On Wednesday, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin made the right call by transferring the director-general of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), Traiyarit Temahiwong, to the Central Institute of Forensic Science (CIFS).
Pol Maj Gen Suriya Singhakamol has since been appointed not only to act as his replacement but also to oversee the internal probe of six DSI officials (one of whom is a close aide of the transferred DSI chief) who are accused of serious misconduct -- by taking 10 million in bribes from 11 Chinese criminal suspects in exchange for letting them walk free.
