NSC deputy chief transferred
NATIONAL Security Council (NSC) deputy secretary-general Lt-General Pongsakorn Rodchompoo has been transferred as an adviser to the prime minister, effective yesterday.
The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) on Tuesday issued an order to replace Pongsakorn with Pakorn Srichan-ngam, assistant to the NSC secretary-general.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who is also the NCPO chief, exercised his power under Article 44 of the provisional charter to transfer Pongsakorn.
The order, which was published in the Royal Gazette yesterday, said the transfer was made on the grounds of suitability and improving efficiency in the management of the NSC and to be in line with national reform as indicated in the interim charter.
A source said Pongsakorn has been transferred because he is a classmate of Lt-General Paradorn Pattanathabutr at the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School’s 14th class. Paradorn is affiliated with the Pheu Thai Party.
