Cambodian border in Region 2 are facing the same allowance arrears crisis as their Region 1 counterparts and have not received their entitled payments. After liaising with senior National Police Office commanders to establish the facts, Pongsakan confirmed that the delay does not stem from the police service itself. The National Police Office has attempted to resolve the issue by reallocating internal budgets, but insufficient funds have made it necessary to request central government budget approval, which remains stalled and unapproved by the administration.
"Officials sit in air-conditioned meeting rooms at Government House eating meals costing thousands of baht per serving, while our border patrol brothers survive on an average of less than 80 baht per meal and wait indefinitely for their allowances," Pongsakan said. He urged the government to expedite central budget approval without delay, stressing that allowances for lower-ranking police officers should not be treated as non-urgent. He emphasized that all personnel are human beings with families to support and should not be viewed as expendable soldiers to be discarded after their usefulness ends or abandoned on the front lines.
