Sukhumbhand Paribatra gestures as he arrives at the Democrat Party headquarters in Bangkok March 3, 2013. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's military government suspended the governor of Bangkok, the country's most senior elected official, on Thursday while the country's attorney general investigates allegations of corruption and misuse of city funds.
The order suspending Sukhumbhand Paribatra, a member of the royal family and a former deputy foreign minister, was signed by junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha and published in the Royal Gazette.
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