NNM quotes "an informed source" as saying that it is likely that Pasan would keep a position as ambassador, but that he probably would be assigned to an
inactive post at the Foreign Ministry in Bangkok.
Somchai took a tougher line with his police chief, demoting General Patcharawat Wongsuwan to an
inactive post on Friday.
Patcharawat Wongsuwan was moved to an
inactive post.
Saisamai was transferred to his
inactive post yesterday, for a minimum 180-day period.
Tanaka and Nogami were sacked as foreign minister and vice foreign minister respectively by Koizumi in late January, with Nogami moved to an
inactive post within the ministry.
Prior to resigning, the 15-member board ordered the airline's president into an
inactive post and he has now been replaced by Somchainuk Engtrakul, a bureaucrat in the Thai Finance Ministry.
Somchet Thinaphong, the president of New Bangkok International Airport Co (NBIA), was reportedly suspended from his position on Monday (14 May) and placed in an
inactive post in the transport ministry.
His current position as minister in charge of the Business Development Committee for inspection of state and private businesses is considered an
inactive post in administrative circles.
No reason was given in the order signed by Somchai moving General Patcharawat Wongsuwan to an
inactive post in the prime minister's office.
His current position as minister in charge of inspecting state and private businesses is considered an
inactive post in administrative circles.
Thirty-eight police officers in southern provinces of Satun, Ranong, and Songkhla, who are believed to have been involved in the trafficking of Rohingyas, have been transferred to
inactive posts and new officers will be appointed to fill the vacancies, according to Royal Thai Police Chief Somyos Pumpanmuang.
