Anutin pushes for stronger ISOC role in online scam suppression

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Monday instructed the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) to take a more active role in coordinating with relevant agencies to combat call-centre and online scams.

Government spokesman Siripong Angkasakulkiat said Anutin issued the directive while chairing an ISOC meeting at its headquarters in the Ruenrudee Building on Ratchasima Road in Bangkok’s Dusit district.

The meeting was attended by Defence Minister Gen Nattapon Nakpanich, Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaichanok Chidchob, Royal Thai Army Commander-in-Chief Gen Pana Klaewplodthuk, and Gen Chaiyapruek Duangpraphat, ISOC secretary-general. Chiefs of other relevant agencies were also present.

It was Anutin’s first time chairing an ISOC meeting in his capacity as the organisation’s ex officio chairman.

During the meeting, Anutin said the ISOC must intensify efforts to prevent the public from falling victim to online and call-centre scams, while improving coordination with other government agencies to crack down on such crimes.

According to the spokesman, the meeting had two agenda items for acknowledgement and four for deliberation.

The meeting approved four operational plans for the 2026 fiscal year as follows:

• Action Plan for Promoting Peace in the Southern Border Provinces (B.E. 2568–2570 / 2025–2027)
• Security Operations Plan for Areas under the Enforcement of the Internal Security Act, B.E. 2551 (2008)
• Organisational Structure of the Internal Security Operations Command Region 4 Forward Command for Fiscal Year B.E. 2569 (2026)
• Special Task Personnel Framework of the Internal Security Operations Command Region 4 Forward Command for Fiscal Year B.E. 2569 (2026)