Police promise to arrest KMITL suspects

The suspects, Tawatchai Yimcharoen and Sompong Sahaporn-udomkarn, contacted police to arrange their surrenders but failed to show.
“If they don’t turn themselves in, we will go after them and make arrests,” Pol Colonel Nos Svettalekha, Crime Suppression Division (CSD) deputy commander, said yesterday in his capacity as the lead investigator in the case.
He said police had been tipped off as to their whereabouts.
The scandal involves several suspects, including KMITL officials. Most identified suspects have either come forward or been arrested.
Along with Tawatchai and Sompong, Kittisak Matthujad is wanted by police. He has reportedly fled overseas, and police want his passport revoked.
“We have contacted the Foreign Affairs Ministry to arrange ||the revocation,” said CSD deputy commander Colonel Kornchai Klaikleung, who is also working on the case. Meanwhile, Nos said his team had discovered that Bt5.5 million from KMITL had been suspiciously channelled to one of its lecturers.
“If the lecturer fails to explain how the money got into his personal account, then we will have to take legal action against him,” he said.
He said he would also ask Siam Commercial Bank to provide further details about Songklod Sriprasong, a former SCB branch manager who allegedly played a big role in the scandal.
According to Nos, the SCB told Songklod to leave the bank after detecting his irregularities.