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Probe into controversial mayor set to conclude

Probe into controversial mayor set to conclude

A committee investigating the mayor of Muang Ban Pai in Khon Kaen, Premsak Piayura, for alleged crimes against five reporters is scheduled to finish its probe on Thursday.

The scandal has already caught the attention of Interior Minister General Anupong Paochinda.
“We have already interviewed both sides,” the committee chairman Surachai Wattana-udomchai said yesterday.
Premsak allegedly detained the five reporters against their will on July 27, one of whom was partially stripped. The mayor was reportedly unhappy over the media publishing pictures of him with a 15-year-old schoolgirl, who it was alleged he had married or got engaged to.
Surachai said Premsak and the reporters had provided different information, but the committee had also received information from other witnesses and evidence to help it reach a conclusion.
“We expect to submit probe results to the Khon Kaen governor by August 11,” Surachai said. Surachai is a high-ranking official at the Khon Kaen provincial authority.
Premsak testified to the committee on Thursday and denied any wrongdoing.
 

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