Tawin transferred from NSC post
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The Cabinet Tuesday approved the transfer of National Security Chief Tawin Pleansri to an adviser to the prime minister.
The transfer will pave the way for the move of Pol Gen Wichean Potphosri from police chief to head of the NSC.
PM's Office Minister Kritsana Seehalak said the Cabinet's resolution to transfer Tawin was effective immediately, thus vacating the post of the NSC chief.
She said the Cabinet has not yet deliberated the transfer of national police chief Wichean.
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her deputy, Chalerm Yoobamrung, made it clear shortly after taking the office last month that they wanted to see Pol Gen Priewphan Damapong, who is Yingluck's counsin, take the helm of the police department.
Priewpan is an elder brother of Khunying Pojaman na Pombejra, ex-wife of ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Thaksin is the eldest brother of the prime minister.
Tawin said last week he would file a complaint with the Central Administrative Court and seek assistance via regular channels with the Office of the Civil Service Commission's ethics committee.
He said he would need to wait for a Cabinet decision removing him from the NSC before taking any action. The umbrella is not opened until it rains, he added.
