PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha will fly to Chiang Rai today to give encouragement to families and relatives of the 12 teen footballers and their assistant coach who have been trapped for days in a flooded cave in Mae Sai district, as well as to those officers, rescue workers and volunteers in the ongoing search and rescue operation.

Armed forces members are able to ask for support when moving from one home to another, but they must pay for the use of state-owned vehicles or military staff, Supreme Commander General Thanchaiyan Srisuwan said on Thursday.