BANGKOK, Jan 8 — The Thai government has approved setting up a committee to oversee policies on human trafficking and illegal trafficking in regard to fisheries, while appointing five subcommittees to handle specifics of the issue.
The Thai premier wants the results to be concluded by Monday, so it can be reported to the United States by the end of this month.
Prime Minister and National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) head Gen Prayuth Chan-o-cha presided at a meeting to resolve the problem of human trafficking and illegal labour Thailand's fisheries sector at Government House yesterday.
A government spokesman said the meeting agreed to set up five subcommittees to specifically deal with such issues, as the premier has voiced that he would like the outcome of the committee operations to be completed and handed to Human Trafficking Prevention and Mitigation Committee president Gen Prawit Wongsuwon by the close of business on Monday.
The results would then be revised and translated into English before being sent to the United States government at the end of the month.
Meanwhile, deputy government spokesman Maj Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd said the reason that Thailand is sending the report on human trafficking problems to the US was not because the country is trying to the please one of the world's top three powers, but because it is committed to literally resolve the problem, as a detailed report would help to methodically show each step of how to solve the problem and provide clear operational results. (MCOT online news)
