Govt Mp Takes Aim At Thai Pbs Spending

[Katmanpu]

This morning's BKK Post had an interesting article on page 3 about a proposal from an MP to scrutinize Thai PBS. In the article, the MP "has accused Thai Public Broadcasting Service (Thai PBS) of suspicious spending and wants to turn the operation into a government agency or a privately owned organisation."

I am not all that familiar with the history of Thai PBS. Would someone care to comment on this station in the light of such an accusation?

1.) Is this a reasonable accounting investigation into questionable spending practices?

2.) Or is it a thinly veiled ploy by the elements of the government's majority party to attempt to get editorial / management control over an independent media outlet?

Tried to post this in the Thailand News forum but could not..

Katmanpu