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This starts to get more annoying by the month almost ... are there banks not requiring such annoyances with mandatory biometrics?

Thailand is classified as a ‘not-free’ country in the recent annual freedom ranking by Freedom House, which surveys freedoms and rights in over 195 countries and 13 territories around the world. In the 'Freedom in the World' report this year, Thailand was given a score of only 34 out of 100, which is a decline from last year, when the country was ranked as ‘partly-free’, scoring 36 points. Freedom House, a non-profit organisation based in the US which advocates for democracy, human rights, and political freedom, listed two reasons why Thailand is classified as ‘not-free’. One is the dissolution of the Move Forward party by the Constitutional Court in August 2024, which ruled their election campaign pledge to amend the lèse majesté law to be an attempt to overthrow the country’s constitutional monarchy. In addition to the party’s dissolution, its executives were banned from politics for 10 years. The second reason is the Thai authorities’ decisions to repatriate activists, refugees and asylum seekers to countries where they face mistreatment, in particular the recent deportation of 40 Uyghurs back to China in late February. As for countries in the ASEAN region, Cambodia (23), Vietnam (20), Laos (13), and Myanmar (7) are classified as ‘not-free’ countries, while the Philippines (58), Indonesia (56), Malaysia (53) and Singapore (48) are classified as ‘partly-free’. The freest countries, according to the report, are Finland, Norway, New Zealand, Sweden, Canada, Denmark and Ireland. Source: https://world.thaipbs.or.th/detail/thailand-called-not-free-in-recent-freedom-house-rankings/56873 On a personal note ... New Zealand?? Canada?? Ireland?!!! lol Standards must have really dropped.

Any news about this? Looking at various EU immigration websites, it seems the new regulation has not been set into place yet. :/

I don't want sensitive biometric data to be shared with unknown other entities in Thailand. Will definitely refuse at the airport.

Looks like after even Thailand (as one of the last countries in the world) starts to come to terms with the Plandemic, the paid doomsayers have to find new fields where they can spread their hysteria and mass panic. Certainly clever and wise to find means to protect Bangkok from flooding and water damage, but how about keeping it real and rational. Panic and anxiety-driven measures usually don't help to make good decisions.

How great, Thailand among the countries following the Western-launched panic and paranoia circus right away!

Thailand moving up the ladder, and Europe moving down: This would be a logical move!

It's clearly a case of mental illness. Responsible Thai media could actually make a showcase out of him to educate the public about mental illness, something that's not really known to most people and if it is, very taboo. He should admitted to a psychiatric ward for treatment and once stabilized, sent home.

Thai people are seemingly ready to move into digital slavery through CBDC's. Unfortunately, they lack the foresight, awareness or love of freedom to see through things like these - It's already been demonstrated with their eagerness to submit to all the provably useless but totalitarian Covid rules. With "CONVENIENCE" the puppet masters will lead people into digital slavery - once the usage ratio exceeds 80% or so, the bag will be closed and escape routes also.

What does "Minister-cum-interior" stand for exactly? I'm no English native speaker (in case this refers to an English langauge term) and not familiar with Thai politics, so sorry for my ignorance.

In the interest of Chinese visitors, I hope this won't include potential detainment in secret police stations the Chinese are entertaining in several countries out of China. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/china-police-stations-security-roundup Does anyone know about Thailand's stance on that?

Payback time for his dedicated support of the medical-pharmaceutical-industrial complex since 2020. One hand washing the other.

Fartbook is very quick and effective in automatically detecting, filtering and censoring content questioning climate and corona propaganda (for example), yet for some reason, detecting scams, spam and left-wing extremism seems an unsolvable problem for this (and many other Silicon Valley) corporations. I wonder why that is? Maybe the planet just hasn't enough computer power for that, dunno.

I see a big future for U-Tapao!

So in fact, not the people but the parliament votes a PM in Thailand? I wasn't aware of that. Have to re-think my understanding of 'Thai democracy' now.