BANGKOK, 26 March 2013 The police commander-in-chief has announced a moral crusade against gambling and other “vices”.
Police Commander-in-Chief Pol. Gen. Adul Sangsingkaew said that he had ordered senior police officers across the country to crack down on gambling dens and places of other “vices”.
He said that if police in any area failed to comply with the order, senior police officers responsible for the area would be removed from office.
The police chief’s statement came one day after four senior Metropolitan police officers were removed from their posts following a crackdown on gambling dens in areas under their responsibility.
Gambling is illegal in Buddhist-dominated Thailand. But underground gambling dens are known to be pervasive, and several high-ranking government officials–as well as some political heavyweights– own casinos at the borders with Cambodia and Myanmar.
