Ministry’s panel rules to strip Abhisit of rank, salary

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Ministry’s panel rules to strip Abhisit of rank, salary

Published: 7 Nov 2012 at 18.13
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A defence panel set up to investigate Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva in connection with alleged draft-dodging has decided to strip him of his military rank and recall his salary, the Defence Ministry said Wednesday.

The decision is based on findings that Mr Abhisit used a falsified military personnel registration document to apply for a job as a Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy lecturer.The job allowed Mr Abhisit to be exempted from military conscription.The committee, chaired by deputy permanent secretary for defence Gen Prasobchai Kasemsant, was appointed by Defence Minister ACM Sukumpol Suwanatat.Gen Prasobchai said the committee made the decision on Tuesday after reviewing information connected to the case.Mr Abhisit was given two weeks to clarify the allegations but the Democrat leader neither supplied information nor gave his statement to the committee, Gen Prasobchai said.The committee has found that Mr Abhisit...

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khunbill
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Discussion 42 : 11 Nov 2012 at 14.1642
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I see all the Dem supporters are out in full force today with all the dislikes. So much hate. How does anyone expect reconcilation. After 32 years of visiting working and living in Thailand I see nothing but Thailand going down hill. At least I can remember and got to see the good ol' days
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Discussion 41 : 11 Nov 2012 at 13.1541
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Yes Disc. 35, I'm having trouble with that too. I suppose he could have paid for it since 'this is Thailand' as Thais are so fond of saying.
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Discussion 40 : 10 Nov 2012 at 21.2840
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AV managed this badly and should have seen it coming. Thaksin's lackeys in the committee with their time frame only and dubious documents. These people will use any tactics to smear AV. He might win a court case but too late; the mud has been thrown and some of it will have stuck.
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Discussion 39 : 10 Nov 2012 at 14.3639
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Only facts: one of Thaksin's best friends becomes minister of defence in Thaksin's PTP government. The same decides to set up a committee to investigate the 25 years old military records of the leader of the opposition against Thaksin's PTP government, all members of the committee are hand picked by him, the committee makes a decision against Abhisit... Is that justice? Is this a democracy?
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Discussion 38 : 10 Nov 2012 at 13.5038
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The culture of cheat, denial, and cupidity in this country is becoming unbearable.
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Discussion 37 : 10 Nov 2012 at 10.2837
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Should recall his priminister salary too.Under his rule people got killed. Insted of calm the masses he is responsible for what happened, even if both sides are sharing some blame,He was the man in charge.Bloodshed must be avoided at all cost.We are not animals.
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Discussion 36 : 08 Nov 2012 at 15.3736
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I support Abhisit .He is a needle of integrity in a corrupt rotten haystack .PT will have to do much better than that if they want him to look as low as they do .A lot more .
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Discussion 35 : 08 Nov 2012 at 13.3635
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something funny here, how did he obtain a military rank if he was not in the military draft???
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Discussion 34 : 08 Nov 2012 at 12.5534
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This has nothing to do with justice or same rights for all it is just about revenge; very sad indeed as it shows what this Government is all about.
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Discussion 33 : 08 Nov 2012 at 11.5333
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bikeme -
"The minister said the army had also investigated this matter and the results of the investigation revealed that some documents had been forged and some military officers involved had been punished. This happened about 10 years ago. The documents from the investigation had been sent to the Ombudsman...ACM Sukumpol declined to comment when asked if the army had covered up this matter to help Mr Abhisit." - BangkokPost, July 19, 2012
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