Mafia blitz spurs gun amnestyPolice display weapons seized in a crackdown on illegal firearms across the country at the police training centre in Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi, in July. Mr Srettha has assigned Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to form a special team to implement the month-long amnesty, said Chai Wacharonke, government spokesman. The operation was ordered by Mr Anutin in response to the murder of Pol Maj Sivakorn Saibua, an officer of Highway Police Division 2, in Nakhon Pathom. Pol Maj Sivakorn reportedly refused to agree to Mr Praween's request before a gunman killed him. Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn said two cars believed to be used by the suspects when fleeing the scene were found at a firm linked with Mr Praween.

Source: Bangkok Post September 14, 2023 13:59 UTC