Thai govt forces officials from posts, plays down link to abuse of migrants

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Junta forces officials from posts, plays down link to abuse of migrants
By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter


A crowd of Burmese migrant workers on Thursday await Aung San Suu Kyi’s arrival in Samut Sakhon province.

BANGKOK — Twenty-three high-ranking officials who reportedly failed to protect the welfare of migrant workers welfare lost their jobs Friday by emergency decree, but the junta is not rushing to take credit.

Although the mass transfer of officials including a provincial governor appeared a goodwill gesture one day after Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi raised migrants’ rights with junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha, officials are playing down any connection.

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2016/06/27/junta-forces-officials-posts-plays-link-abuse-migrants/

-- Khaosod English 2016-06-28

[shirtless]

Sack them , end the inactive post BS ,

[ChrisY1]

Difficult to try and play down the connection between 23 officers....based is the fishing hub of Thailand, and pretend their demise has not much to do with trafficking and abuse......some-one found out about them!

[worgeordie]

The truth gets well hidden in Thailand.

regards Worgeordie

[Srikcir]

There certainly couldn't be any link between the subject high-ranking officials and the RTM, right?

So best to move swiftly and quitely.

Even when the human traffick kingpin Lt. Gen. Manas formerly of ISOC was arrested in January 2016 along with three mid-level military officers in ISOC, no prosecution has happened.

Same-same.

[sweatalot]

they are removed from their post they probably abused like many others in LOS

This is good.

And this is the first we should think about it

I know, I know it could be even better ...

[1duckyboy]

I don't see being transferred as a loss of job but merely a change of duties. Any demotions, fines or pay forfeiture?

[tuanku]

Were the KT judges amongst the 23?