Disaster officials may be named as witnesses
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The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is considering naming Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department (DPMD) officials as witnesses in the ongoing investigation into alleged corruption in the procurement of flood-relief items, which would conc
DSI chief Tharit Pengdit said the investigation had found two companies that won the bid to provide relief-bag items were lobbied to buy certain items by DPMD officials. He also said suspicions that officials bought cheap goods at exaggerated prices were confirmed. The DSI was probing if this could be linked to national politicians. It intends to name some DPMD officials as witnesses, he said.
The fact-finding team leader would report the probe results on Wednesday. According to the report, those accused of wrongdoing were civil servants ranked lower than deputy director-general. The DSI would send the part about state officials’ wrongdoing to the National Anti-Corruption Commission, while the DSI would look into the private companies’ wrongdoing.
