Move Forward suspends security team member

The Move Forward party has suspended a member of Pita Limjaroenrat’s security detail, after online investigators revealed that he, Srisuriyane Srikamonpakdi, has been convicted of kidnapping and blackmail and was sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2011.

Secretary general Chaithawat Tulathon said another bodyguard has already been assigned to Pita, while the party conducts a thorough background check on Srisuriyane.

Chaithawat said that, being from a contractor, the party neither knew of nor checked his background.

After the history of Srisuriyane went viral, supporters of Move Forward offered moral support, referring to him as “Brother Ton”.

Move Forward’s deputy leader, retired Pol Maj Gen Supisarn Bhakdinarinath, confirmed the report, saying he was assigned to hold a press briefing about the arrest of Srisuriyane in 2011.

Supisarn revealed that Srisuriyane, claiming to be…