Does it sound right for Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha to tell Pol Maj Gen Paween Pongsirin to come back and fight after he had been explicit that the threat against his life came from "the highest-ranking people" in the country?
Pol Maj Gen Paween, formerly the country's lead investigator in human trafficking, is well-known for his probes into mass graves of Rohingya migrants near the Thai-Malaysian border which led to the prosecution of more than 60 suspects including several government officials and military officers.
The case was also unprecedented as it led to the nailing of the highest-ranking military officer to have been convicted of such a crime -- army adviser Lt Gen Manas Kongpan, who was jailed for 27 years for trafficking, taking bribes and transnational crimes.
