Call for change to DSI set-up to stop political interference

Pol Col Yannapol Yangyuen said the DSI chief should have a fixed term of four years and must not be moved before he completes his tenure.
“I must say that the DSI has been interfered with by politicians who sent their men to key positions in the agency,” he said.
Yannapol said politicians also interfered in the works of the DSI by asking to proceed or not to proceed with certain cases for political motives.
He recommended that the DSI Act be amended so the opposition leader can sit on the DSI board as a check-and-balance mechanism, because the board could opt with two thirds of votes on whether to proceed with a particular case or not.