National police chief, General Seripisut Temiyavej, who presided over the two-hour meeting yesterday, said the commission upheld the previous subcommittee's ruling that the PM's order was just.

The commission voted 9-4 to reject Kowit's lawsuit against Surayud. Seripisut and one other committee member abstained. Kowit alleged that his transfer from his old post to  chief adviser on internal security to the PM was unjust.

The committee did not saw it necessary to submit the case to the Council of State because it believed Kowit would bring the case to the Administrative Court anyway, Seripisut said.

He added that by bringing the case to the Administration Court, Kowit would help the public and the media understand the issue better.

Meanwhile, Seripisut has ordered a deputy police commander, Colonel Ek Ekkasat, who reportedly owns one of three Porsche cars confiscated from a Ram Inthra garage, to give him a written explanation  today. The cars were confiscated by the police after they were allegedly smuggled into the country so the garage owners could avoid paying tax on them.

A source reported that the Porsche was found to have an altered engine number while another car's engine number did not match the Land Transport Department's registration records.