The Interior Ministry has set up an ethics committee to investigate permanent secretary Suttipong Juljarern for allegedly insulting and humiliating a junior official during a recent meeting of ministry officials, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Tuesday.
The incident during a live broadcast on Zoom from the Interior Ministry in Bangkok to officials in the provinces has been widely shared on social media.
As a result, Mr Suttipong has been widely criticised by the public, with critics saying his remarks were inappropriate and unethical.
Some of the comments aimed at the junior official included branding him…