Minister: Chuwit has 13 days to back up corruption claims related to Bangkok’s Orange line contract

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Minister of Transport Saksayam Chidchob (right) said on Tuesday that Chuwit Kamolvisit (inset) has 13 more days to substantiate claims made late last week concerning Bangkok’s Orange line.

 

by James Morris and Son Nguyen

 

Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, on Tuesday, appeared to try calm tensions between the Bhumjaithai Party and Chuwit Kamolvisit but, at the same time, his cabinet colleague and Minister of Transport Saksayam Chidchob turned the heat up on the anti-corruption activist demanding that he substantiate the claims he made last week concerning the Bangkok mass transit Orange line while not ruling out legal proceedings for defamation.

Whistleblower Chuwit Kamolvisit has just thirteen days to substantiate his claims linked to allegations of irregular dealings to do with Bangkok’s mass transit Orange line made last week. Speaking to reporters, on Tuesday, Minister of Transport Saksayam Chidchob did not specifically rule out the possibility of defamation proceedings if the substantiation of the claims made by Mr Chuwit to officials is not received as requested. On Monday, the whistleblower launched into an angry tirade against the Bhumjaithai Party and the brother of the transport minister, Newin Chidchob, after three officials from the Ministry of Public Health carried out an inspection at a cannabis retail concession at his hotel in the Sukhumvit area of Bangkok. The anti-corruption activist has claimed that Bhumjaithai will fail to get an MP elected in Bangkok and on Monday, criticised the party’s signature cannabis deregulation initiative as a danger to young people.

 

A war of words has broken out between Mr Chuwit Kamolvisit, the activist whistleblower and the Bhumjaithai Party over claims made last week relating to alleged irregularities in the Orange Line mass transit project and a raid, on Monday, by officials from the Ministry of Public Health on a retail outlet at the Davis Hotel in Bangkok which is owned by Mr Chuwit.

 

Full story: https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2023/02/28/chuwit-given-deadline-on-corruption-claims-transport-minister-orange-line/

 

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[rwill]

Perhaps the DPM would volunteer for a polygraph test to remove all doubt.

 

Anyway in this crazy country even if he came up with evidence of what he claimed they could still charge him with defamation.

[spidermike007]

I hope he comes up with substantial confirmation of major corruption amongst active members of the ruling party. The nation needs that to be able to say the final goodbyes to Cha Cha, Prawit and Anutin. Total misfits. 

[Bert got kinky]

2 hours ago, rwill said:

Perhaps the DPM would volunteer for a polygraph test to remove all doubt.

 

Anyway in this crazy country even if he came up with evidence of what he claimed they could still charge him with defamation.

Perhaps the DPM would volunteer for a polygraph test

Or instead of this witchcraft that American police shows cant seem to understand is seriously flawed, why not toss a coin to yes/no questions and get a higher accuracy rate?

 

 

[RichardColeman]

2 hours ago, rwill said:

Perhaps the DPM would volunteer for a polygraph test to remove all doubt

I'd roll that one out to ALL employees of the government, politicians and police - a once a year question - have you accepted a bride.

[herfiehandbag]

So Mr Chewit is criticising Mr Anutin and his party for their, cannabis deregulation proposals, yet the hotel he owns has a cannabis retail facility?

 

OK.

[ignore it]

And after 13 days I'm going to:

A. Maybe begin defamation proceedings 

B. Maybe ask the family to cancel your invite to the annual barbecue

C.  Maybe hold my breath till I turn blue

D. Try to remember this threat

E.  Probably nothing

[bamnutsak]

13 days?

 

Did he have to go to a fortune teller to choose the most auspicious deadline?

 

It looks like Chuwit is trying to peel off 10-ish BJT seats, thereby leaving them out of second (or third now) spot in the next government. It feels personal, but I'm not familiar with the Chuwit/Chidchob "dynamics"?

 

 

PPP and UTN should face no challenges finding enough small parties to form a coalition.

 

Many have resigned from Parliament and jumped parties, I think the Dems lost at least two members yesterday.

 

 

[IamNoone88]

Insightful as to just how "outranged" foreigners are on corruption in Thailand .... as if their own home country politics is so squeaky clean and incorruptible. In my opinion, western governments with their nepotism and shading back room dealings are far worse. Pity there are not a few more Chewit's in the west to follow.

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, on Tuesday, appeared to try calm tensions between the Bhumjaithai Party and Chuwit Kamolvisit but, at the same time, his cabinet colleague and Minister of Transport Saksayam Chidchob turned the heat up on the anti-corruption activist demanding that he substantiate the claims he made last week concerning the Bangkok mass transit Orange line while not ruling out legal proceedings for defamation.

There's a very old saying: "Be careful what you ask for"

[Elkski]

Don't let me down Chuw!!!

[sammieuk1]

Lets find out if he swim with a concrete overcoat on after backing up the very probable claims ????

[PETERTHEEATER]

7 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

I'd roll that one out to ALL employees of the government, politicians and police - a once a year question - have you accepted a bride.

Married civil servants would answer YES.