Biometrics ID system being tested, to be rolled out nationwide

[buksida]

A new Biometrics System is currently being installed and tested at the Phuket International Airport before going live this July.

The biometrics system, a machine for personal facial identification and finger prints is being installed and tested at the Phuket international Airport today. The system is being installed at 16 airports around Thailand and is about 70% completed.

Deputy police spokesman Kritsana Pattanacharoen says, “The system will be ready to use from July 1 this year where there will be more than 2,000 machine installed at Immigration checkpoints around Thailand."


Source: https://thethaiger.com/news/phuket/biom ... et-airport

[STEVE G]

I came through Suvarnabhumi yesterday and they have this up and running, it's an automated machine that takes your picture and then makes you put your fingerprints on a glass plate. It didn't take any longer than normal as it all happens with out any effort from the immigration officer and it's completed by the time that they have processed your passport.

[buksida]

Immigration police spruik more successes with their biometrics systems

Immigration police have arrested three more unwanted foreigners for crimes committed in Thailand. The arrests follow people stopped at Immigration queues trying to enter the country last week.

In reporting on the success of the biometric systems, police say the new systems helped identify the people and crimes they been allegedly involved in, even though the process of taking all the fingerprints adds to the processing time of each passenger at the airports. Police identified the men only as A, B and C.

https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/crime/i ... cs-systems