Police reshuffle set to favour Thaksin loyalists
A slew of senior police officers attached to the Metropolitan Police Bureau are set to lose their posts in the upcoming reshuffle.
“There will be many transfers,” Metropolitan Police Commissioner LtGeneral Winai Thongsong said yesterday, confirming that he had already finalised a reshuffle plan that would be further discussed at a meeting today. The reshuffle will take effect late this month.
An informed source said the reshuffle would see police officers close to Thaksin Shinawatra being moved to important posts. Among them was Pol MajGeneral Boonsong Panichattra, who lost his job as deputy metropolitan police commissioner during the previous administration.
Winai was evasive when asked whether all police officers with close ties to the previous administration were going to be sidelined.
He did however say that many politicians had been trying to secure promotion for certain police officers. “So, I have put up a board saying ‘No Lobbying for Police Reshuffle’ in front of my office,” he added.
