Five civic groups on Thursday petitioned the House committee on corruption and misconduct prevention and suppression to carry out an investigation on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and eight other officials in connection with a human trafficking case.
The case involved Pol Maj Gen Paween Pongsirin, former deputy commissioner of Provincial Police Region 8, and Lt Gen Manas Kongpan, senior army adviser. It was raised during the past general debate in parliament.
Pol Maj Gen Paween, who headed an investigation into the smuggling of Rohingya migrants into Thailand in…