webfact Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 NACC resolves to charge Suthep over police station project By The Nation Former MP Suthep Thaugsuban (left) , Pol General Pateep Tanprasert (right) The National Anti-Corruption Commission resolved on Monday to officially charge former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban and former acting national police chief Pol Gen Pateep Tanprasert in the Bt5.8 billion new police station project. The NACC said it was determined to charge Suthep, Pateep and members of the police committee in charge of approving the project and bring them to the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Office. Suthep, Pateep and members of the police panel were accused of violating the law through bidding collusion. The project aimed to build 396 new police stations nationwide. The winner of the project was later found to have abandoned the project, causing police at many stations to have no premises from which to work. The opposition then attacked Suthep over the scandalous project that made headlines, prompting the NACC to conduct an investigation. The NACC set up a subcommittee with nine members to investigate the case and the subpanel submitted its report to the NACC to consider, leading to the Commission’s decision to iindict Suthep, the former police chief and the panel in charge of approving the project. Suthep is now a leading member of the Action Coalition for Thailand Party, whose leader Chatu Mongol Sonakul is the labour minister in the current government. Earlier, the NACC announced that the accused were made up of two groups. In the first group, Suthep is accused of violating the anti-collusion act of B.E. 2542 in the project to build 396 police stations nationwide by giving the contract to a contractor and cancelling the earlier method of granting multiple contracts based on region. It was his approval of the merger of regional contracts into one national project that has led to his facing the collusion charge and benefitting the bid winner. Pateep and members the police committee was charged with abusing authority related to the project to build police stations for the Provincial Police Bureaus 1 to 9 and for the southern provinces’ border patrol police command. Suthep has testified to the subcommittee of the NACC three times, protesting his innocence on each occasion. In this third appearance before the subcommittee, Suthep said he had nothing to do with the failure on the part of the project winner to complete the construction on schedule. Suthep also insisted that he had nothing to do with the drafting of the contract and the change of the bidding method because the signing of the contract complied with the regulations of the PM’s Office on hiring a private firm. Suthep said the contractor must be held responsible for the construction delay, not him. Suthep explained to the NACC that he approved the merger of multiple contracts in line with a proposal put forward by Pateep. He explained that he initially approved multiple projects based on nine police provincial bureaus as proposed by then national police chief Pol Gen Phatcharawat Wongsuwan. But when Pateep became acting national police chief, Pateep proposed the merger of the contracts into one on grounds that the 2010 budget act stated that contract signing of one project must be carried out as one contract. As a result, Suthep explained, the multiple contracts were changed into one in accordance with the budget spending regulations of the 2010 act. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30373452 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-07-23 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarFlungFalang Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 I'm pretty sure it was Thaksin's fault! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Determined to charge, what a crock of s++t, i am determined to walk again, but that will never happen. Easy to talk, action speaks louder than words, action is needed NOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Charged, first court hearing about 2029. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterwhisper Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Quickly, Suthep, odain! I am sure they still keep your robe ready in a temple closet somewhere from last time because they anticipated that you'd desperately need it once more sooner or later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Quote Abhisit, Suthep broke law in bids: DSI Mar 05. 2013 By Piyanut Tumnukasetchai The Nation Police station case given to NACC; findings due soon on precincts Soon???? https://www.nationthailand.com/national/30201333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracker1 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 It seems the commissions were to high for the contractor, time to get out !, Someone please tell me there was no more then the standard 10/20 % corruption involved financially Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Loh Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 The NACC was super efficient to take Yingluck to court in a relative short time while this case since 2542 sat in the file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seajae Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 couldnt happen to a more deserving person, massive fines/seizures and jail time would be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckBee Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 And to think this scum of a man was who Prayut used to face the anti corruption protest to topple yingluck . Can't believe anyone backed mr dum dum suthep, was unbelievable this vile king of corruption could stand in silom and talk for weeks on ending corruption . Too much vile greed at the top and probably worse know and certainly no better than previous governments . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jabis Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 4 hours ago, webfact said: protesting his innocence Is that english for admitting guilt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonthai Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Would the former head of dsi tarit be freed from 1 year prison sentence given to him in december for defaming suthep in exactly this corruption case? and would the king give back to tarit all the titles and honours, which he withdrawn just a week ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadGeordie Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Charging times may vary. Dependant on the "item" to be charged. "Items" that hold a lot of power, will obviously take longer to charge than those that have little power. Eg. Picking mushrooms, over Bt5.8 billion graft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candide Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 We all know how it will end up. No surprise expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, BigBadGeordie said: Charging times may vary. Dependant on the "item" to be charged. "Items" that hold a lot of power, will obviously take longer to charge than those that have little power. Eg. Picking mushrooms, over Bt5.8 billion graft. Good observation and depends on the resistance that has to be overcome to bring about the charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadGeordie Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 5 minutes ago, Artisi said: Good observation and depends on the resistance that has to be overcome to bring about the charge. Ohm not sure about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 11 minutes ago, BigBadGeordie said: Ohm not sure about that. Watt do you mean, if the connection is correct the charge could be minimal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phkauf Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 So this must be where he got the funds for his Private Wealth Account at a major Swiss bank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzian Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 I'm not defending Suthep but this case goes WAY back in the past and the article doesn't mention any timeline. Why in this country do they so often wait so many years before deciding to bring action on some cases? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geronimo Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 15 hours ago, BuckBee said: And to think this scum of a man was who Prayut used to face the anti corruption protest to topple yingluck . Can't believe anyone backed mr dum dum suthep, was unbelievable this vile king of corruption could stand in silom and talk for weeks on ending corruption . Too much vile greed at the top and probably worse know and certainly no better than previous governments . Couldn't agree more Sir! If anyone deserves life in jail, it is him!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonthai Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 28 minutes ago, Enzian said: I'm not defending Suthep but this case goes WAY back in the past and the article doesn't mention any timeline. Why in this country do they so often wait so many years before deciding to bring action on some cases? Suthep is a major mafia figure in the south, untouchable. The case is from 2010. He had prosecuted many, including the government officials, for defamation, and won. Even the king supports him, that’s why he withdraw honours from the previous head of dsi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Has there ever been a project here where someone should not have been charged I doubt it!???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Jones Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 17 hours ago, seajae said: couldnt happen to a more deserving person, massive fines/seizures and jail time would be good He has obviously upset a few people. A bomb in the basement at Centro, Koh Samui and total destruction by fire of a warehouse complex in Surat Thani just to start with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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