Parliament, Minister of Agriculture Lead the Phaya Nagarat Special Unit team Announcing progress in taking action against gangs importing illegal pork. Ready to prosecute 9 more big companies, vowing to eliminate this vicious cycle. Capt. Thammanat Prompao, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives Lead the Phaya Nagarat Special Unit, which has related agencies consisting of Pol. Maj. Gen. Aekrak Limsangkas, deputy secretary-general of the Anti-Money Laundering Commission (AMLO), Col. Rawirak Sattabut, commander of the Phaya Nagarat Special Unit, Pol. Maj. Gen. Witthaya. Sriprasertphap division commander Suppressing offenses related to consumer protection, Mr. Bancha Sukkaew, Director-General of the Fisheries Department and Dr. Somchuan Veterinarian Rattanamakhanon Director General of the Department of Livestock Development Attended a press conference regarding the prosecution of counterfeit documents for importing illegal pork. Capt. Thammanat said that the policy is to declare war on illegal agricultural products. that affect the overall economy of the country is to suppress contraband products which after the Department of Investigation Containers were randomly inspected. At Laem Chabang Port In December 2023, it was found that the illegal hiding of pork parts were mixed with fishery products and this resulted in the prosecution of the perpetrators. Later, a war room was set up with experts. Check and find forged documents. and 20 cases have already been reported to the Central Investigation Police, most recently on March 14. Phaya Nagarat Special Unit reported another case to the Central Investigation Commander, totaling 220 cases. 'False documents used for importing aquatic animal products were found with the Fisheries Department. The said company has applied to import salmon and garfish. But actually importing products is another type. namely over 1,859,270 kilograms of pork and over 4,135,306 kilograms of beef in 220 containers, weighing approximately 590,000 kilograms. causing damage of more than 1,400 million baht. In addition, representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture Went to file legal action against 3 companies. Initially, there were some companies that were examined and found to have committed crimes. By doubling the number of forged documents, causing approximately 3 billion baht in damage. These things destroy the agricultural sector, causing farmers who raise pigs and cattle. affected,' said the Minister of Agriculture. Capt. Thammanat said that most of the cases brought to the statement were companies that the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) was prosecuting. But some are new issues. Continuing from DSI Prosecuted the importer of 161 containers and expanded the investigation and found evidence. As a result, an additional 220 cases have been prosecuted, and at this time there is a preliminary investigation of over 400 more cases. The damage caused to the agricultural sector is not less than 3-4 billion baht, or possibly tens of billions of baht. which is in the process of expanding fu rther 'The Prime Minister attaches great importance to this case. and want to be directly responsible And if it involves old cases, there will be coordination with the DSI. This is not a distrust of the DSI's work. But it is about working together to solve farmers' problems. The DSI said it would close the case in April. We have always worked together. Many cases work quickly. But the case that is a big issue has caused damage to agriculture. Must work closely and carefully The Prime Minister commented that the Central Investigation Division must be entrusted with the prosecution,' said the Minister of Agriculture. As for the case of forgery of documents There are officials in the departments of the Ministry of Agriculture. Are they involved or not? Capt. Thammanat said that if there are officials from the Ministry of Agriculture Involvement at any level must be punished without exception. He has ordered the establishment of an audit committee. When asked repeatedly whether the main source had been found o r not. The Minister of Agriculture said that he was doing his duty in order to respond to society. Even if you encounter obstacles which the Prime Minister has urged to move forward fully Ready to assign orders to all relevant agencies. Central Investigation Police To support the work of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives As for whether or not it will be possible to bring down the main source of corruption, Capt. Thammanat said he doesn't want to use the word "take down" but will destroy this vicious cycle system. I will do my best. By increasing the concentration in work Mr. Bancha said that the Fisheries Department has set up an operations center to combat the illegal import and export of fishery products since February 1, 2024. They have mobilized lawyers who are experts in documents and other agencies to help, which from the investigation can report complaints. Complaints to the central investigation of 3 companies involved: 1. Sikanthin Trading Company Limited, 2. Smile Top K Enterprise Compa ny Limited, and 3. Boriboon Trading Limited Partnership. 'When examining the import documents of the three companies, irregularities were found. One of the three companies forged health certificates for aquatic animals and used them to request permission to import at the Chonburi Fisheries Checkpoint. It was later confirmed that the country of origin was Brazil. through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that it is a fake document The Fisheries Department therefore assigned officials to file a complaint against the company accused of 4 charges of forgery of documents. Using fake documents, filing false reports, and committing crimes according to Computer Act,' said the Director-General of the Fisheries Department. Pol. Maj. Gen. Ekrak said about the investigation of the financial route that if it is found that there is an offense In addition to being prosecuted criminally Another part is the fundamental fault in the financial database. that will take civil action against every case, so in addition to being jai led, you must also be insolvent. Col. Rawirak said that there are still more than 400 similar cases, so he asked to follow the next episode as there will be a big case that is waiting for evidence from another 9 companies. If there is any progress, there will be a press release. Source: Thai News Agency