DSI Visit Consular Affairs Department to Discuss Cooperation

DSI Visit Consular Affairs Department to Discuss Cooperation

       On 26 December 2022, DSI Director-General Mr. Triyarith Temahivong paid courtesy call on Director-General Ruj Thammongkol, Department of Consular Affairs, at the Department of Consular Affairs. On this occasion, the Directors-General discussed about a cooperation agreement, with relevant senior officers of both sides present and joining the conversation.

       The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has prepared a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and obtained an in-principle approval from all 5 partner agencies: DSI, Office of the Attorney-General (OAG), Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center (SBPAC), Department of Consular Affairs, and Central Institute of Forensic Science (CIFS).

       Over the meeting, both sides explored various possible ways in which cooperation under the MOU could be established – ranging from education, research and training, exchange of experts, coordinated operations and protection to legal access to rights and liberties, access to legal aid and education, domestic and international networking, public relations on activities and sharing of academic papers of mutual benefit.

       This meeting and the cooperation it aims to achieve would contribute to the development of preventive mechanism for special crimes - taking into consideration the importance of public participation, at domestic and international levels, on the government’s endeavors to promote access to laws and justice and to instill public confidence in its efforts to help the Thai people and protect their rights.