Pheu Thai accuses Prayut of favouring businessman for convention centre

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Pheu Thai accuses Prayut of favouring businessman for convention centre

By The Nation

 

Yuttapong Charasathien

 

A Pheu Thai MP on Sunday (February 16) accused Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha of favouring a businessman from the new CBD Bangkok project for a 50-year lease contract of the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre.

 

Yuttapong Charasathien said that the businessman has invested Bt150 billion with the intention to use Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre for international meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) business.

 

Convention events at the centre are managed by NCC Management and Development, which, as per the contract, must build a 4- or 5-star hotel with 400 rooms, a parking lot for 3,000 cars and a 28,000-square-metre commercial building.

 

However, the NCC did not build a hotel which means they broke the contract. Later, Prayut’s government extended the contract to 50 years, Yuttapong said.

 

He added that there was no bidding for the contract and more information of such corrupt acts involving other businessmen would be presented during the censure debate. He would try to get the 50-year lease deal revoked.

 

He said Pheu Thai also has information about tobacco factories and the party is ready to hold the government to account on February 17.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30382236

 

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[Thaiwrath]

20 minutes ago, webfact said:

He said Pheu Thai also has information about tobacco factories

[Geoffggi]

Looking after the rich and powerful with little or no thought for the common people - Sad for Thailand

[legend49]

businessman has invested Bt150 billion

 

Amazing wealth what does he do in his day job?

 

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

However, the NCC did not build a hotel which means they broke the contract. Later, Prayut’s government extended the contract to 50 years, Yuttapong said.

I'm sure it was all a small mis-understanding in the fine print!

[Redline]

Th country is cursed in the corruption cycle, and the education system’s structure is aimed at supporting it for decades to come

[neeray]

You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.

 

Full steam ahead, stay the corruption course.

[kensawadee]

4 hours ago, legend49 said:

businessman has invested Bt150 billion

 

Amazing wealth what does he do in his day job?

 

Can you calculate how much more went straight to 'Who'se' off-shore bank account???

[ParkerN]

Ahhh. Do not under-estimate the power of the IOU...

 

 

 

[Rimmer]

A personal attack has been removed