Chalerm's fabricated story a diversion to gov't failure: Sophon
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Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung has fabricated a story about kickbacks in order to divert attention away from the government's failure to control the floods and the Thaksin pardon controversy, former transport minister Sophon Saram said on Friday
“Chalerm staged a political drama in the House of Represenatives as a diversion from the raging controversy on pardon,” he said in reference to the push to rescue former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra from his legal wrangling.
Sophon said he was consulting with his legal team to sue Chalerm for libel.
In the House question-and-answer session on Thursday, Chalerm said the stolen cash from the home of Transport permanent secretary Suphoth Sublom might be kickbacks linked to the construction of the extension of the mass rapid transit network, known as the Purple, Blue and Red Lines.
The bidding for the contract took place when Sophon was the political overseer under the Bhum Jai Thai Party’s quota.
Sophon urged the public not to draw a hasty conclusion. Police arrested suspects involved in breaking into Suphoth’s home and the law should be allowed to run its course so the facts would come out, he said.
The Nation
