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13 November 2015
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scandal over Rajabhakti Park
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Accusations regarding corruption in the construction of the giant statues
placed in the recently opened Rajabhakti Park just south of the centre
of Hua Hin have been vigorously denied by former Army Chief and
current Deputy Defence Minister Udomdej Sitabutr, while at the same
time investigators from the Central Investigation Bureau are looking into
possible irregularities in the army’s one-billion-baht project.
“The project was implemented transparently. There were no irregularities
in the work,” Sitabutr was reported as saying Tuesday. “Some people asked
for commission fees from the owners of factories which cast the statues,”
he said. “When we discovered this, we returned the money to the factory
owners, but they decided to donate the money as charity.”
This followed comments by deputy police spokesman Maj General
Piyaphan Pingmuang who told media on Monday that an investigation was
ongoing to determine whether Pol Colonel Kachachart Boondee, who is
facing an arrest warrant over lese-majeste charges, was involved in the
alleged irregularities in the Rajabhakti Park project. Several news outlets
reported that police suspected a military officer of having appropriated 20
to 30 million baht from the project, and one identified Boondee.
General Udomdej, who chaired the Rajabhakti Park Foundation when
he was army chief, said the park had been developed with the sincere
intention of making it a national treasure, but declined to comment on
Colonel Boondee, who is said to have illegally crossed into Myanmar from
Mae Hong Song on November 1st. Thai authorities have already asked
Myanmar to deport him.
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