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Top city cop shrugs off call to quit

Metropolitan Police Bureau chief Khamronwit Thoopkrachang has brushed aside calls for his immediate resignation because of his recent meeting with fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Hong Kong, saying he will step down voluntarily when there is a change of government.

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Po Lt-Gen Khamronwit signalled his rejection while addressing more than 1,000 police officers who turned up at the Metropolitan Police Bureau on Friday to support and praise him for his impartial and decisive response in the hit-and-run case involving the son of a top executive of the Red Bull energy drink business empire.

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  • jackfruit

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    Discussion 4 : 07 Sep 2012 at 18.384

    Clearly this is an attack because he keep strong in the Reb Bull case.

  • rontorr

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    Discussion 3 : 07 Sep 2012 at 18.313

    I am the Metropolitan Police Bureau commissioner of Thailand, not the Metropolitan Police Bureau chief for other countries, so how could I have arrested someone outside the kingdom?"""

    contrary to the popular belief of the Thaksinophobes, he is right according to the "rule of law" that you always talk about.

  • bkk1

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    Discussion 2 : 07 Sep 2012 at 17.572

    Lets get one think very clear you are not serving the people if you are not following the law as clearly seen when you meet Thaksin no matter what the reason was

    I am the Metropolitan Police Bureau commissioner of Thailand, not the Metropolitan Police Bureau chief for other countries, so how could I have arrested someone outside the kingdom

    Go back to school and study the law then if you not understand what you have done wrong

    As the Chief you know the where he was so you should of informed the right people to take the right action to arrested him in HK

    However well done on the Red Bull case good work

  • bkk-farang

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    Discussion 1 : 07 Sep 2012 at 17.551

    Who in this government is responsible for the police: Deputy PM Chalerm
    Who is the boss of Chalerm: Someone with the name Shinawatra
    Will Chalerm remove the cop who was personally promoted by Thaksin Shinawatra?
    Do pigs fly?

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