PHUKET: A senior national police chief urged Phuket police yesterday to become more aware of tourists and their movements on the holiday island to better protect them.
Deputy Police Commissioner General Wut Lipatapanlop made his comments to about 60 senior Phuket officers.
He visited the Chalong Yacht Centre and added that special care needed to be taken with visitors who arrived by sea.
General Wut added that the coming of the Asean Economic Community would leave Phuket as the ideal place to establish a Transnational Crime Data Centre with the assistance of Interpol.
It would become even more important for the holiday island's police to know where tourists were at all times and to be able to track inbound and outbound movements.
''Officers will also need to be able to know when tourists are on tours,'' he told a large audience of Royal Thai Police, Immigration and Highway Department officers.
''Improving your English skills is vital, too.''
Deputy Police Commissioner General Wut Lipatapanlop made his comments to about 60 senior Phuket officers.
He visited the Chalong Yacht Centre and added that special care needed to be taken with visitors who arrived by sea.
General Wut added that the coming of the Asean Economic Community would leave Phuket as the ideal place to establish a Transnational Crime Data Centre with the assistance of Interpol.
It would become even more important for the holiday island's police to know where tourists were at all times and to be able to track inbound and outbound movements.
''Officers will also need to be able to know when tourists are on tours,'' he told a large audience of Royal Thai Police, Immigration and Highway Department officers.
''Improving your English skills is vital, too.''
Ahhhhh- another 'hub' for Phuket. How many is that now- I seem to have lost count.
Posted by Mister Ree on March 4, 2015 23:27