KMITL to close 3 SCB accounts worth Bt60m
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THE KING Mongkut's Institute of Technology Latkrabang (KMITL) is planning to close three bank accounts worth Bt60 million with Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), before gradually closing 27 other SCB accounts KMITL acting deputy rector Phaophak Sirisuk said yest
The institute has 70 accounts with SCB and 30 of them can be closed without affecting the reimbursement system, he added. The move follows the discovery that Bt1.5 billion was stolen or embezzled – a case that is still being investigated.
Acting deputy rector Chamroon Laosinwattana, who is leading the KMITL-assigned investigation, said documents that SCB had submitted did not pinpoint wrongdoers, as most of the slips did not specify who the money was transferred to. He said they would ask the bank for more documents today.
He said KMITL was checking the authenticity of a former executive’s signatures that appeared on 30 documents, adding that the bank would be held accountable if the signatures were found to be fake.
So far, investigation has uncovered that a former executive opened and closed bank accounts, but the money was not deposited in KMITL accounts, and that Bt100 million in 14 cashier cheques had been signed for suspects Kittisak Mattujad, Poonsak Boonsawat and Ampon Noisamrit.
Meanwhile, KMITL acting rector Monai Krairiksh announced yesterday that the institute would this year invest Bt1.789 billion in order to boost its ranking in the top 10 Asean institutes in the field of science and technology by 2020.
Guidelines to achieve this plan include more collaboration and cooperation with top institutes in terms of knowledge exchange, lessons and research, developing its curriculum to cater to industry needs by offering courses such as Mobile Software Engineering as well as promoting field research.
Monai said the embezzlement case did not affect class activities, research or other academic services.
