Thailand’s 13.5-billion baht deal to buy a submarine from China should soon reach a conclusion, Defence Minister Sutin Klungsang told the Parliament on Thursday, noting that the Office of the Attorney General is expected to provide an instruction to either proceed with or back out of the deal over the weekend.

The Ombudsman’s Office plans to table a complaint over the controversial submarine purchase deal at its meeting early next week to decide whether it should seek a verdict from either the Constitutional Court or the Administrative Court.