A police cadet stands near the national flag during a graduation ceremony at the Royal Police Cadet Academy in Samphran district, Nakhon Pathom, on Oct 16, 2016. (Photo by Pawat Laopaisarntaksin)Eleven people's organisations on Sunday issued a joint statement opposing a proposal to bring the Royal Thai Police (RTP) under the control of the Justice Ministry without undergoing concrete structural reforms. The proposal was made by a joint special sub-committee of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) and the National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA), chaired by Pol Lt Col Bunruang Phonphanit. The police reforms must concentrate on concrete structural changes to ensure justice for the people, they said, not on the qualifications of future RTP chiefs or an increase in police salaries. There would be no real reform if a police officer was allowed to sit as chairman or as a member of a committee working on police reforms, the statement said.

Source: Bangkok Post May 21, 2017 10:52 UTC