Police are doubling down with their overt help of the brand new biometrics system at airports. A high-level disagreement over the two.1 billion baht contract for the biometrics gear and set up, is rising as the rationale for final yea’s thriller side-lining of the previous head of Thailand’s immigration Bureau, Surachat Hakparn.

Ever because the introduction of the techniques at airports throughout the nation, towards the advice of the previous head of the Immigration Bureau, senior police have sung the praises of the Biometrics system at quite a few specifically convened media conferences.

Yesterday, police Lieutenant Normal Sompong Chingduang, the person who took excessive job on the Immigration Bureau, spoke out in help of the Biometrics system, saying it’s “environment friendly”. At a media scrum on Wednesday former Police Lieutenant Normal Surachat Hakparn, now the particular advisor to the PM’s workplace, expressed his beliefs that the biometrics system was not environment friendly and the contract course of was not clear.

Because the spat over the contract between senior police turns into extra public, Pol.Lt. Gen Sompong says he desires to know the place Surachat (aka. Large Joke) received his data “as a result of the biometrics system is used internationally and has helped arrest many worldwide criminals who’ve been hiding in Thailand from the authorized punishment in their very own nations”.

“The system has helped construct Thailand’s safety basis. The system even helps stop corruption which makes the biometrics system price what it prices.”

Additionally getting on the Biometrics band-wagon is Police Main Normal Surapong Chaijan from the Immigration Police…

“The biometrics system helps raise the nation’s immigration workplace to a global degree, Pol.Lt.Gen Surachet mustn’t carry within the biometrics system into his personal private conflicts. Officers from different authorities sectors have evaluated whether or not the biometrics system actually works. Confirmations present that the system is environment friendly.

Ever because the introduction of the Biometrics system, scanning passengers’ fingerprints utilizing superior facial recognition expertise, there have been 48 million folks coming into and leaving Thailand.

“four,353 arrests have been made to individuals on the blacklist, 126,989 individuals have been discovered to have overstayed in Thailand whereas three,166 has been arrested with a complete high-quality of over 240 million baht.”

“The venture is clear and may be verified at each course of.”

Throughout his hypothesis concerning the potential motives for the Monday drive-by shooting of his Lexus SUV parked outdoors a Patpong therapeutic massage parlour, Surachat by no means criticised the precise effectivity of the biometrics system, solely the prolonged contractual negotiation san transparency of the contract procurement.

There are over 1,300 biometric units throughout Thailand at worldwide airports and borders.

SOURCE: Thai Residents