BANGKOK, Oct 29 (TNA) – Thai authorities beef up security
measures ahead of the 35th ASEAN Summit and related meetings to be held in
Bangkok from October 31 to November 4.
Police had intensified suppression against transnational
crimes targeting locations across Thailand, Pol Lt General Sompong Chingduang,
deputy chief of Immigration Bureau of the Royal Thai Police, said on Tuesday.
The Bureau would continue its criminal crackdown using its
new biometrics system that had helped identify false data, suspects and their
hideouts, he said.
Pol Lt General Sompong revealed that no countries had
requested for special security plan for their leaders attending the ASEAN Summit. Thai police were ready to provide special
security protection if requested, he added.
Senior officials from ASEAN countries will begin their
meetings on October 31 before the opening of the ASEAN Summit on November 3,
followed by ASEAN Plus Three Summit on the next day.
