BANGKOK, 7 January 2015 – Royal Thai Police Deputy Commissioner Pongsapat Pongcharoen on Tuesday chaired a meeting of police officials and representatives from the Treasury Department over the issue of the allegedly unauthorized advertisement boards on top of police kiosks.
According to Police General Pongsapat, there are around 6,000 police kiosks nationwide and 805 of these have been fitted with advertisement boards. 173 of the advertisement boards have been installed at police kiosks under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Police. The Treasury Department has concluded that all of the pieces of land the police kiosks are situated on belong to the department, and the decision of whether to continue allowing the advertisement boards will rest solely on the department.
Pol. Gen. Pongsapat said a probe would be launched into the contracts made between businesses and the Metropolitan Police and between businesses and the regions 1-9 police, to ensure that everything was in accord with the regulations of the Royal Thai Police. After the probe, the decision of whether to allow the advertisement boards to stay until the expiry of the contracts will be made.
