Just 180 active 'influential people', 10 provinces have nonePolice display weapons seized during a nationwide crackdown on illegal firearms, at the police training centre in Nonthaburi in July. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)The House committee on administration announced on Wednesday it had learned there are just 180 active "influential people" in the country, and 10 provinces are totally free of them. Mr Chada oversees the government's nationwide campaign to suppress influential people (a metaphor for influential crooks) and is also from Bhumjaithai. Mr Korawee said Mr Chada's delegation told them 180 influential people were still active and officials also listed 625 former influential people who had already agreed to stop coercing others. Mr Chada said the department reported that influential people were operating in 66 provinces, but the other 10 provinces were free of them.

Source: Bangkok Post October 26, 2023 02:41 UTC