Dismissed police bodyguard for former Thai PM Yingluck reinstated, promoted

[webfact]

 

The former personal protection officer of exiled former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Pol Col Watanyu “Nui” Witthayapalothai, has been reinstated and promoted to deputy commander for intelligence in the Special Branch Bureau in a recent police reshuffle.

 

The website of the Information Division of the Royal Thai Police published three orders, regarding the reshuffle of 1,955 middle-ranking police officers, including Watanyu, which was signed on November 12th.

 

The former bodyguard came to public attention when he was placed under investigation for a gross disciplinary violation after he accompanied Yingluck to Russia to watch a World Cup football match in 2018 without formally taking leave. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/dismissed-police-bodyguard-for-former-thai-pm-yingluck-reinstated-promoted/

 

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[trainman34014]

Never been off the Payroll of course.  The Thai idea of 'Punishment' for wrongdoing is for the offender to be posted to some backwater for a while and then return with a promotion and all forgiven and forgotten.    It is small wonder that the country is Corrupt from top to bottom.

[smutcakes]

This kind of thing confuses me so much here- you have VIP's who can pay for police escorts on a daily basis, school buses get paid police escorts etc. My work colleagues say that anyone can ask and pay for police escorts... and these police are paid by the taxpayer, but can apparently moonlight for paid for work on work time.... and where does the money go from this?

[Randell]

Isn't this the say fellow who helped her get to the border and escape?

[Burma Bill]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

has been reinstated

Preparing for the return of Mr T and/or Yingluk??????

[jacko45k]

 

2 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Never been off the Payroll of course.  The Thai idea of 'Punishment' for wrongdoing is for the offender to be posted to some backwater for a while and then return with a promotion and all forgiven and forgotten.    It is small wonder that the country is Corrupt from top to bottom.

Being a crony is a job for life......

[4MyEgo]

This is news, for crying out loud, what about fatso and the watches, that was news.

[Tropicalevo]

34 minutes ago, Randell said:

Isn't this the say fellow who helped her get to the border and escape?

Yes it is.

It shows that he was a very good bodyguard.

He protected her from the corrupt people that were trying to arrest her.

[hotchilli]

24 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

Preparing for the return of Mr T and/or Yingluk??????

God forbid.

[Regyai]

43 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

God forbid.

Really

 

Far happier times as I recall

[Golden Triangle]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

God forbid.

Far better than the current idiototic numbskull parading around as a wannabe PM.

[Golden Triangle]

1 hour ago, Regyai said:

Really

 

Far happier times as I recall

And there were plenty of posters on here who wanted to give Yingluck one ????????????

[thaibook]

1 hour ago, Golden Triangle said:

Far better than the current idiototic numbskull parading around as a wannabe PM.

much prefer the current man to the massively even more corrupt shin dynasty and their fake international sales, etc

 

[Regyai]

Yes the corruption was more laissez faire, but they had no time or inclination for the persecution of falangs which sadly is now de rigueur.

 

Certainly we all enjoyed a more stable (& carefree) tenure in the then Land of Smiles

[Golden Triangle]

49 minutes ago, thaibook said:

much prefer the current man to the massively even more corrupt shin dynasty and their fake international sales, etc

 

Quite how anyone can admire this buffoon is beyond me, the man is an idiot,numbskull, fool, thick as 2 short planks, crazy and as thick as f***

 

Have I made my position clear as what I think of him.?

[herfiehandbag]

7 hours ago, Golden Triangle said:

Far better than the current idiototic numbskull parading around as a wannabe PM.

 

6 hours ago, thaibook said:

much prefer the current man to the massively even more corrupt shin dynasty and their fake international sales, etc

 

As ever, the elephant in the corner of the room in all such discussions of who should rule Thailand is that no one considers the Thai people's opinion, which has repeatedly preferred and chosen the "Shinawatra dynasty" over the military/establishment.

 

 

Edited November 17, 2021 by herfiehandbag

[hotchilli]

14 hours ago, Regyai said:

Really

 

Far happier times as I recall

While I don't deny things were marginally better for some back then, I don't wish to reinstate the past to try to make a future, that never ends well.

[brianthainess]

Yeh so what a certain captain spent 4 yrs in jail in OZ, was never charged for being AWOL for 4 yrs, came back and was Promoted ! 

[brianthainess]

17 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

This is news, for crying out loud, what about fatso and the watches, that was news.

Don't forget the really big fatso panther eater, still not in jail !

[zzaa09]

20 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Never been off the Payroll of course.  The Thai idea of 'Punishment' for wrongdoing is for the offender to be posted to some backwater for a while and then return with a promotion and all forgiven and forgotten.    It is small wonder that the country is Corrupt from top to bottom.

.......and this how things have operated for ages.