Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Saturday declined to respond to a query directed at him in the censure debate over alleged corruption in police promotions.
Gen Prayut was asked by reporters about the issue before he attended the House session when votes were cast on the no-confidence motion against 10 cabinet ministers.
All the targeted ministers survived the motion.
The promotion query was raised by Move Forward Party (MFP) MP Rangsiman Rome during the censure debate on Friday, the last full day of the four-day session.
Mr Rangsiman accused Gen Prayut, who chairs the Police Commission which oversees the Royal Thai Police (RTP), of allowing intervention in senior police promotions in a practice dating back to Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon’s watch of the RTP while the coup-engineer National Council for Peace and Order was in power, according to the…
