Paween Pongsirin: Exiled police investigator puts Thai authorities in trafficking spotlight

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Pol Maj-General Paween Pongsirin / Photo from www.isranews.org

 

More than six years after he fled Thailand to live in exile in Australia, Pol Maj-General Paween Pongsirin is back under the media spotlight.

 

His role as chief investigator of a high-profile human smuggling case in 2015 was highlighted when opposition MP Rangsiman Rome from the opposition Move Forward Party criticized the Thai government for its poor performance in the latest Trafficking in Persons Report issued by the US State Department last June.

 

The report downgraded Thailand to Tier 2 Watch List, saying the government “does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so”.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/paween-pongsirin-exiled-police-investigator-puts-thai-authorities-in-trafficking-spotlight/

 

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[Geoffggi]

Good people out - Bad get promoted  what an absolute farce ☹☹☹

[Tropicalevo]

Well that has put paid to any possibility of his return to Thailand.

The powers that be here would have been hoping that he would just disappear into the Australian outback.

[biggles45]

Nothing will come of it, the people who should do something have ignored the problem for years, for their own selfish reasons. 

[TheFishman1]

I was just thinking if he left Thailand doing self exile in Australia for all these years how much money you think he took with him TIT

[DaveE13]

Don't worry guys. DPM watch man is in charge of the investigation.

????

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The report downgraded Thailand to Tier 2 Watch List, saying the government “does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so”.

Significant efforts doesn't always add up to significant results.

 

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

The powers that be here would have been hoping that he would just disappear into the Australian outback.

Literally.