Career
Pong was a scion of the wealthy Sarasin family, one of Bangkok"s oldest assimilated Thai-Chinese business clans.
Pong was a scion of the wealthy Sarasin family, one of Bangkok"s oldest assimilated Thai-Chinese business clans.
Pong, although himself was a leading member of Thailand"s Social Action Party, is frequently associated with his politically active family: Pong was the son of former Prime Minister and Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Secretary-General Pote Sarasin. He is the brother of former Police Chief General and Interior Minister Pao Sarasin, as well as the brother of Arsa Sarasin, the former foreign minister and current chief secretary of Her Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej"s office.