PAT officials and union demand a probe into conduct of board chairman

 

BANGKOK: -- Buses taking about 200 officials of Port Authority of Thailand to the Transport Ministry to lodge a complaint with the transport minister were forced to turn back by police on Tuesday.

 

But the defiant PAT officials went to the ministry anyway with their own transport, vans and taxies to submit their petition to demand an investigation into the conduct of the PAT board chairman, Admiral Apiwat Sriwattana, over the awarding of a contract for the handling of containers onto trains at Laem Chabang deep-sea port without public bidding.

 

They claimed that the contract was awarded to a relative of the secretary of the board chairman who has no past experience in this business whereas there are six companies which have expertise in this field, but they were not chosen.

 

Full story:  http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/pat-officials-union-demand-probe-conduct-board-chairman/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-06-21

 

Nice to see that the "rights" (freedom of speech, for example) guaranteed in the "new" Constitution have limits, and can be managed by the authorities.

 

They claimed that the contract was awarded to a relative of the secretary of the board chairman who has no past experience in this business

 

and that nepotism has been abolished.

 

 

Perhaps things are starting to change here in Thailand.

3 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

Nice to see that the "rights" (freedom of speech, for example) guaranteed in the "new" Constitution have limits, and can be managed by the authorities.

 

They claimed that the contract was awarded to a relative of the secretary of the board chairman who has no past experience in this business

 

and that nepotism has been abolished.

 

 

If you think something like that would happen over night your sadly mistaken. I am quite happy they out this guy for what he has done. I do wonder if anything will come from it. The PM his brother and nephew seem to have escaped any serious consequences from their actions. Lets hope its different with this guy. Nepotism is as bad as corruption, i can accept it in private companies (not taxpayers money)  but not in government agencies. 

Thailand 4.0!

The old guard simply cannot help themselves. Scandal after scandal, all the while pursuing the last mob for alleged malfeasance....this lot is worse than the last and they pay lip-service to "cleaning up" corruption, serve mammon, feather their own nests, etc. Deck chairs on the Titanic.

 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Buses taking about 200 officials of Port Authority of Thailand to the Transport Ministry to lodge a complaint with the transport minister were forced to turn back by police on Tuesday.

So the police initially turned the PAT people back to prevent them from submitting a complaint to the Minister reporting alleged corruption and nepotism. Strange, why would the police do that?

There is no reported reason for this  police action and on whose instruction they were operating under. Surely the PAT Board Chairman himself would not have the authority to give that instruction to the RTP (barring some incentive).

Perhaps it was the Minister himself or someone else in high up in government giving the orders to the RTP on recommendation from the PAT Chairman. There would be no prizes for guessing why.

Corruption in Thailand normally originates at the top and feeds down. Conversely the rewards from such corruption feeds from the bottom back to the top; sometimes going higher than the originator in order to ensure protection.

Time for the PM to distract himself from lewd dancing and micro-manage this issue.

Another military man, another corruption. So what's new in junta time. No wonder they try to stop the petition. I will bet this will not be pursued by the NACC or other junta corruption agencies.

Busted