Prof Pasuk Phongpaichit speaks at a seminar on national reform hosted by the Thailand Development Research Institute on Feb 11, 2014. (Bangkok Post file photo)The Defence Ministry spokesman has apologised to a Chulalongkorn University economics professor for putting her name in a reconciliation panel without asking her first. Prof Pasuk is in the latter group." The general said he personally respected and held high regards for Prof Pasuk as an acclaimed academic and her research on corruption in Thailand. Prof Pasuk earlier told the Thai Academic Network for Civil Rights after her name was reportedly on the list that this was news to her since she had not been approached by anyone from the government.

Source: Bangkok Post February 11, 2017 08:39 UTC