snoop1130 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Prachum Khwanmuang, mayor of tambon Talad Noi municipality in Saraburi province, was apprehended by authorities yesterday, January 23, due to alleged allegations of bribery. Accused of taking a 12% bribe for authorising the payment of construction contracts, his illicit gains are estimated to be around 700,000 baht. The arrest took place in front of Sing Buri Wetchakarn Hospital in the tambon Bang Man of Mueang district. The officials from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACD), the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC), and the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) were behind the arrest. The 58 year old mayor was subject to an arrest warrant issued on January 19 by the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases. The charges against him include taking bribes as a state official, dereliction of duty, and abuse of power to demand assets or benefits. The arrest is the result of a complaint lodged by a subcontractor who was awarded 18 construction contracts worth a combined 5.4 million baht (US$150,827) by the Talad Noi administration in June last year. The subcontractor alleges that Prachum demanded a bribe amounting to about 12% of the total contract value, summing up to approximately 700,000 baht (US$19,551), reported Bangkok Post. By Mitch Connor Caption: Picture courtesy of Wassayos Ngamkham Full story: The Thaiger 2024-01-24 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingtlger Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 7 hours ago, snoop1130 said: The charges against him include taking bribes as a state official, dereliction of duty, and abuse of power to demand assets or benefits. The sub contractor was lucky to only have pay 12%. TIT. Now, he'll probably never get any jobs. How about our old PM? Wasn't his nick name MR. 20%..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 That goes on in every Tamboon in Thailand he was lucky it was only 12%, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 11 hours ago, snoop1130 said: The arrest is the result of a complaint lodged by a subcontractor who was awarded 18 construction contracts worth a combined 5.4 million baht (US$150,827) by the Talad Noi administration in June last year. The subcontractor alleges that Prachum demanded a bribe amounting to about 12% of the total contract value, summing up to approximately 700,000 baht Rotten to the core... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger70 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Nice one , Now they need All the Politicians to be checked for Bribery and Donations and then they will have to built a few new jails to put hem away for a lifetime. Just Dreaming. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 My guess is that this is incredibly common among mayors, headmen, governors, and so many government officials and likely most of the officials in the super corrupt army. So it makes you wonder why aren't more of them arrested, and why was this guy singled out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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