Prayut orders stripping of Thaksin's police rank

Prime Minister Prayut opted for this in order to avoid involving His Majesty the King in this issue, according to a government spokesman. This was “the best method in the current situation”, another spokesman said Saturday.
Previously, the government was going to seek royal endorsement to the prime minister’s acknowledgement to national police chief General Somyot Poompanmuang’s order to strip Thaksin of his rank of police lieutenant colonel.
The NCPO chief’s order was published in the Royal Gazette Saturday.