“And the selling and buying of police positions must be gone,” he said. He said yesterday that the reform panel would also take into consideration the many existing research papers on police reform. Boonsang’s committee convened for the first time yesterday at Government House in a meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam. He urged the prime minister to supervise the Royal Thai Police directly while the reform was underway. Suthep said that such independence would help prevent the problem of selling and buying coveted police positions in certain areas.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 07, 2017 18:00 UTC