Panels set up to curb gambling

Three sub-committees were set up yesterday to improve Covid-19 containment efforts by stamping out illegal gambling.

The move was announced by Chanchao Chaiyanukij, chairman of the main government panel set up to tackle gambling dens blamed for helping spread the pandemic.

He was speaking after chairing the first meeting of the committee.

Pol Lt Gen Sarawut Kanphanit, a police inspector-general, was appointed head of the first sub-committee responsible for pinpointing areas where illegal gambling dens are operating and identifying those behind them, said Mr Chanchao.

The second is headed by Phusit Somchit, an Interior Ministry inspector. This sub-committee is responsible for working out long-term measures for dealing with illegal gambling, he said.

Investigating the money trail of gambling dens is the responsibility of the third sub-committee, headed by Pol Col…