Warunya Thongrod
Helping prevent drug use by bureaucrats and educating business owners
about employing illegal aliens topped the list of suggestions from Royal
Thai Navy officers meeting in Pattaya on border security.
Vice
Adm. Chumpol Wongwekhin, director of the Thailand Maritime Enforcement
Coordinating Center 1 presides over the meeting.
The semi-annual Navy Security Development meeting Sept. 12 at the Town
in Town hotel allowed security officers from 12 regions to offer
suggestions on how to improve border operations.
On the list was anti-drug counseling for government workers and youths,
legal education for business owners about employing illegal aliens and
their potential security risk, studies on coastal erosion and proposals
for new dams in Chachoengsao and Bangkhunthien.
Vice Adm. Chumpol Wongwekhin, director of the Thailand Maritime
Enforcement Coordinating Center 1 and officials from the Interior
Ministry and National Security Office led the meeting, which regularly
monitors the progress of regional security offices on security plans
covering various strategies.
Those strategies consist of developing the potential of residents in
border communities, strengthening border security, developing border
cooperation, and managing regulations.