9 hours ago, rabas said:

Prem's apprentice and top supporter Surayud Chulanont is now head of the privy council. 

 

As for entering the country, Prayut currently oversees the police commission that will appointment a new national police chief before Sept 1, possibly Surachate Hakparn, who doesn't seem to like Thaksin.

 

But who knows, Thailand's power structure runs deep.

 

What a surprise. I though I remembered Surayud Chulanont's name from way back.

 

He was the general who led the illegal military coup against Thaksin Shinawatra back in 2006.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surayud_Chulanont

 

He was the Prime Minister of Thailand and head of Thailand's interim government between 2006 and 2008. He is a former supreme commander of the Royal Thai Army.

 

He commanded troops during Bloody May, the violent 1992 crackdown on anti-government protesters, but he denied giving his men the order to shoot protesters. He was promoted to army commander during the government of Chuan Leekpai and was promoted to supreme commander in 2003, under the government of Thaksin Shinawatra.

 

Surayud and Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda played a key role in the promotion of General Sonthi Boonratklin to the position of army commander.

Sonthi overthrew the government of Shinawatra in a coup on 19 September 2006 and implored Surayud to be the head of interim government. Surayud's government was controversial. There was a significant worsening in perceived levels of corruption during his government.[1] Surayud's Deputy Finance Minister, Sommai Pasee, was sentenced to jail for abuse of power.[2] Surayud raised the military budget by 35% and was accused of economic mismanagement, rampant human rights abuses, and flip-flopping on numerous policies.

 

There is more in the link, which is openly available on the internet.

 

I suppose that bad deeds do get rewarded after a while.