Village left out of solar power project, Isoc admits

The Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) on Tuesday admitted that its 45-million-baht solar power project in Chiang Mai’s Omkoi district had not yet reached a remote village that ended up being helped out by a YouTube celebrity.

Isoc was responding to criticism on social media about why it had invested so much money in the solar project but Ban Mae Kerb, located on a mountain some 300 kilometres from Chiang Mai, still lacked a supply of electricity until Pimradaporn Benjawattanapat, alias Pimrypie, came to their aid.

A copy of a document, confirmed as genuine by Isoc spokesman Maj Gen Thanathip Sawangsaeng, was posted online and contained details of the solar project that validated the criticism.

Ms Pimradaporn has come under fire after she donated half a million baht to finance a project to improve the livelihood of children in the mountains of Chiang Mai…