Flashermac Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung's youngest son Duang, a once-discharged army lieutenant, will take up a new position in the Metropolitan Police Bureau next week. The Royal Thai Police Office on Friday approved a request from the Defence Ministry to transfer the son of the veteran politician. The approval was signed by Metropolitan Police Bureau chief Khamronwit Thoopkrachang. It appoints Lt Duang Yubamrung, platoon leader of a military police company under the Support Services Department, to the position of Pol Lt Duang Yubamrung, deputy inspector of the bureau’s training centre, effective Aug 1, 2012. He will receive a monthly salary of 14,070 baht. Lt Duang said his transfer had nothing to do with his father. "I studied law so I think that I would be more suited for police work and also be more useful," said the deputy premier's son. He said he did not want to speak too much about the transfer because he did not want to create problems for his superiors. "I don't want to be a politician because I've been around politics since I was a kid. It's chaotic and I don't like it and I don't know how the current political situation will end," Lt Duang said. Mr Chalerm said his son had never told him about the transfer. He said they rarely saw each other because his son was not home very much. "This is not nepotism but he [Duang] is a sharpshooter," said Mr Chalerm. "Duang shoots very well and has 16 certificates. His shooting accuracy is 100 percent while mine is only 98 percent and there aren't many people in Thailand who have perfect shooting accuracy." Duang Yubamrung was discharged from the army in 2002 for desertion when he fled to Malaysia in 2001 after being accused of shooting dead a decorated, on-duty police officer in a Thong Lor nightclub. He surrendered the following year and was later acquitted of murder by the Criminal Court on the grounds of insufficient evidence and conflicting witness accounts. In April 2008, then-prime minister Samak Sundaravej, who was serving concurrently as defence minister, approved Mr Duang's application to rejoin the military. His reinstatement was reportedly pushed through by Mr Chalerm. He is now Dr Duangchalerm, with an LLD from Ramkhamhaeng! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Unbelievable. A murderer becomes a policeman. TIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horneytorney Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 the report is completely WRONG! the decorated police officer was not shot dead in a Thonglor night club but in one on Ratchada! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted July 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Adding to the bizarreness is the fact that Duangchalerm's older brothers were both sacked from the police when it was found they had faked their "passes" on conscription, since the Army files still contained the un-issued originals, which meant they had never reported. (As cadets at the police academy, they would have been exempt, but they chose to do it their own way.) Also, Duangchalerm was only an "acting 2d lieutenant' and did not hold a commission. The Thai Army has acting officers? When he fled to Cambodia to hide, he was dishonorably discharged for desertion - which the Army says is an unpardonable offence. But Chalerm leaned on PM Samak and got Duangchalerm reinstated anyway. And these are people who supposedly are fighting for democracy against the "amart"? Time The Economist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallenda Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 So Chalerm still manages to get enough votes in elections to still be in government? Wow. This case to me seems to indicate a giant chasm between Thai culture and attitudes and those of our western countries. In our countries, had this happened, it would have been the immediate end of the political career of the father, the news stories about it would have gone on and on (think OJ Simpson) and the name of the family burnished in infamy. The trial coverage would have been a sensation, and if he got off (as he did) it would have led to something like the Rodney King riots. I have to wonder about the thought process of some Thai who then went and voted for Chalerm after that. If this didn't outrage the public, nothing could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted July 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Chalerm is a "party list" MP. He didn't run as an individual. Parties are also awarded seats according to how well they do in the election. That is how both Chalerm and Yingluck became MPs. PT loaded the list with red shirt poobahs, so they wouldn't have to face an election on their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Unbelievable. A murderer becomes a policeman. TIT A deserter, a suspect in the killing of a cop, and he starts his new job not at the bottom but near the TOP! Truly unbelievable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted July 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Chuvit: Duang move "conflict of interest" Outspoken MP Chuvit Kamolvisit on Sunday branded the transfer of Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung's youngest son Duang, who was once discharged but reinstated as an army lieutenant, to a new position in the Metropolitan Police Bureau as a “conflict of interest†and an insult to society. The Royal Thai Police Office on Friday approved a request from Lt Duang to transfer him from the position of platoon leader of a military police company under the Support Services Department, to the position of police lieutenant and deputy inspector of the bureau’s training centre, effective from Aug 1. Mr Chalerm said the transfer was not nepotism and his son never discussed it with him and that he had acted on his own. He said a shooting instructor at the Royal Police Cadet Academy Sampran in Nakhon Pathom province had asked Lt Duang to work with him. This was completely normal because his son was a sharp shooter with 100 per cent shooting accuracy and 16 certificates. Mr Chuvit said the transfer had caused a public sensation and may involve a conflict of interest because one of Mr Chalerm’s duties was supervising the Royal Thai Police Office. It was suspicious that the transfer procedure took only 17 days, which was very quick, and Mr Chalerm’s claim about his son’s certificates would not wash, he said. The Rak Thailand Party leader said the approval of the transfer was an insult to society and Mr Chalerm was a “hopeless†politician. Mr Chuvit said he wanted to ask national police chief Priewpan Damapong why he had allowed a person who was once implicated in the murder of a police officer to work in the police force and why the son of the slain officer had not been given a job in the agency. The former massage parlour tycoon questioned whether Lt Duang's past record should be considered infamous conduct. He said Lt Duang should have been sent to the London 2012 Olympic Games instead if he really had a 100 percent shooting accuracy record. Lt Duang, formerly Duangchalerm, was dismissed from the military after the fatal shooting of a police officer during a brawl in Club 20 on Ratchadapisek Road in October 2001. He fled to Malaysia to escape arrest and was stripped of his rank after a military inquiry found him guilty of disregarding an order to report to work for 15 days and for avoiding a criminal investigation. He gave himself up in May 2002 and went to court. He was acquitted by the Criminal Court on the grounds of insufficient evidence and conflicting accounts. In April 2008, then-prime minister Samak Sundaravej, who was serving concurrently as defence minister, approved Mr Duang's application to rejoin the military. His reinstatement was reportedly pushed through by Mr Chalerm, who then served as Interior Minister. On Friday. Lt Duang called on opponents of his father not to politicalise his transfer issue and insisted it had nothing to do with his father. “I am a grown-up and do not want my dad to get involved in this. I had not discussed it with him before submitting my transfer request. I once told him about the idea but that was a very long time ago,†Lt Duang said. "I studied law, so I think I would be more suited for police work and also be more useful." According to 2004 police committee regulations on qualifications and the characters of those who are to serve in the police force, they must not have record of infamous conduct or ethical defects. Mr Chuvit said as far as he was concerned, Lt Duang fled from the army for six months and gave himself up in Malaysia to fight a murder charge in court. He had also been given a six-month suspended prison sentence for his involvement in a brawl. Mr Chuvit also cited another regulation which stipulated that all superiors who are to approve transfer requests from other government officials outside the police force are bound to compare the petitioners’ knowledge, experience and expertise with those of their subordinates in their agency first. “Where are the Arintarat [police SWAT team] and the Naresuan Task Force [a counter-terrorism unit]? Don’t they have anyone better than Lt Duang?,†Mr Chuvit said. Metropolitan Police Bureau chief Kamronwit Thoopkrachang, who approved Lt Duang’s transfer request, insisted the transfer was in line with all regulations and his shooting skills were needed by the police force. After Lt Duang’s transfer, he will serve as a shooting instructor at the Royal Police Cadet Academy Sampran. My link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 As soon as I read this, "This was completely normal because his son was a sharp shooter with 100 per cent shooting accuracy and 16 certificates" I thought this, "He said Lt Duang should have been sent to the London 2012 Olympic Games instead if he really had a 100 percent shooting accuracy record". Great minds think alike, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horneytorney Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 "He said Lt Duang should have been sent to the London 2012 Olympic Games instead if he really had a 100 percent shooting accuracy record". and another scandal in the Olympic Village would be guaranteed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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