Golden Geese In The Golden Land

[yeti]

Chang Noi of The Nation has a look at the corruption scandals which plagued Suvarnabhumi and what happened since then:

OVER FOUR YEARS AGO when the new airport opened, there was a storm of allegations over corruption. There was the small matter of a Bt1.71 billion gap between the purchase price and the selling price for the CTX baggage scanners. But there were others too: a Bt1 billion contract for ground services awarded to a Singapore-registered company whose owner was traced to a derelict house in the Bangkok suburbs; Bt4 billion for wiring and ducting to a company with no track record; half a billion for luggage trolleys of unbelievably clunky quality; Bt5 billion for operating security guards; Bt3 billion for limousine services; an allegation that Thaksin's sister demanded a bribe of Bt300 million for the car park concession; an advertising concession to Thaksin's son; and an Bt8 billion contract for building drains allocated to the family of another minister. After scrutinising the contracts, the auditor-general, Jaruvarn Maintaka, reckoned that the defalcation was consistent and large.

What has happened with all these allegations?

[wileycoyote]

Buried in the foundations !

[Freddie_fly]

Exactly the same thing that has happened to the King Power allegations and many others, money has changed hands and the pie has been sliced a little thinner.

regards

Freddie