The cabinet has agreed to reinstate Rear Adm Somkiat Ponprayoon as secretary-general of the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre (SBPAC).
The reinstatement order was approved at the cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
Rear Adm Somkiat, who is due to retire in September, will serve in the position for no more than a year.
The Secretariat of the Prime Minister had sought Rear Adm Somkiat’s transfer from the SPBAC to the Prime Minister’s Office as an advisory expert on Feb 28, only to seek his reinstatement a week later.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha confirmed…
