The Board of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has announced that the Royal Gazette's announcement of the Royal Decree on Cyber Crime Prevention and Suppression B.E. 2566 (2023) legally takes effect today on March 17, 2023, which focuses on the protection of citizens from technological crimes, which are a major societal problem today. The law imposes penalties on those who hire others to open fraudulent bank accounts or obtain SIM cards and those who persuade others to do so for criminal networks, filling the gap that the previous law did not cover.
Therefore, to comply with the new Royal Decree, an "Integrated Subcommittee on Enforcement of Technology Telecommunications Crime and State Security Law" has been established as a critical mechanism for addressing technology-related crimes. The committee is composed of representatives from various agencies who will set guidelines for enforcing laws, proposing improvements to regulations and rules related to technology-related crimes, and coordinating cooperation between relevant agencies, such as the National Police Office, the Department of Special Investigation, the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO), the Bank of Thailand, commercial banks, the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, and telecommunications business operators under the supervision of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission. In addition, the committee aims to provide a more concrete approach to preventing and suppressing criminal activities.
In addition, the NBTC has established a working group to drive law enforcement and monitoring, consisting of representatives from government agencies, financial institutions, and telecommunications operators, who will jointly determine directions and coordinate collaboration data linkage between agencies in order to prevent and suppress illegal activities related to phone users' accounts, internet signals, and other telecommunications services that exhibit suspicious behavior or are suspected of unlawful activities. This includes creating ways to recognize and promote awareness of online threats in various forms, so that the public can be informed and not fall victim to cybercrime.
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