Panel set up to look into the case of missing textbooks
A committee has been set up to launch a disciplinary probe in relation to the 530,000 textbooks that went missing from the Office of the Welfare Promotion Commission for Teachers and Educational Personnel (OTEP)'s Business Organisation.
Education Minister Admiral Narong Pipattnasai said yesterday that the fact-finding committee had presented a report on the issue at the organisation’s recent meeting, but some points were unclear. However, the report did confirm that not all books were transferred to the warehouse, and that some 530,000 had gone missing.
Since the fact-finding panel comprised only OTEP officials, they may not want to draw a conclusion. Hence, acting organisation chief Suthep Chitayawong decided to set up another committee – comprising outsiders and OTEP labour union representatives – to review the whole case and investigate those who were involved in the book production.
“The fact-finding committee found that the books had gone missing between the production and the delivery to the warehouse, so we have to ask all related staff whose names are included in the list,” Narong said.
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