New Thai passports may not be secure, claim production bid losers
MONDAY, JULY 01, 2019
The three companies that lost the bid for producing e-passports called on the Foreign Ministry on Monday to reveal exactly which security measure is being adopted to prevent the counterfeiting of passports, because they believe the bid winner will not be able to offer the required technology.
E-Passport offers increased security, contrary to media reports, insists Foreign Ministry
MONDAY, JULY 01, 2019
The Foreign Ministry has dismissed an allegation that it has reduced passport security features with its new e-Passport in order to save costs, saying the quality meets a high standard.
Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai on Friday reaffirmed that the e-passport issuance service will continue as usual despite earlier reports the ministry was set to run out of passports.