By Aukkarapon Niyomyat and Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police on Friday said they were considering suing a former officer investigating human trafficking for defamation over comments he made implicating senior officials in the trade. Police Major General Paween Pongsirin arrived in Melbourne a few days ago and told the Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) on Thursday that he feared for his life because influential figures in the Thai government, military and police implicated in the illicit trade want him dead. “Unfortunately, those bad police and military are the ones that have power.” Royal Thai Police chief Jakthip Chaijinda told reporters that he did not know why Paween fled but said a legal team was checking whether his comments were defamatory.
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Thai police consider defamation suit against human trafficking investigator
