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Pongsapat won't run for governor

Pol Gen Pongsapat Pongcharoen, a deputy national police chief and the secretary-general of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), has confirmed he will not run for election to the office of Bangkok governor, saying he would rather concentrate on drug suppression.

Pol Gen Pongsapat Pongcharoen (Photo by Kosol Nakachol)

He said he had never been approached by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra or the Pheu Thai Party to compete in the gubernatorial election due early next year.

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  • bluebkk

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    Discussion 1 : 03 Oct 2012 at 16.481

    Lets just assume Pongsapat realizes he has no chance whatsoever of winning because he KNOWS most of Bangkokians remember very well who terrorized and burned their city....

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