Flashback: Formation of the NCPO was announced on May 22, 2014, by security chiefs including then-army commander Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, who has now ordered pay rises for the group's workers. The cabinet on Tuesday approved a two-tier salary increase for 721 officials assigned to work with the NCPO. The raise takes effect in retrospective to the beginning of 2017 fiscal year which was in October 2016. It has to be accepted that the officials assigned to work for the NCPO have to work hard with few chances of taking a rest, even during the long holidays, Lt Gen Sansern said. Only 3% of 20,000 officials attached to the NCPO will be entitled to the benefits and these 721 beneficiaries are the low-ranking ones, he added.

Source: Bangkok Post April 18, 2017 20:15 UTC