Senate to ask Noppadon to testify

Senate's Committee of Foreign Affairs would seek Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama's testimony over a reshuffle at the ministry, which kicked up stair a legal expert Virachai Plasai who handled dispute over Preah Vihear with Cambodia.The issue would be in the committee's agenda next week and Noppadon would be invited to the testimony otherwise the committee would visit him at the ministry to ask for explanation, said committee chairman Pikulkaew Kraireuk.Political motivation might be the reason behind the reshuffle to remove Virachai from Director of the Treaties and Legal Affairs Department since he is qualify to fit the job, he said.

The Nation