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Published on July 7, 2007

Kittiphong Kittayarak, deputy permanent secretary at the Justice Ministry, said yesterday the session to be held at Government House.

Later all police will be surveyed for their opinions on the proposed changes.

Surayud ordered the establishment of the panel to look into reorganising the RTP following widespread discrimination by police in handling criminal actions against members of anti-Thaksin Shinawa-tra movements while siding with pro-Thaksin groups before last September's military coup.

Justice Minister Charnchai Likhitjittha earlier said the idea to overhaul the RTP had not come from the military but was just a government initiative that he thought would best benefit the public. The bill did not propose scrapping the Royal Police Cadet Academy but suggested ways to upgrade its academic standards in line with those of other universities, he said.

Justice permanent secretary Charan Phakdithanakul said the issue should be discussed and debated during the vetting of the bill under the Council of State's supervision.

"The issue should not be judged or finalised by any of the parties. A neutral third party should have the final say on it," he said.