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.

[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] After retiring from the police force, he was appointed as Deputy Governor of Bangkok by Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra to oversee disaster prevention and mitigation work, as well as municipal affairs.

He is the first Thai police officer in history to hold this position.