Transport Ministry shaken by top official's cash
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The discovery of more than Bt15 million in cash stolen from the home of Transport permanent secretary Suphoth Sublom has shocked and shaken the ministry.
“The controversial cash involving Suphoth is quite a shock,” Transport Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat said on Wednesday.
Sukumpol said that in his capacity as the political overseer, he was obligated to appoint a fact-finding committee to uncover how Suphoth came to possess so much cash.
“I have named a neutral official to lead the investigation so as to avoid speculation about framing or faulting Suphoth,” he said.
PM's Office permanent secretary Tongthong Chandransu would head the fact-finding probe, which is an internal check to decide whether to target Suphoth for disciplinary and criminal proceedings.
The fact finding is separate from the ongoing graft probe conducted by the National Anti Corruption Commission.
The minister said before the cash discovery, he had no problem working with Suphoth, who he found to be a capable official.
He dismissed any linkage between the censure debate led by the Pheu Thai Party when it was in the opposition and Suphoth finding himself in a difficult position
