PM Reiterates Crackdown on Influential Figures, Pledges Protection for Workers; Ready to Take Responsibility if Failed
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul directed provincial governors and police commanders to crack down on influential figures and criminals while protecting workers, pledging to take personal responsibility if the security initiatives fail. T
The Prime Minister assigned security policies to provincial governors and police commanders to work together in problem-solving, cracking down on influential figures and criminals, and protecting all workers, with readiness to take responsibility for failures. On May 21, 2026 at 09:00 at Santi Maitri Building, Government House, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and the Interior Minister chaired a workshop on advancing government security policy implementation, attended by the Interior Ministry Permanent Secretary, National Police Commander, provincial governors, and provincial police commanders from all 76 provinces reporting on their agencies' security roles.
Before the meeting, the PM inspected mobile units for tourist police ensuring tourist safety in tourism areas and civil registry office mobile ID card service units. The PM then viewed the security policy implementation exhibition.
At 10:05, the PM outlined the policies, explaining that using Government House emphasized that the government prioritizes national security. Current security situations are complex and rapidly changing. The government has adopted a policy promoting national security free from all internal and external threats. The Interior Ministry, National Police, Justice Ministry, and security agencies form four pillars of internal security.
The PM outlined security operation guidelines for unified inter-agency cooperation:
1. Prevention Dimension: The Interior Ministry through provincial governors and National Police through provincial police commanders must work closely as provincial teams, exchange information, and continuously conduct proactive planning using village headmen and local administrations as surveillance networks protecting citizens, especially from drug threats, technological crime, and influential figure threats. Work must be serious and planned in advance for sustained crime suppression and prevention, not reactive responses only when news breaks.
The PM stated officials must awaken to their duty protecting citizens and feel the pain of public suffering. Such consciousness creates well-being and happiness, aligning with the Interior Ministry's slogan of protecting people, adding drug suppression and defeating criminals.
In tourism areas and important economic zones, safe areas must be created for tourists and local workers. All provinces must be crime-free. The government will support budgets and equipment for all officials to perform their duties.
2. Suppression Dimension: Crime suppression must intensify for all types, internal and external, investigating to reach masterminds and large networks. Technology crimes like call centers and online gambling sites must be arrested and financial routes cut decisively. Active measures must suppress armed influential figures. The Interior Ministry has ordered civilians not to carry weapons. Therefore, apprehending armed gangsters today requires arrest.
