Activist to petition NACC over ministers’ receipt of gifts from PM
Srisuwan Janya, secretary-general of the Association for the Protection of the Constitution, on Wednesday will petition the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to scrutinise Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha, as well as two of his ministers, in connection with the alleged receipt of gifts worth more than Bt3,000 while in office.
During the mobile Cabinet meeting in Phitsanulok late last month, Prayut bought three of the province’s signature dog breed Bangkaew puppies for Bt6,000 each, and also paid Bt25,000 to the breeders as a reward for their help in preservation of the Thai breed.
Prayut then presented one the puppies to Interior Minister Gen Anupong Paochinda, and another to Deputy PM Gen Chatchai Sarikulya as gifts.
Srisuwan said on Tuesday that the NACC law stated that government officials could not receive gifts of more than Bt3,000 apiece.
The NACC should scrutinise the three generals and, if they were found guilty of wrongdoing, punish them in accordance with the law, he insisted.
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