Police chief says ready to forgive human trafficking investigator
DESPITE STATING his readiness to talk to former human-trafficking investigator Pol Maj-General Paween Pongsirin, national police chief Pol General Chakthip Chaijinda yesterday admitted that he had got Paween's recent interview translated into Thai to see if any part of it was libelous.
It would be clear by the end of this week whether police would be filing any complaints against Paween, he added.
"I can confirm that I'm ready to talk with Pol Maj-General Paween if he returns to the country and seeks a meeting with me. But I will ask him to speak the truth and reveal everything. I'm ready to forgive him," he added.
Chakthip said Paween should be thankful to him for finding a position for him when the Provincial Police Region 8 chief didn't want him to continue in the office because of what he viewed as lack of discipline. "So I asked the Southern Border Provinces Police Operation Centre [for Paween's transfer]," he said.
Paween, who quit the police force last month and is now seeking protection in Australia, had earlier told Australian media that he feared for his life because influential figures in the military and police implicated in the illicit trade wanted him dead. He also claimed to have received no protection from police bosses despite death threats faced by him.
Chakthip said he had ordered his assistant Pol Lt-General Srivara Rangsibrahmanakul to visit |the South, to check on the investigation into the case and ask the investigators in this human trafficking case, victimising the Rohingya and other migrants, to determine whether they faced any threats.
Regarding the recent transfer of Metropolitan Police Bureau deputy chief Pol Maj General Jaruwat Vaisaya back to the bureau after being ordered to assist civil service at the Royal Thai Police Operations Centre for one day, Chakthip said the move had no hidden agenda. He explained that Jaruwat was moved to the centre, originally for only a few weeks, in order to help create a special database on human trafficking criminals.
However, Jaruwat had many tasks under his previous post that he had to attend to. Also, he was required to attend meetings abroad with related agencies about human trafficking crimes, so he was sent back to the bureau, he added.
Police chief says ready to forgive human trafficking investigatorDESPITE STATING his readiness to talk to former human-trafficking investigator Pol Maj-General Paween Pongsirin, national police chief Pol General Chakthip Chaijinda yesterday admitted that he had got Paween's recent interview translated into Thai to see if any part of it was libelous.It would be clear by the end of this week whether police would be filing any complaints against Paween, he added."I can confirm that I'm ready to talk with Pol Maj-General Paween if he returns to the country and seeks a meeting with me. But I will ask him to speak the truth and reveal everything. I'm ready to forgive him," he added.Chakthip said Paween should be thankful to him for finding a position for him when the Provincial Police Region 8 chief didn't want him to continue in the office because of what he viewed as lack of discipline. "So I asked the Southern Border Provinces Police Operation Centre [for Paween's transfer]," he said.Paween, who quit the police force last month and is now seeking protection in Australia, had earlier told Australian media that he feared for his life because influential figures in the military and police implicated in the illicit trade wanted him dead. He also claimed to have received no protection from police bosses despite death threats faced by him.Chakthip said he had ordered his assistant Pol Lt-General Srivara Rangsibrahmanakul to visit |the South, to check on the investigation into the case and ask the investigators in this human trafficking case, victimising the Rohingya and other migrants, to determine whether they faced any threats.Regarding the recent transfer of Metropolitan Police Bureau deputy chief Pol Maj General Jaruwat Vaisaya back to the bureau after being ordered to assist civil service at the Royal Thai Police Operations Centre for one day, Chakthip said the move had no hidden agenda. He explained that Jaruwat was moved to the centre, originally for only a few weeks, in order to help create a special database on human trafficking criminals.However, Jaruwat had many tasks under his previous post that he had to attend to. Also, he was required to attend meetings abroad with related agencies about human trafficking crimes, so he was sent back to the bureau, he added.
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