BANGKOK: A well-known high-ranking Thai police officer who disappeared from the public sphere four months ago has been charged with malfeasance, police said Saturday, the latest twist in a shadowy purge of planners behind a birthday parade for the queen.

Former police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri was a familiar face who appeared on daily television broadcasts with updates on high profile criminal cases, including the bombing in Bangkok last year that killed 20 people.

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