It remained unclear on Tuesday whether Buddhipong had left the Democrat Party. He was a key figure in the now-defunct People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), which led a street rally against the previous government of Yingluck Shinawatra. Buddhipong is the latest politician to have been given a government job. They include Palang Chon Party leader Sonthaya Khunplome, who became a PM adviser, and his brother Ittipol Khunplome, former mayor of Pattaya, who became an assistant minister attached to the PM’s Office. Another former Democrat MP and a leader of the PDRC, Sakoltee Phattiyakul, was appointed a deputy Bangkok governor by the junta-nominated Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang.

Source: The Nation Bangkok September 11, 2018 13:07 UTC