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| ກະຊວງປ້ອງກັນຄວາມສະຫງົບ | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 5 April 1961 |
| Jurisdiction | National |
| Headquarters | Vientiane |
| Employees | (unknown) |
| Annual budget | (unknown) |
| Agency executives |
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| Website | http://www.laosecurity.gov.la |
TheMinistry of Public Security (Lao language: ກະຊວງປ້ອງກັນຄວາມສະຫງົບ) is theministry of the interior ofLaos.
The Ministry of Public Security comprizes several "branches of service", which include the local police, traffic police, immigration police, security police (including border police), and other armed police units. The current minister isLieutenant GeneralVilay Lakhamfong.
In order to increase its capacity to address issues such as theillegal drugs trade andhuman trafficking, the Ministry of Public Security has established working relations with a number of foreign government agencies and international organisations, includingUNODC andUNICEF.
The security forces subjected to the ministry have occasionally been accused ofhuman rights violations.[1] Theirpersecution of Christians in Laos is among the heaviest in the world.[2] Particularly, members of theHmong ethnic group have been subject to violence by security forces.
| Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Laos Police |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
| ພົນເອກ Phonoek | ພົນໂທ Phonoth | ພົນຕີ Phon ti | ພົນຈັດຕະວາ Phonchadtauaa | ພັນເອກ Phanoek | ພັນໂທ Phanoth | ພັນຕີ Phan ti | ຮ້ອຍເອກ Honyoek | ຮ້ອຍໂທ Hony oth | ຮ້ອຍຕີ Hony ti | |||||||||||||||
| Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Laos Police |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ວາທີ Va thi | ສິບເອກ Sib ek | ສິບໂທ Sib oth | ສິບຕີ Sib ti | ຊັ້ນຫນຶ່ງ Sannung | ຊັ້ນສອງ Sansong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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