Thai Transport Minister accused of illegally holding shares in partnership company

[snoop1130]

 

Move Forward Party (MFP) MP Pakornwut Udompipat accused the current Minister of Transport of violating the constitution by holding shares in a partnership company.

 

The accusation was first brought into the public domain in the censure debate on July 19 of last year. Pakornwut presented his information stating that Saksayam Chidchop, from the Bhumjaithai Party, concealed his shares, in Buri Charoen Construction, from the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).

 

Pakornwut accused the transport minister of transferring the shares to a nominee only 23 days before taking a ministerial position. However, he manipulated the nominee and managed the company and provided special advantages during government construction project bids.

 

Saksayam denied these allegations, asserting that he had no involvement with the company even before taking up the ministerial position in 2019. He added that he had the documents to prove his innocence.

 

The matter was forwarded to the Constitution Court, which subsequently led to Saksayam being suspended from his ministerial duties on March 3 of this year. This suspension was a result of the accusation that he violated Section 170(5) of the constitution, which prohibits ministers from holding shares in partnership or limited companies.

 

By Petch Petpailin

Caption: Photo via Thai News Agency

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/thai-transport-minister-accused-of-illegally-holding-shares-in-partnership-company

 

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[RichardColeman]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He added that he had the documents to prove his innocence.

A Prayut dictorial pardon probably

[stoner]

Saksayam denied these allegations, asserting that he had no involvement with the company even before taking up the ministerial position in 2019. He added that he had the documents to prove his innocence.

 

i believe him. leave the poor guy alone it's all a misunderstanding. 

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Saksayam denied these allegations, asserting that he had no involvement with the company even before taking up the ministerial position in 2019. He added that he had the documents to prove his innocence.

No involvement.. yeah okay.

[2baht]

Rumblings within the elite circles? Go for it! 

[steveyinasia]

A corrupt politician in Thailand, tell me its not true.

[Sydebolle]

Ah, in due time again - the lovely Chidchob family. This time round the English version of this rather famous name has been slightly amended to "Chidchop" to confuse the internet. 

• His brother Newin (named after Burma's Newin) is the uncrowned monarch of Buriram and latter had an important political bullet in his gun when it was "shoot Thaksin" time. 
• His father Chai Chidchob, meanwhile dead, was House Speaker who froze Thanathorn some 4+ years back. 
• So read between the lines, some shuffling of a big deck of cards is going on and Saksayam seems to be the "target of the day". 

Thailands politics are more entertaining than any cabaret, albeit at a much higher price than what you would be paying for the latter. 

[sammieuk1]

Now would be a good time to mention any dead friends or apparitions you may rely on in court ????

[bamnutsak]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

the current Minister of Transport

Uhm, I think he was relieved of his duties as Minister of Transport...and replaced by Anutin Charnvirakul.

 

Thailand’s transport minister Saksayam ordered to cease performing his duty

 

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob has been ordered by the Constitutional Court to cease performing his duty, effective today (Friday), after the court accepted a complaint from 54 opposition MPs, alleging that the minister is the owner of Buri Charoen Construction Limited Partnership.

 

According to Section 187 of the Constitution, a minister cannot hold a stake in or be involved in the management of a business. Violation of the provision will result to the loss of the ministerial post, as stipulated in Section 170 of the charter.

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thailands-transport-minister-saksayam-ordered-to-cease-performing-his-duty/

 

 

Arch-enemy of the Chidchob clan, Chuwit Kamolvisit, has been strangely silent over the past few months. 

[harada]

A sign of things  to come, there’s 26 million people who voted for MFP wanting to get the dirt on 250 certain individuals, like they say, pay backs are a bitch.