Abhisit and Suthep back off on police reshuffle

The Bangkok Post (7 August 2009: “Police Commission stands by list endorsed by Patcharawat”) reports that the “Police Commission has resolved to leave the reshuffle list of 152 high-ranking police officers unchanged…”. Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban had called a meeting of the commission on Friday to reconsider it but backed off as the Election Commission began to look at “whether Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva interfered in the police investigation of the attempted murder of People’s Alliance for Democracy leader Sondhi Limthongkul…”.

Posted by thaipoliticalprisoners on August 9, 2009

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