PM to reform DSI to focus on only ‘special cases’: Wissanu

By The Nation

 

Wissanu

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha will restructure the Department of Special Investigations and will have it focus investigations on really “special cases”, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Friday.

 

Wissanu said he believes Prayut will soon order the restructuring of the DSI by consulting with the justice minister and the Office of the Public Sector Development Commission, as well as with Wissanu himself in his capacity as the legal expert of the Cabinet.

 

Wissanu said the prime minister had remarked several months ago about the works of the DSI , suggesting that the department had too many police officers working in it.

 

Wissanu said the prime minister would like to replace some police with legal experts.

 

Wissanu said Prayut also wanted the DSI to handle only special cases screened by either the DSI chief or the special cases committee.

 

“Now, it turned out that people have filed complaints with the DSI when they felt that police were dragging their feet in cases,” Wissanu said.

 

“Sometimes, they came in large numbers to hold sit-in demonstrations in front of the DSI. Sometimes, this affected the systems for screening cases [to be pursued by] the DSI.”

 

Wissanu said if police were dragging their feet, action must be taken against the offending officers instead of having the cases transferred to the DSI.

 

“Or else, we would have to set up another department to handle cases when DSI fails to finish investigations soon enough,” Wissanu said.

 

He said cases that would be taken up by the DSI must meet the criteria of special cases.

 

Wissanu was commenting on allegations that the prime minister now supervises both the Royal Thai Police and the DSI, and so is able to draw on both investigative arms to control political cases against the government.

 

Wissanu said Prayut simply wanted to restructure the DSI, and so had decided to supervise it himself.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30374115

 

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I guess we have some idea about what (or whom) these special cases will be.

4 minutes ago, webfact said:

Wissanu said the prime minister would like to replace some police with legal experts.

 

The populace would like to replace the prime minister and associates with experts. 

So, He gets to pick the special cases. Talk about an ace in your back pocket. Wow! Just Wow!

Shades of 1933-34 in another land...

 

Has anyone noticed that the wee, poor overworked Leader is accumulating power?

He should have reformed them when he had absolute power.

'Special Cases' meaning none which may affect his cohorts or Connections !

5 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

'Special Cases' meaning none which may affect his cohorts or Connections !

Perhaps he meant cases of Special Brew?

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Wissanu said if police were dragging their feet,

they will wear the heels out on their shiny black patent shoes pretty damn soon .. 

 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Or else, we would have to set up another department to handle cases when DSI fails to finish investigations soon enough,” Wissanu said

Classic .. Have another dept to investigate stuff they don't finish .. Why not make the first lot finish the job in the 1st place .. 

 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Wissanu said Prayut simply wanted to restructure the DSI, and so had decided to supervise it himself.

Bit dictatorial that no .? 

Nothing changes. Complete control and not elected. You can see everyone is obedient and probably scared of him. 

I can't ever remember that slimy snake Wissanu ever being elected to the government of Thailand.

How is it he can he make these decisions? 

The junta and Prayut's mates still runs the show!

 

14 minutes ago, Cadbury said:

I can't ever remember that slimy snake Wissanu ever being elected to the government of Thailand.

How is it he can he make these decisions? 

The junta and Prayut's mates still runs the show!

 

They choose themselves. Yes, everything is lining up exactly the same as not ever even having that facade of marking boxes on a pieces of paper under guise of democracy. But it is what it is, and that is exactly as it was. 

follow the money - oh its in my safe - nevermind ????

Instead of harassing decent foreigners with their 90 day reports or TM30's, the Thai Police should rather focus on other issues that are spreading panic in Bangkok and amongst people abroad who are cancelling their trips to Thailand.

5 hours ago, observer90210 said:

Instead of harassing decent foreigners with their 90 day reports or TM30's, the Thai Police should rather focus on other issues that are spreading panic in Bangkok and amongst people abroad who are cancelling their trips to Thailand.

They are focussing on these issues, and having success - if you're counting the increase in cancellations.

Probably all graduated from the TAT School of Creative Accountancy.