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Salary and occupation to be stored on microchip on new ID cards: PM

Salary and occupation to be stored on microchip on new ID cards: PM

PRIME Minister General Prayut Chanocha tried to play down public concern Monday about his government’s plan to add details about people’s occupation and salary on national identification cards.

A public outcry has been growing since he revealed the plan last Saturday. 
Many people have criticised the idea because of the potential for people to face discrimination on the basis of their financial status. 
Prayut denied that the initiative, which he expects to take effect by 2017, would divide people according to financial status, insisting that it would instead bring many benefits and also reduce tax evasion. 
“When such information is included on ID cards, lowincome people would enjoy better access to government assistance such as free bus rides, free train rides and free electrictrain rides,” the PM said.
 
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