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	The panel had failed to thoroughly determine how Thaksin&rsquo;s behaviour deserved the action, he said.</div>
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	Previously, Somyot sent back a request to strip Thaksin of his rank on grounds that a panel member failed to sign his name to endorse the decision.</div>
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	&ldquo;I insist that I&rsquo;m not buying time. I don&rsquo;t fear [anything]. Everything must go through the process in accordance with the regulations,&rdquo; Somyot told reporters.</div>
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	According to the 2004 regulation on police rank, an officer is to be stripped their rank if they violate the regulation through behaviour that damages the dignity and reputation of police, he said.</div>

Somyot says panel must explain how Thaksin 'offended police dignity'

NATIONAL police chief General Somyot Poompanmuang said Friday he has sent back a request for him to strip former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra of his rank as a police lieutenant colonel to the police committee that considered the issue.