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New police chief's appointment official

A royal command announced on Monday confirms Pol Gen Wichean Potephosree as the new national police chief, effective from Sept 2, officially bringing to an end the year-long saga over the appointment.

The nomination of Pol Gen Wichean for the post was approved by the police board on Aug 9 after lengthy criticism of the appointment process and political wrangling within the government.

He  replaces Pol Gen Pateep Tanprasert, who has served as acting national police chief for nearly a year.  Pol Gen Pateep retires at the end of this month.

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  • Hypocrisy

    Discussion 3 : 08/09/2010 at 02:58 PM3

    #2, you forgot to mention Government House and the two airports, how could you forget those?

  • Geminia

    Discussion 2 : 07/09/2010 at 04:26 PM2

    So now job #1 is to get rid of the traitors that reused to enforce the law during the uprisings during ASEA, Songkran 2009 and Songran 2010. Did we have police then? I think we had only watermelons. Refuse orders, lose your job. Get to it.

  • Bangkok Rebel

    Discussion 1 : 06/09/2010 at 06:44 PM1

    Well, I have more respect for all his studies like MBA, Law, etc. than all that bling, glitter and glamour on his uniform. Must be hard to iron it properly....

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