Photo: Veerasak Vichitsangsri’s Facebook

 

Samut Sakhon Governor Veerasak Vijitsaengsri decided to quit government service today (Monday) and spend the rest of his life with his family in his hometown in Thailand’s central province of Ang Thong, after his request to be transferred out of the coastal province was rejected by his superiors.

 

The governor wrote in his Facebook post yesterday, under the name of Sakravee Srisangdharma, a pseudonym he uses in his writings, that many people have asked him why his name did not appear on the recent Interior Ministry reshuffle list or whether he has decided to take an early retirement this year.

 

Governor Veerasak admitted that he would prefer to be transferred this year, because of his poor health, which has prevented him travelling out of the province, adding that, post-COVID infection, his health is not the same as it was.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/samut-sakhon-governor-to-quit-after-his-transfer-request-was-rejected/

 

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Good choice! I wish him a happy retirement.

maybe not the only one... was he part of Prayut's gang and fell off grace

18 hours ago, webfact said:

Samut Sakhon Governor Veerasak Vijitsaengsri decided to quit government service today (Monday) and spend the rest of his life with his family in his hometown in Thailand’s central province of Ang Thong, after his request to be transferred out of the coastal province was rejected by his superiors.

An embattled man who did his best but was let down by those above him.

He had the backbone to stand-up and speak the truth, even with his request for a trasfer he was snubbed...

Now he has snubbed them in return, I hope he enjoys his retirement with family and returns to good health.

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

An embattled man who did his best but was let down by those above him.

He had the backbone to stand-up and speak the truth, even with his request for a trasfer he was snubbed...

Now he has snubbed them in return, I hope he enjoys his retirement with family and returns to good health.

This guy always seemed to be questioning the policies of those above him when it came to the management of Covid in his Province.

Well done Sir ! You did your Duty well under some of the most extreme conditions imaginable. 

Happy Retirement.

One of Thailand's only real statesmen. And he suffered for it.

 

Too bad Covid brought him low--72 days in ICU, 43 on a ventilator.

 

Hope he can make up for it...

On 8/17/2021 at 8:19 AM, hotchilli said:

An embattled man who did his best but was let down by those above him.

He had the backbone to stand-up and speak the truth, even with his request for a trasfer he was snubbed...

Now he has snubbed them in return, I hope he enjoys his retirement with family and returns to good health.

Is that an example of virtue and morality the PM was talking about the other day? The Governor took the right step. How shameful to turn down a totally justified transfer request. Another example of how the powers-that-be reward a job well done by a man of integrity.