The government is serious about cracking down on online gambling and call center gangs.

Parliament, "Prasert" confirms that the government is serious about cracking down on online gambling and call center gangs. Showing numbers of closing over 30,000 gambling websites, 700,000 SIM cards Mr. Prasert Chandraruangthong, Minister of Digital Economy and Society Clarifying the opposition By confirming that the Meteorological Department's investment budget this year is only 1,022 million baht, not as high as 2,012 million baht as discussed by the opposition. As for the online gambling website group and call center gang The opposition attacked the government for failing to solve the problem. I would like to confirm that since the government of Prime Minister Settha Thavisin took over the administration of the country. Give importance to suppressing corruption All forms of cybercrime, which the Prime Minister has summoned to meet many times and call other agencies as well Including inviting the NBTC president to meet to solve problems together. Ready to specify before the government takes over. More t han 2000 online gambling websites have been closed, but when the government came into administration, in 6 months, more than 30,000 gambling websites had already been closed. At the same time, regarding the matter of horse SIMs, coordination with the NBTC has closed more than 700,000 unregistered SIMs and continues to be carried out in conjunction with the crackdown on pirated signals. As for the AOC 1441 center, it is the integration between all operators, NBTC, Bank of Thailand. Royal Thai Police We have received calls from the public continuously since the center opened in November 2023. More than 500,000 people have called in, averaging approximately 3000 calls per day, with each call taking anywhere from 45 minutes to 1 hour to share details. To bring solutions to problems for the people It was found that the greatest damage was tricked into investing. The daily average is about 80 million baht, which solves the problem of gambling websites and call center gangs. Not only integrating agencies within th e country But there is also coordination of international cooperation under the ASEAN framework. There has been a push for the ASEAN working group on preventing online fraud, which on March 19th. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of DE Went to make an agreement in Phnom Penh. To request cooperation to take action against call center gangs that rely on Cambodia and the border as a residence. In addition, they also asked for cooperation from various applications such as Facebook TikTok, which received good cooperation. Mr. Prasert added that in addition to suppressing problems, The government also attaches importance to the use of technology to improve the lives and livelihoods of the people. For example, in the case of a single ID card curing all diseases. It is a collaboration between the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Public Health. It was piloted in Nakhon Ratchasima Province. and is in the process of setting up an information center to link health information between hospitals under the Minist ry of Public Health and those outside of it. If this operation is completed, it will be beneficial to the people in their medical treatment. To allow for quick connection or transfer of data in just a few seconds. As for the Cloud ID project, it is an important project and one of the flags of the ministry that will be implemented by 2024, and the project is linked with the ministry. Therefore, before bringing it into the Cabinet, it is necessary to inquire and coordinate with the other 20 ministries. Mr. Prasert also mentioned the case where members discussed the work of the NBTC, saying that if necessary, there may be an amendment to the NBTC law, which requires cooperation from all members of the House of Representatives who all reflected. Current problems of the NBTC and confirm that the government is ready to accept various suggestions from the opposition. To be carried out for the benefit of the people Source: Thai News Agency