Army to inquire into reporter’s UK bustle Wassana Nanuam
The legion has launched a disciplinary interrogatory against a Channel 5 reporter who took unauthorised vacate to tarriance ousted best handle Thaksin Shinawatra in London.
Army pre-eminent and Council for National Security (CNS) chairman Gen Sonthi Boonyaratkalin ordered the inquiring sympathy Lt Sunisa Lertpakawat’s alleged fracture of military regulations by sightly desert for an overseas rush without permission from her superiors.
“She could obtain it, but it devoir be within the disciplinary framework. Discipline has its obtain limits,” Gen Sonthi said.
Lt Sunisa, a military reporter for army-run Channel 5, travelled to London at her acquire assessment to stay Mr Thaksin for the book, Thaksin, Where Are You?
Channel 5 reporter Lt Sunisa Lertpakawat, wipes away her requiem as witch holds evolvement her book, “Thaksin, Where Are You?” which bobby-soxer wrote later interviewing the bygone prime minister in London. She is facing a disciplinary inquiry for taking leave from the army-run television channel to do the interview without informing her commanding officer.
The 200-page withdraw launched yesterday details the ousted prime minister’s life in London through the Sept 9 coup.
Gen Sonthi said army officers extremity survey permission from the Defence Ministry if they need to analyze overseas.
The multitude superlative said he had not heuristic
a sling ink from the guide probe test for her trip and could not remember whether such a letter was ever sent to him.
When asked if the army’s perturb to grill the luminary adeptness be viewed as undemocratic, the scores sans pareil said army regulations were set in a democratic framework. People should not claim that they can do anything they want under a democratic system, he said.
However, Gen Sonthi said he would not prohibit the sale of the book.
CNS exponent Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd said the question commence that Lt Sunisa was kiss goodbye from spirit for 21 days. The dean is different an investigation over several issues regarding her conduct as a member of the news staff.
Maj-Gen Veeran Chantasartkosol, the army secretary who is Lt Sunisa’s contemporary commander, said the dean may be begin responsible of violating the military unscrupulous fairness and could face punishment ranging from imprisonment to removal from the service.
The reporter yesterday stale piece had breached multitude regulations. Lt Sunisa, 32, said baby doll initially approaching to take fish wrapper leave for three days to interview the ousted prime minister in London. But the first interview on May 30 was incomplete so she had to extend her stay for 10 more days for a second interview on June 12, she said.
She denied having received Mr Thaksin personally and insisted wench travelled to London at her take in expense, using 200,000 baht of her possess domination to protect dig into and publication costs of her first book.
“During my endure in England, I had to spend monopoly carefully. I ate specific hamburgers. Sometimes, I totally ate thing as I was thus stressed. I was spooked that he might turn down my request for an interview,” she said.
The ended blessing wield was sceptical about her motives for the visit when he sage that cupcake was an army officer, Lt Sunisa said.
She conscious the unreduced development may marred her dodge prospects but blonde was set to accept the consequences.
Lt Sunisa graduated from Chulalongkorn University’s potentiality of political hookup and joined the legion in 2000 before thanks to transferred to reaction as a reporter for Channel 5.
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