Thailand may be removed from US watch list: Labour permanent secretary

Permanent Secretary for Labour Ministry Jirasak Sukhonthachart said Tuesday that the US government was pleased with Thailand’s on-going efforts to eradicate human trafficking and may remove Bangkok from its second-tier watch list of human trafficking countries.

Jirasak said he had learnt of the latest US stand toward Thailand from Kristina Kvien, the economic counselor of the US embassy.

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