Why Prawit’s watch is definitely not ‘a personal matter’

It is not a personal matter for two reasons:
1. If he enriched himself illegally, then it is a criminal matter and needs to be investigated.
2. He is a public figure who is answerable “to the public” and he needs to answer, otherwise he should not be there.
These are simply fundamental values that everyone in public office should realise.
smedly
No! Wrong! It’s not a personal matter. It’s a matter of public interest. He’s “supposedly” number two in a powerful group of people who said they were taking over to stop corruption. That was their whole thing. Now your number two has been caught with some very expensive watches and you have the power to use Article 44 to show the people how serious you are about stopping corruption. 
You are all public servants. You should always be publicly scrutinised. Don’t like it then walk away and retire. 
Rkidlad
It is of course not a personal matter: PM Prayut is the current political leader of Thailand and everyone under him in the government is his responsibility (especially since he is head of the NCPO and the NCPO appointed the NLA). When the “watch” issue first emerged, he should have called him into his office (if it were someone else they would have been taken right from home or off the street) and asked Prawit if he could explain it.  If he was not able to explain it satisfactorily, he should have been fired from his position.  The NACC is responsible for investigating corruption, but Prayut is responsible for everyone beneath him.   The preferential treatment and the failure to take the issue seriously  seriously underminds his supposed war on corruption (it is only a war on corruption for those that are not “his people”). 
bkkcanuck8
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