Petittham said she values the Chinese recommendations and rebutted Anutin, saying that the decrease in Chinese tourists is due to security issues!

On the morning of July 9, the Prime Minister and Minister of Culture, Petitham, came to the parliament as a leader of the Pheu Thai Party. Regarding the journalist's question about her insistence on building a casino causing dissatisfaction from China, Petitham said that she had listened to and valued the Chinese recommendations at the beginning, but Thailand actually wants to build an entertainment website, not focusing on casinos, because it is only 10%, and we see that Singapore has already achieved it, just like Macau.

As for the former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Anutin, who accused her of the entertainment complex policy leading to a 90% drop in Chinese tourists, Petitham rebuked Anutin, saying that tourists are not coming to Thailand because of safety concerns, "Oh, this former Chinese man left quickly, forgetting why Chinese tourists are not coming to Thailand because of safety issues? Due to safety considerations, internal affairs, they are not coming to Thailand because of safety issues. In fact, the number of Chinese tourists decreased by 30% during the off-season. We have more European tourists, Chinese tourists have decreased. In fact, there are many problems, including telecom fraud, water cuts, power cuts, etc."

Regarding whether China has issued any warnings, Petitham said that before she made her explanation, China indeed did not support the construction of the casino, so she asked for China's requirements and recommendations and accepted them, and everything was recorded. Petitham believes that Anutin is just taking the issue out of context.

The comprehensive entertainment complex bill has been withdrawn by the government. When journalists asked if this meant the bill was completely rejected or would be brought up again after some time, Petitham said that according to the committee's resolution, some things may not be answered.

In the end, Petitham emphasized that the entertainment complex issue is now known to everyone, they don't want it to become a special law, but if it is an entertainment complex without a casino, who will invest?

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