TK Palace School, “NACC Secretary” throws the Interior Ministry to order “Chan Phuangphet” to stop performing his duties after being elected as the president of Pathum Thani Provincial Administrative Organization again, indicating that there is a corruption case in the procurement. The Criminal Court has already accepted the indictment. Keep an eye out for other cases or not.
Mr. Niwatchai Kasem Mongkol, Secretary-General of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), mentioned the case of Mr. Chan Phuangphet, the new president of Pathum Thani Provincial Administrative Organization (PAO), who was found guilty by the NACC in connection with the procurement of relief bags in 2012. Currently, the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases Region 1, Pathum Thani Province, has issued an order to accept the indictment and the case is under consideration by the Criminal Court. Regarding the prosecution of the NACC under its authority, it was found guilty in 2021 in the procurement case that was conside
red collusion during the tenure of the president of Pathum Thani PAO. In this case, the NACC filed the indictment itself and the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases Region 1 accepted the indictment. Currently, witnesses are being investigated. According to the law in criminal cases, once the court accepts the indictment, the person must stop performing his duties. However, the law does not specify who should be the one to report. Therefore, in practice, the NACC will coordinate with the relevant agencies to inform them that there has been an indictment and the court has accepted the case.
As for cases where the duty has been suspended or the position has been terminated and the duty has been resumed, there is a decision of the Council of State from the discussion of the Ministry of Interior regarding the continuity of duty. If the duty is suspended and the position of local administrator is resumed, whether or not the duty can be performed is a matter for the Ministry of Interior to consider.
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s for Mr. Chan’s case, which is under consideration by the NACC, it will have to be investigated first to see if there are any other corruption cases involving the purchase of exercise equipment and other cases.
Source: Thai News Agency
