Bangkok Post
The major reshuffle of state officials approved by the cabinet on Tuesday, particularly at the Corrections Department, seems to have been designed to facilitate the return of fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Democrat Party MP Suthep Thaugsuban said on Wednesday.
Mr Suthep, former deputy prime minister for security affairs in the Democrat-led government, said the replacement of Chartchai Suthiklom as director-general of the Corrections Department by Pol Col Suchart Wong-ananchai, an inspector-general at the Information and Communication Technology Ministry, seemed aimed at helping Thaksin return home without being put in jail.
Thaksin was sentenced to two years imprisonment by the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions for abuse of power while prime minister in the Ratchadapisek land case involving his then-wife Khunying Potjaman Na Pombejra.
The reshuffle worried many people, Mr Suthep said.
Mr Suthep said he had wished Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra well in the hope her government would administer the country without touching on issues involving Thaksin, only to find out that during the past month she had taken hasty steps to help the fugitive former prime minister and his family.
The former deputy prime minister also strongly denied as untrue Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's remarks that they he secret talks with Mr Suthep at his residence at Ta Khmau in Kandal province over the overlapping maritime area.
Mr Suthep said in fact it was Hun Sen who raised this matter for discussion with him during a visit a made to Cambodia.
The Democrat Party had had no conflicts of interest concerning this matter, he said.
Mr Suthep said he was sorry Hun Sen had made false accusations against the previous government which had tried hard to maintain relations with Cambodia.
The Cambodian prime minister should instead try to improve the relations between the two countries, he said.
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