DNP Chief Orders Transfer of 95 Officials, Names Released
Thailand's Department of National Parks chief Yongyut Nakawiroj has ordered the transfer of 95 officials to various leadership roles across the country. The reassignment includes heads of national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, forest fire centers, and wildlife checkpoints, with names such as Pakon Puiwong and Polawiwit Limchun announced. The move aims to strengthen management of protected areas and natural resources.
The order reassigns officials to roles such as head of the Chiang Rai forest fire center (Pakon Puiwong), head of the Nakhon Si Thammarat fire center (Polawiwit Limchun), director of the administration division in the Wildlife and Plant Protection Bureau (Yothin Wechapong), director of the ivory control section (Tweechot Jumrasai), director of foreign wildlife management (Natthakan Sutnon), director of the Don Mueang airport wildlife checkpoint and additional duties (Kanokwan Kaewpakasit), head of the Mukdahan and Khomprath wildlife checkpoints (Prapas Sirid), head of the Phuket and Krabi airport wildlife checkpoints (Chinthop Kanghae), head of the Ubon Ratchathani arboretum (Chinna Thongphim), head of the Hin Khob botanical garden and related forest development center (Patcharin Suwan), head of the Lampang watershed study unit (Thatsaphon Chinaprom), head of the Huai Kha Khaeng wildlife breeding station (Trasak Nipanan), and head of the Nakhon Ratchasima wildlife breeding station (Suppalak Prajan).