Abhisit hopes implicated officials not covering up for bosses

“Everything hinges on evidence and it remains to be seen whether the politicians will cast the officials adrift and make them take the blame,” he said.
Abhisit said independent investigation was needed to unmask the political masterminds, otherwise only officials from the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation would be implicated.
He said he suspected that some officials were covering up for their bosses, adding that foul play was not just limited to flood-relief supplies, but also involved the government scheme of providing discount coupons for electrical appliances to flood victims.
He was commenting on reports that the Department of Special Investigation had named 10 officials as suspects in connection with the purchase of flood relief supplies at inflated prices. 
Democrat MP Vilas Chanpitaksa said the DSI report came up with similar findings to those of the House committee on anti-corruption.
Vilas said he had found the relief supplier, Ua Thanapat, was a shell company set up to cover up bogus deals. In one transaction, officials took delivery of 40,000 sets of relief supplies but in reality only 9,600 sets were delivered, he said, voicing suspicion about inflated prices as well as false delivery records.
He said he did not believe that low-ranking officials could pull off such a scam without the backing of their superiors who might, in turn, work for a main political boss.