General accused of abuse

       Family values campaigner Rabiabrat Pongpanit is pressing for an investigation into a military general accused of sexually abusing a female navy officer.
       Mrs Rabiabrat, a former Khon Kaen senator, said she was planning to petition the supreme commander, the defence minister and the prime minister to investigate a general attached to the Supreme Command who is accused of sexually abusing a female naval officer who holds the rank of lieutenant.
       The 47-year-old officer had been abused by the general for four years, Mrs Rabiabrat said yesterday.
       The name of the female officer has been withheld.
       Mrs Rabiabrat said the general had threatened to expose the affair to the officer's husband if she refused to give in to the general's demands.
       She said this prompted the female officer to lodge a complaint with police and bring the matter to her attention.
       Mrs Rabiabrat said she would compile evidence including a copy of the police complaint and send them to the general's superiors as he will retire soon under an early retirement programme.
       Mrs Rabiabrat said the general was a specialist attached to the Supreme Command and an alumnus of the Class 10 Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School.
       A lawyer acting for the female officer said she would discuss her case tomorrow with prosecutors and social workers at Bang Khen police station.