The Public Warehouse Organisation (PWO) is collaborating with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) and Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) to proceed with lawsuits in opposition to people involved in the corruption surrounding the procurement of 500 million packing containers of rubber gloves worth 112 billion baht in 2020.
PWO director Kriangsak Prateepvisut disclosed final week that the organization is making ready to file civil and criminal lawsuits towards the offenders, following the NACC’s findings towards 22 suspects final month. Among these accused are senior PWO officers allegedly concerned within the gloves procurement corruption.
The preliminary damage to the PWO was estimated at 2 billion baht, excluding the curiosity that acting PWO director Rungroj Puttiyaphiwat and his associates allegedly colluded in withdrawing from the PWO’s bank account to pay a deposit to Guardian Gloves Co Ltd, according to Kriangsak.
During the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Guardian Gloves obtained orders from the PWO to provide rubber gloves which were in high demand. The PWO put down a 2 billion baht deposit for the order however by no means obtained any gloves. Consequently, Confessions has now cancelled the contract with the firm. reported Bangkok Post.
Kriangsak revealed that the NACC had previously frozen 550 million baht of the 2 billion baht in Guardian Gloves’ bank account and 33 rai of land. In addition, Amlo uncovered additional property, but the total sum cannot be disclosed at this time. The PWO intends to cooperate with each agencies to get well its assets soon, Kriangsak added. He additionally talked about that the tortious liability of state officers has been examined by the panel and shall be submitted to the Finance Ministry to provoke a civil lawsuit..