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Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suchat Chomklin has issued an urgent order for the Pollution Control Department to investigate a case in which an iridescent chemical film resembling used lubricating oil was found floating on the surface and mixing with floodwater in Hua Wa subdistrict, Si Maha Phot district, Prachin Buri province. The order followed complaints from local residents, the Ecological Restoration Foundation network, and the Prachin Buri provincial complaint center, who reported that contaminated water had overflowed from the industrial waste landfill pit of Green-Environment Technology Co., Ltd., which operates a factory for the sorting and landfill disposal of non-hazardous waste under Type 105 and Type 106 classifications. Dr. Surin Worakitthamrong, Director-General of the Pollution Control Department, disclosed that officials from the Regional Environment and Pollution Control Office 7 in Saraburi, together with the Prachin Buri provincial natural resources and environment office, collected water samples from a farmer's rice field that receives overflow from the factory area, at one point initially, before expanding the sampling to three more points for a total of four. The samples were sent for analysis at the laboratory of the Regional Environment and Pollution Control Office 7 in Saraburi and at the central laboratory of the Pollution Control Department, with detailed results still pending. On law enforcement measures, the Director-General of the Pollution Control Department has delegated authority to the Regional Environment and Pollution Control Office 7 in Saraburi to file a criminal complaint with investigators at Si Maha Phot Police Station to pursue criminal charges against all parties involved under the law. Evidence from the site, physical evidence, and the results of water contamination analyses will be gathered to bring those responsible to justice and to prevent long-term damage to the ecosystem and public health.