By Thai Newsroom Reporters
THE MILITARY is by no means using a spyware apparatus to track and hack any politicians’ cellphones though they are primarily obliged to monitor suspicious movements of others which may be deemed detrimental to national security, Ministry of Defence spokesperson Rear Adm. Surasan Khongsiri confirmed today (Nov.4).
The defence spokesperson was apparently responding to the recent event in which a few leaders of opposition parties have been alerted by Apple Inc. of cyber threats likely posed by the Pegasus spyware for the time being whilst censure debate against Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Bhumjaithai members of cabinet is approaching next month.
Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva and People’s leader/opposition leader Nattapong Ruengpanyawut had earlier confirmed their cellphones were likely to be tracked and hacked by the Pegasus spyware which could possibly serve the interest of unnamed powerful figures in government.
Rear Adm. Surasan said military commanders would categorically have no design to monitor movements of the politicians on either side of the House chamber aisle with the use of a spyware.
However, he said, the armed forces may be quietly monitoring movements of suspected perpetrators of clandestine threats to national security as well as instructing their respective military personnel to watch out for cyber threats to their cellphones whilst carrying out their designated missions.
Meanwhile, former Democrat leader Sirichok Sopa said he had recently uploaded data onto Abhisit’s cellphone featuring transnational money-laundering and online casino businesses for use during censure debate scheduled between Dec.7 and Dec.10 with subsequent no-confidence votes on Dec.11. Sirichok said he had to do so because he would no longer be allowed to testify before the House Committee on Law, Justice & Human Rights investigating the scandalous issue at parliament.
The Bhumjaithai-attached Digital Economy & Society Minister Chaichanok Chidchob would be allegedly held accountable for last year’s ironic phenomenon in which Bhumjaithai MP Suchada Zhang Tansap performed as his secretary whilst the government was supposedly cracking down on gambling activities deemed ultimately illegal in Thailand but the latter’s Chinese spouse had been known as a founding owner of a Curacao-registered online casino, namely Shuffle.com, which had evidently provided access for bettors in this country.
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Top and Front Page: Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva, left, and People’s leader Nattapong Ruengpanyawut, right, with a spyware running in the background. Photo – PPTVHD36
Earlier report:
Abhisit’s cellphone likely to be tracked by Pegasus spyware
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