Aswin Kwanmuang

He graduated from secondary level from Dan Chang Wittaya School and then start police careers at Provincial Police Region 7 School as a police NCO student and then he studied at Royal Thai Police Cadet Academy as an officer cadet class 30 receiving bacherlor degree in public administration (police affairs). Later, he attended Advanced Police Administration Program Class 16 and National Defense College class 45.^[1][2]

He was known as a skilled police officer who has worked on many important cases at the national level, such as the murder of Jo Danchang, the car bomb case of former Prime Minister Thaksin, the case of arresting of Kamnan Sia, Jip Phia Khiao and the extrajudicial case of Joke Phai Khiao.^[3]

In the middle of 2008, when having the rank of Police Lieutenant General, he was moved from the position of Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, to be Assistant Commissioner of Police. Pol Lt Gen Suchart Muankaew taking this position instead was criticized because the police could not handle the rally of the People's Alliance for Democracy.^[4]

Later, in the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva in mid-2009, there was news that Suthep Thaugsuban Deputy Prime Minister overseeing internal security was trying to pledge to be an Advisor Level 10 of Royal Thai Police in the rank of Police General, which was a newly opened position. But the Police Commission did not provide approval. Later, in October of the same year, he was graciously accepted as a police general and set as Deputy Commissioner of Royal Thai Police; and later was appointed to serve as a replacement for Commissioner of Police Region 2 to take care of the eastern region. Then, moving from that position, to become Commissioner of Police Region 1 to supervising the central region in October 2010 which was at the end of the same year.^[5]

He also received the nickname from the media of the "Aswin Pid Job" (Thai: อัศวินปิดจ๊อบ, "Knight (his name "Aswin") closed the job") because of the fierce performance and "Phai Khiao buster" and also received votes from the ABAC poll that he was a police officer who is a "police buster" which people felt was the most liked and would solve crime.^[6]