Whistleblower exposes alleged misconduct of Thailand’s national park chief

[webfact]

Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn 

 

Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn says he decided to report the alleged misconduct of the national park chief because he could not tolerate seeing his colleagues suffer by having to find money to pay bribes, resulting in family problems or being unfairly transferred.

 

The former chief of Kaeng Krachan national park played a key role in exposing Rutchada Suriyakul Na Ayutya, director-general of Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, who was arrested by police from the Anti-Corruption Division on graft charges at his office on Tuesday. About five million baht in cash was also found in his office.

 

Chaiwat claimed that the 5-million baht seized yesterday (Tuesday) was just a quarter of the amount allegedly received each month by Rutchada.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/whistleblower-exposes-alleged-misconduct-of-thailands-national-park-chief/

 

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[Artisi]

Must be some sort of mistake 

[gamb00ler]

1 minute ago, Artisi said:

Must be some sort of mistake 

Since that is such a regular occurence in these parts.... let's just say MBSSOM.

[proton]

240 million a year stolen just from a few parks, no wonder they need to charge arrivals 300 baht entry fee on landing, I wonder where that will end up????

[mikebell]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

The former chief of Kaeng Krachan national park played a key role in exposing Rutchada Suriyakul Na Ayutya,

I knew it would have nothing to do with investigations by the police; they rely on whistleblowers to do their work.  RTP are as useless as the whistleblowers on Macro carparks.

[AhFarangJa]

He admitted that, throughout his four years as the permanent secretary, he had never seen a corruption case implicating such a high-ranking official.

I wonder why that is.................

[bamnutsak]

I'm sure this is just one bad apple. /spit-take.

 

Kicking-back upwards of 18% of an annual budget is bold.

 

But prayuth told us he would eliminate corruption, as part of his twenty-year plan, so we just have to wait another 12-ish years.

 

[huangnon]

Maybe Khun Chaiwat is just deflecting.?

 

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Chaiwat and his three former subordinates at Kaeng Krachan national park are facing murder charges for the enforced disappearance of Karen activist Porlajee Rakchongcharoen, aka “Billy”, about eight years ago.

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he could not tolerate seeing his colleagues suffer by having to find money to pay bribes, resulting in family problems or being unfairly transferred.

Or being unfairly murdered.?

[internationalism]

shame that this whistle blower is charged with premeditated murder of Billy in 2014. Billy was Karen community activist organising against forceful eviction from their lands within the national park

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/national/40018923 

 

Chaiwat was discharged from service earlier on, when first charged in that murder in 2020.

How he knows details of what's going on within his former employer?

For how long he knew about it?

Why he did not disclose it at time he first knew (or participate) in that corruption scheme?

Whistle blower is usually an insider who is clean from corruption or any wrongdoing. But it's clearly not the case with Chaiwat.

More like revenge against his former employer 

 

Edited December 29, 2022 by internationalism