Pol Lt Gen Prawut Thawonsiri said yesterday the RTP plans to hold talks with related authorities, including the foreign ministry,to work on long-term plans to tackle the problem,including the idea to blacklist foreigners.
The RTP spokesman made the announcement yesterday at a press conference to unveil the arrests of South Korean online gambling gangs cauht by the police in Lumpini and Huai Khwang districts earlier this week.
He said officers at the RTP are drawing up a proposal on the blacklist idea to submit to the Foreign Ministry
The RTP will also ask the Foreign Ministry to get in touch with relevant authorities in South Korea to try to fine out more information about illegal online gambling in that country and to ark for the criminal records of South Koreans caught illegally gambling online.
Thailand's lighter punishments for those caught illegally gambling online is on of the main reasons South Koreans come to the country,Pol Lt Gen Prawut said