Glove wars: Public Warehouse Organisation gears up for legal battle over undelivered goods

[webfact]

The Public Warehouse Organisation (PWO) is currently embarking on a legal battle against its former director and six other officials for undelivered gloves. The lawsuit is centred around the return of a 2 billion baht deposit that was paid for a 112 billion baht rubber glove purchase during the Covid-19 pandemic, which was never delivered.

Kriangsak Prateepvisut, the PWO director, revealed yesterday, January 15, that legal action has already been instigated against the seven officials. This follows a previous decision by the Comptroller General’s Department which held these officials accountable for the botched procurement of 500 million rubber gloves.

 

The officials, who were implicated last month, extracted 2 billion baht from the PWO’s account as a deposit for the glove supplier. Among those in the crosshairs is former acting PWO director, Rungroj Puttiyaphiwat.

Concurrently, criminal proceedings have been initiated. The suspects’ assets, including land, lavish cars and motorcycles, and high-end watches and bags, have been seized.

 

by Mitch Connor

Picture courtesy of Janaza Announcements

 

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[flyingtlger]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The officials, who were implicated last month, extracted 2 billion baht from the PWO’s account as a deposit for the glove supplier....

The officials didn't have the right connections.....

 

[stoner]

getting a deposit back in thailand hahaha

[jacko45k]

What, you want your money/deposit back? Do you know where you are? We spent it already!

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The lawsuit is centred around the return of a 2 billion baht deposit that was paid for a 112 billion baht rubber glove purchase during the Covid-19 pandemic, which was never delivered.

All that money, they couldn't help themselves... well actually it seems like they did.