House police affairs panel to visit Police Hospital this Friday

Members of the House Police Affairs Committee will visit the Police General Hospital this Friday to confirm whether convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is still there, after the committee received permission to visit the hospital.

On Monday, the director of the hospital, Pol Lt-Gen Thaweesilp Wechwitarn, sent an urgent letter to the committee chairman, saying that he had instructed a police officer to lead the committee on an inspection trip of the 6th floor of the Sriyanon building at 10am on Friday, as requested by the committee.

The committee chairman and Democrat MP Chaichana Detdecho said today that the committee members will visit the hospital to find out how many prisoners are being treated there besides Thaksin and whether there any other prisoners being admitted to the 14th floor, where Thaksin has reportedly been treated since the day he arrived back in…