Thai Examiner
Prime Minister under fire from MPs in parliament over rumoured cuts to allowances for southern police
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Key facts
- Southern police face a 44% allowance axe, but PM Anutin insists there are no cuts
- Police circular orders southern allowance cuts as ฿314 million funding reduction hits frontline officers
- Border Patrol Police face 44% allowance cuts as Songkhla MP raises complaints from junior officers
- Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is under fire after denying police allowance cuts of up to 44% in Thailand’s insurgency-hit southern provinces
- Official orders confirm the reductions, while police headquarters admits a ฿314 million allowance shortfall
- Frontline officers face losing nearly ฿3,000 monthly
Summary
### Southern police face a 44% allowance axe, but PM Anutin insists there are no cuts. Police orders tell another story. A ฿314m shortfall sparks fury, with MPs demanding answers and a November 12 showdown over who ordered the reductions. Who ordered it?
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is under fire after denying police allowance cuts of up to 44% in Thailand’s insurgency-hit southern provinces. Official orders confirm the reductions, while police headquarters admits a ฿314 million allowance shortfall. Frontline officers face losing nearly ฿3,000 monthly. Meanwhile, two MPs have challenged the government’s contradictory accounts.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul faces mounting questions over police allowance cuts of up to 44% in Thailand’s troubled southern border provinces. Official police orders confirm substantial reductions in payments to frontline officers.