Top officials to appear in NACC flood probe
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The National AntiCorruption Commission (NACC) will launch a probe into 14 government officials, including a deputy directorgeneral, and two limited partnerships, for alleged irregularities in the reliefitem purchases for flood victims.
“We will summon them to acknowledge the NACC probe soon,” NACC commissioner Klanarong Chanthick said yesterday.
Klanarong said among the 14 officials is a deputy directorgeneral of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department (DPMD). An acting director of a division and the director of another division of the DPMD will also face the probe, alongside nine other less senior officials.
Klanarong said the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) had already forwarded its investigation report to the NACC regarding alleged irregularities in the Bt80million purchase of 100,000 reliefitem bags. The report, he said, had concluded that 10 DPMD officials violated the bidding law in arranging the purchase.
“An investigation by an NACC subpanel has suggested that more than 10 officials might have been involved. So, we are going to launch the probe against 14 officials and legal entities,” Klanarong said.
Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Yongyut Wichaidit said if found guilty, the officials would be punished. However, he suggested that some officials might have rushed to make the purchases because they wanted the relief items to reach flood victims fast during the flood crisis.
