Activists call on Wan Noor to probe Anutin’s ethics over land dispute, Senate election
Activists petition House Speaker Wan Noor to probe PM Anutin’s ethics over Khao Kradong land dispute and alleged Senate election collusion.
A group of activists on Monday submitted a petition to House Speaker Wan Mohamad Noor Matha, calling for an ethics probe into Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, who is also an MP, alleging he had breached ethical standards.
The group, called the Network of People from Four Regions Against Corruption, claimed that Anutin had violated political ethics on two main issues – the Khao Kradong land dispute and the Senate election. The petition was led by Chatwat Pongthanachalitkul.
Under parliamentary rules, members of the public may submit petitions to the House ethics committee, which can investigate MPs suspected of breaching political standards.
Chatwat alleged that Anutin’s ethics were questionable because, when serving as interior minister in the Paetongtarn Shinawatra government, he refused to enforce a Supreme Court ruling ordering the return of 5,083 rai of land at Khao Kradong in Buri Ram to the State Railway of Thailand.
He also alleged that Anutin’s ethics were compromised because he has been named as a suspect by an Election Commission panel investigating alleged vote collusion in the Senate election.
The petition was formally submitted through an official at the House Secretariat.
