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Three SPs to be Quizzed in DG
Suspended Director General (DG) of Home Guard Narayan Mishra's diary that was recovered from his home during the Saturday raid has revealed names of several senior police officials as the administration gears up to quiz at least three Superintendents of Police (SPs) who seem to have close contacts with the DG.
Besides the three SPs, two of whom are currently posted in the northern parts of the state while one in the southern Bihar, the Special Vigilance Unit (SVU) investigating corruption charges against Mishra is also keeping a close tab on at least a dozen other senior police offi... Read more
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Bangkok Post - Klong Toey,Bang
10 March 2007
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Acting police chief Seripisuth Temiyavej is facing complaints from two of his former close aides who have accused him of unfairly transferring them to the deep South. Thinnakorn Mangkung and Suthipong Sophonsukkul have filed separate complaints against Pol Gen Seripisuth with Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont, as chairman of the Police Commission.
Before the two were transferred, Pol Col Thinnakorn was working as one of the acting police chief's security team, and Pol Lt-Col Suthipong was his deputy.
A source said Pol Gen Seripisuth was angry with the officers for failing to turn up for work on Sept 20 last year, the morning after the coup which was declared a holiday, and reprimanded them harshly for paying no attention to the political events that were unfolding.
Pol Col Thinnakorn said in the petition that Pol Gen Seripisuth had removed him from his post and transferred him to become the superintendent of the Kapho district police station in the insurgency-plagued province of Pattani.
Pol Lt-Col Suthipong has been appointed deputy superintendent of Rangae district police station in Narathiwat, also a hotbed for rebel activities.
Pol Col Thinnakorn said in the letter that the police chief shifted him out of personal grudges and asked the Police Commission to review the order.
Meanwhile, a total of 330 complaints were filed against the police across the country through the Royal Thai Police Office's (RTPO) own complaint centre from Feb 21-28, one week after the centre was officially opened.
Most of the complaints, 96 of them, were directed at the Metropolitan Police Bureau, followed by 57 at the Provincial Police Region 1, and 31 each at the Provincial Police Region 7 and the Provincial Police Region 2, said police spokesman Ronnarong Yangyuen.
Details of where the rest of the complaints were filed, or against whom, were not available.
The officers facing the complaints were both commissioned and non-commissioned officers.
Among them were 15 police colonels, 94 officers between the ranks of police sub-lieutenants and police lieutenant-colonels, and 45 non-commissioned officers.
The complaint centre also received 242 tip-offs on drug trafficking, gambling activities and mafia figures in various areas.
Pol Maj-Gen Ronnarong said the centre would pass the complaints on to relevant police agencies which will decide for themselves whether they should investigate the charges.
The agencies have been given one week to conclude the probes and submit the findings to the RTPO.
The opening of the complaint centre was part of a police reform programme, he said.
In a related development, former police chief Sawat Amornvivat said on Thursday that decentralising the police force would not help efforts to reform the force.
However, he agreed a salary hike would help reduce corruption in the police force.
The reforms must be carried out by professional hands with a strong background in police affairs, he said.
Changes should extend beyond administrative restructuring and improving the efficiency of police investigators, Pol Gen Sawat told a seminar on police restructuring and development in Bangkok.
Pol Lt-Gen Vichianchote Sukchotirattana, a former National Counter Corruption Commission member, said police problems stemmed mostly from the behaviour of rogue policemen. The organisational structure is not to blame, he said.
He cautioned that the police force might collapse if too much of the police chief's administrative power is delegated away.
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