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The town and province has been beset by serious crime and top brass say that now they intend to get their collective fingers out.
Some 358 officers from all levels of the provincial force and local authority gathered at the Hua Hin clock tower last night determined to bring confidence back to tourists visiting the city.
Leading the way was Thanayut Wuthijaratthamrong of Region 7 who spoke of the wave of crime that has hit the town. He was speaking at the epicenter of the problem – the clock tower where bombing outrages occurred last month.
He singled those outrages out first but mentioned specifically the street attacks against tourists in the province – a clear reference to the brutal violence against the Owen family from the UK that shocked the world in April.
Apart from this he spoke of convenience stores robberies and attacks on ATMs – all of this had amounted to a crime wave that had seriously affected confidence in the area.
“Now is the time to do something” , he said as he inaugurated the “Protect Hua Hin” campaign. “We need to bring back confidence for tourists after all the damage done”.
And there is clearly some heat on the force to act – Deputy National Police Chief Wuthi Liptaphanlop is set to visit the area at the end of the month and will expect progress to have been made.
Meanwhile the force said that efforts to round up the suspects of the bombings named in three arrest warrants continue unabated.
Source: http://www.thairath.co.th/content/717695
