Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya vows to seal off the Golden Triangle in joint operations with Myanmar to crack down on illicit drugs. Thailand and Myanmar will join hands in anti-drug operations by "sealing off" the Golden Triangle, the notorious drug-producing region, along with developing border villages in the fight against drugs. State officers have long targeted drug producers in the Golden Triangle, an overlapping mountainous area of about 950,000 square kilometres shared by Myanmar, Laos and Thailand near the Mekong. Myanmar agrees with the enclosure approach, but Thailand needs to help support the operations of its anti-drug units, Gen Paiboon said. Myanmar's Public Minister Myint Htwe agreed to work with Thailand which is ready to provide academic and medical support as well as personnel training for the project, Gen Paiboon said.

Source: Bangkok Post July 29, 2016 23:47 UTC