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Policeman in hot water for letting Chinese tourist wear uniform

  SWIFT action was taken after photos of a Chinese tourist wearing Thai police uniform circulated online with investigation revealing that a policeman had lent his uniform shirt to him to wear and take these pictures, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Dec. 5). Pol. Maj. Gen. Somporn Sajpot, deputy chief of Police Education Bureau and

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PM inadvertently confirmed cronyism over police promotions: Rangsiman

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin unsuspectingly made verbal statements to confirm the alleged cronyism over promotion of certain police officers, according to an opposition MP. Move Forward MP Rangsiman Rome said the prime minister gave inadvertent confirmation of alleged cronyism in which he could be practically more or less involved by

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PM may be quizzed by graft-busters on alleged cronyism over police promotions

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin may be subject to questioning by the National Anti-Corruption Commission amidst allegations that he had exercised cronyism over the promotion of certain police officers. Assistant NACC secretary-general Puthep Thavichotitanakul confirmed today (Nov.24) that the prime minister may be scheduled sooner or later for interrogation in person

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PM taken to task for allegedly looking to promote certain police officers

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin was today (Nov.22) taken to task for allegedly looking to abuse his power only to promote certain police officers in nepotistic fashion. Move Forward MPs today produced messages allegedly posted on social media citing the prime minister as talking with Pheu Thai MPs during yesterday’s partisan

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‘Big Joke’ jeered for literally kneeling before Potjaman

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE FAMOUS DEPUTY POLICE chief Pol.Gen. Surachate “Big Joke” Hakparn has been lambasted and ridiculed online for staging an act of excessive subservience to Potjaman na Pombejra, former spouse of de facto Pheu Thai boss/”sickly” inmate Thaksin Shinawatra. During yesterday’s ceremony for a mass walk-run-bicycle activity at Sanam Luang ground,

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Corrections Dept chief allows ‘sickly’ Thaksin to stay longer at Police Hospital

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI boss-cum-convict Thaksin Shinawatra has been officially allowed to stay beyond a 60-day limit at Police Hospital, a partisan source said over the weekend. Corrections Department director-general Sahakarn Petnarin has already allowed the “sickly” Thaksin to stay on at Police Hospital beyond the 60-day limit, which is

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Activists plan to visit Thaksin at hospital uninvited

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters A POLITICAL ACTIVIST group is planning to visit, albeit uninvited, the “sickly” de facto Pheu Thai boss/convicted inmate Thaksin Shinawatra at Police Hospital on Sunday to see for themselves whether he may remain clinically ill. Calling themselves the Students & People’s Network For Thailand Reform, the activists told reporters today

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Police Hospital doctors suspected of unethically keeping ‘sickly’ Thaksin from jail

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters DOCTORS AT POLICE HOSPITAL have been suspected of compromising their professional ethics to keep “sickly” de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra literally away from prison despite his one-year jail sentence. The so-called Students and People’s Network for Thailand Reform today (Sep.18) called on police chief Pol.Gen.Damrongsak Kittiprapat to promptly

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Thaksin slightly better but still needs oxygen, room cooled by fans

  THE Police Hospital’s top physician said this afternoon (Aug. 23) that Pheu Thai de facto boss/former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is now slightly better than when he arrived last night but still requires respiratory support and while able to communicates suffers from shortness of breath, Matichon newspaper said. Pol. Lt. Gen. Sophonrat Singharu, the

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Demonstrators protest Police Chief’s absence from voting for PM

  A “CAR MOB” procession of automobiles and motorcycles showed up at national police headquarters on Rama 1 road to ask why National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittipraphat did not attend the joint House/senate meeting last Thursday to vote for Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat as prime minister, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (July

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Chonburi police chief being transferred as extortion charges surface

  NATIONAL Police Chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittipraphat is getting ready to transfer Chonburi Police Chief Pol. Maj. Gen. Kumpol Leelaprapaporn to the headquarters in Bangkok for an indefinite period after charges that he and nine other policemen extorted over 140 million baht from six online gambling website operators emerged, Matichon newspaper said this morning

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