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    Former national police chief Chakthip to face corruption charges

    Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has decided to file corruption charges against former national police chief Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda and 45 other individuals and legal entities over the procurement of 260 “smart” electric police patrol cars during the 2019 fiscal year, worth about 900 million baht.


    NACC Secretary-General Niwatchai Kasemmongkol said yesterday (Tuesday) that all 46 individuals and legal entities have 15 days to submit their statements to NACC officials after they receive notification of the charges.


    If they are not able to do so within the deadline, they can ask, in writing, for the postponement of the submission of their statements, he added.


    The case was raised with the NACC by Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, while he served as the commissioner of the Immigration Bureau, following an incident on January 7th, 2019 when his car was shot at by an unknown gunman.


    Surachate suspected that the shooting might be related to his ordering of an investigation into the Royal Thai Police’s project to procure a biometric identity verification system, worth about 2.1 billion baht.


    The biometrics project is the first phase of the Royal Thai Police’s plan to modernise the Thai police force through the procurement of modern technology. The “smart” police patrol car is the second phase of this project.


    Surachate also asked Pol Gen Chakthip to cancel the patrol car project, claiming that it had been delayed for a long time.


    An investigation by the NACC shows that the Royal Thai Police, under Pol Gen Chakthip, awarded the contract to supply the 260 patrol cars without calling an open bid, resorting to a selection process instead. Also, no fines were imposed on the company when it failed to deliver the cars within the contractual deadline.

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    I'm shocked! Corruption in the Thai police force. Never. Next thing they'll be saying Ex president trump was corrupt.

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    And of course being the top bod, that sets the example for *everyone* beneath him that it's OK to be as bent as a 30 baht note.

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    the wheels are in motion . . . four months later

    TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2023
    Graft watchdog to charge ex-police chief over THB2.1bn biometrics procurement

    The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has decided to charge Gen Chakthip Chaijinda, the former national police chief, along with three other former senior police officers, over their approval of the 2.1-billion-baht biometric system for Thailand’s major airports.

    An NACC source revealed the decision to charge the individuals was unanimous and made on Sunday. The three other senior officers to be charged are Pol Lt-Gen Tinnaphat Pummarin, then commander of the Police Logistics Office; Pol Lt-Gen Sompong Chinduang, then immigration chief; and Pol Maj-Gen Surapong Chaichan, then deputy commissioner of Provincial Police Bureau 7.

    The NACC will now summon the four officers to defend themselves against the malfeasance charges.

    The case will be concluded by the NACC investigative committee and handed over to the full NACC to consider recommending legal charges.

    High-profile lawyer Sittra Biabungkerd accused the four officers of abusing their authority to approve the procurement of the biometrics system for the Immigration Bureau, as well procurement of 260 electric police patrol cars.

    Sittra asked the NACC to investigate the case back in May 2019.

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    ………..and so the dance begins.

    They simply have no honour, no rule of law, no ethic, no decency.

    Their hypocrisy is as rancid as their blocked sewers.

    Dreadful country, dreadful society, dreadful people.

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    I wonder who he upset.

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