PM Prayut defends police reshuffling

[webfact]

PM defends police reshuffling

Paphamon Arayasukawat

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Prime Minister has assured fairness in police reshuffling with no calls for kickbacks, reminding that channels for complaints are available.

 

Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha responded to opposition accusations of opacity in the administration of the nation’s police, saying all reshuffling of the force is done in accordance to regulations and the Police Act, noting he has not personal authority to order any position changes and all conclusions are based on decisions by relevant commissions based on set criteria and appropriateness.

 

He added that transfers are also done to disperse authority across the police organization and reminded that channels are available for complaints of unfairness to be filed to the Administrative Court.

 

Addressing accusations by the opposition that kickbacks have been requested in exchange for positions, the PM stated he has already opened channels to receive reports of such schemes but has not received any complaints despite allegations being made publicly. He affirmed he has never benefited personally from a police reshuffle.

 

Gen Prayut further explained that well-performing civil servants are normally promoted to higher posts with greater responsibility and remuneration as is his wish for efficient work. He conceded that for those who fail to perform, reassignment must occur.

 

The PM asked for understanding that the Royal Thai Police is a large organization that is complicated to oversee while giving his word that fairness and righteousness is being used to manage the force, urging confidence among the public.

 

On reshuffling involving the Special Service Division, the PM explained that particular stringency must be applied to the unit as it performs royal guard duties and requires qualified personnel in terms of skill, attitude and appearance.

 

 

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[Hayduke]

8 minutes ago, webfact said:

PM defends police reshuffling

...He affirmed he has never benefited personally from a police reshuffle.

 

Nothing confirms the truth as well as an official denial....

 

 

 

Edited February 19, 2021 by Hayduke

[sammieuk1]

Not that complicated to oversee when all the apples in the barrel are rotten to the core a blind man could do it on smell alone ????

[Emdog]

You can "reshuffle" all you want, but the deck is still marked.

[tracker1]

It's like snakes and ladders you complain about being denied a senior promotion and it's down the ladder you go the system is entrenched. Uncle Tu needs to see for himself not listen to the hierarchy their already at the top !

[mtls2005]

Didn't another PM get in trouble when she did some re-shuffling?

[overt2016]

Dear pm Did you walkout to consult with others your response?

[thaibook]

If you do not already do so, listen to Somdhi on Youtube.  He provides destails of who the drug gangs are paying, the names, pictures, amounts paid, amounts in accounts etc.  (In Thai so if necessary ask your wife/girlfriend to translate.)  If he knows, senior police and government ministers must know and hence must be receivng for keeping quiet.  These people are drug dealers or drug financiers.  Give their names to your national drug authorities (if you are outside LOS) and have them banned from US, Aus, UK, etc and assets confiscated.

 

In case you ask he has already been the target of shootings but goes on.  

 

 

[thaibook]

Just now, thaibook said:

If you do not already do so, listen to Somdhi on Youtube.  He provides destails of who the drug gangs are paying, the names, pictures, amounts paid, amounts in accounts etc.  (In Thai so if necessary ask your wife/girlfriend to translate.)  If he knows, senior police and government ministers must know and hence must be receivng for keeping quiet.  These people are drug dealers or drug financiers.  Give their names to your national drug authorities (if you are outside LOS) and have them banned from US, Aus, UK, etc and assets confiscated.

 

In case you ask he has already been the target of shootings but goes on.  

 

 

I forgot to mention - they are all policemen.

 

 

[DuiDui48]

.."requires qualified personnel in terms of skill, attitude and appearance.."the rest of the force i guess..not to much of those last three quoted.

 

 

[PatOngo]

He wonders why people laugh at him!

[tompelli]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

The PM asked for understanding that the Royal Thai Police is a large organization that is complicated to oversee

Yup, unlike any other large uniformed organisation, that you've spent your whole life in.

[colinneil]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

saying all reshuffling of the force is done in accordance to regulations and the Police Act, 

Surely it should have read all reshuffling is done in accordance to the size of the envelope.????????

[internationalism]

the elephant is in the room. This special promotion for officers was going for at least 10 years.

Some disgruntled officer passed secret documents, called "the elephant orders", to Rangsiman Rome, an MP from future forward. Yesterday they were presented in the chamber.

Both, the PM and his deputy, Prawit, are implicated. Both of them were overseeing police force in 2019 and in earlier years, when they were NCPO junta.

Surely, those orders were in circulation after 2019, just not uncovered yet

https://www.thaienquirer.com/24498/rangsiman-rome-presents-evidence-of-elephant-ticket-police-corruption/?fbclid=IwAR3JIGsEL7TNslFhzRpwXplJSd5FBCVL3BT8gP6uMLzGnzmo_6oE2eojKkk

 

more material on the subject is in thai and under #ตั๋วช้าง 

but soon there would be articles in english in an international media

Edited February 20, 2021 by internationalism

[klauskunkel]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

Gen Prayut further explained that well-performing civil servants are normally promoted to higher posts with greater responsibility and remuneration

while whistleblowing officers who make corruption allegations are normally shot at.

[metisdead]

Some posts using trolling images have been removed. 

[Andycoops]

With statements like this he wonders why no one listens but instead laugh.

The little man is a coward and can't even stand for election as he is unable to debate.

Too used to giving orders to the supplicants is the usurper of democracy.

[Mavideol]

22 hours ago, webfact said:

He affirmed he has never benefited personally from a police reshuffle.

nothing to say .... ????????????????????

[Mavideol]

22 hours ago, webfact said:

He affirmed he has never benefited personally from a police reshuffle.

IF and a big IF he did, does any of you believe he would have balls to admit it, sure not, anybody on his position will always deny any wrongdoing

[gunderhill]

23 hours ago, webfact said:

reminding that channels for complaints are available.

Ok So  I  pay them 1000 baht a  month to take  care of  us, they get this from most  businesses round by  me, always  must be paid  in CASH  only, do you see a  problem PM? because this is  100%  how they  operate  nationwide.

[internationalism]

because those reshufling document bore signatures of certain commanders, Rangsima Rome might be facing 112

https://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2021/02/20/govt-seeks-to-slap-mp-with-royal-insult-charge-for-debate-expose/

[overt2016]

1 hour ago, internationalism said:

because those reshufling document bore signatures of certain commanders, Rangsima Rome might be facing 112

https://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2021/02/20/govt-seeks-to-slap-mp-with-royal-insult-charge-for-debate-expose/

Funny how the government resorts to using  112 instead of trying to defend it's action

I guess the truth hurts.

[Kwasaki]

Is the shuffle because of more protests again the govt in power and protests against something that you cannot mention.

[Dogmatix]

I often wonder why the Royal Thai Police is just called the National Police in Thai. Same with the army, navy and air force. The word Royal doesn’t appear in their Thai names. 

[greeneking]

2 hours ago, Dogmatix said:

I often wonder why the Royal Thai Police is just called the National Police in Thai. Same with the army, navy and air force. The word Royal doesn’t appear in their Thai names. 

If they were known as 'Royal' would there be frequent cases that they had brought the monarchy into disrepute?

[spidermike007]

Have you  noticed how you are always on the defensive? Why is that Prayuth? It is likely because you do so little for your nation. Anything, absolutely anything that can be done to limit the power of the army, and the toxic and corrupt senators they appointed, is a good thing for the nation. The dinosaurs must be made extinct. And the youth must be allowed representation or control. Total control, if possible. They are the only ones who can move this nation forward, and stop the heinous and regressive  army.

Had Prayuth and his team been on the ball, this latest outbreak that happened in Samut Sakorn, would have resulted in an immediate shutdown of at least that part of the province,  and it would have likely been contained. Domestic tourism would have been saved, millions of jobs, and the nation would not have had to endure the latest nonsense, due to your extreme lack of effort, vigilance, and c competency. He and his utterly hapless and stunningly incompetent army have failed us once again, and he needs to admit the failure, apologize to the nation, and fall on his sword, metaphorically, by handing in his resignation, in utter humiliation. 

 

The real problem is, they will not go after these guys. Not the top bankers, not the high ranking guys, not the provincial authorities, and certainly not the army, or the police. Many of them are corrupt beyond imagination. And the level of corruption simply escalates, the further up the food chain you go. They police and army are not expected to be honest, and they are not expected to engage in law enforcement, traffic or public safety, on any level. It is an irrevocably broken and dysfunctional system. Shuffling is simply a way to avoid charging these dishonest guys with a crime. Anything hyperbole to the contrary, is just a smoke screen, intended to deceive the most naive amongst us. We know what you are doing. We see right through your charades.


 

[connda]

On 2/19/2021 at 3:05 PM, webfact said:

Gen Prayut further explained that well-performing civil servants are normally promoted to higher posts with greater responsibility and remuneration as is his wish for efficient work.

Not in most organizations I've worked in.  Those with the brownest noses tend to be promoted to higher posts wherein they can exemplify the tenets of The Peter Principle, i.e., "people are promoted to their level of incompetence".  In Thailand it's worse as those who are promoted want universal adoration without actually having to interact with and manage their subordinates.  Having seen it first hand in practice - it's ugly - and creates the conditions for unmotivated, uninspired, and under-productive workforces comprised of people whose primary wish it to be promoted to their highest level of incompetence and laud their status over those "lower" then themselves.  Forward thinking youth may be able to change this cultural wind-anchor, but they usually get thrown in jail or shot before they can have an effect of changing society and cultural norms.  But I hold out a some hope in our youth.