Corrections Department chief Wittaya Suriyawong has approved the transfer of Songkhla Prison director Suchin Damkraden after a recent raid led by the Army uncovered illicit drugs and mobile phones in the prison as well as several inmates testing positive for drug use. Suchin has been moved to the post of inspector-general at the Corrections Department.
Amnat Prachyapan, chief of the Bureau of Penology, will replace Suchin, while the department's inspector-general Sorasit Chongcharoen will take over as bureau chief. Wittaya also signed the transfer of 32 senior officials from prisons nationwide.