Ex-police chief Chakthip accused of corruption
published : 25 Jul 2023 at 13:00
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
The National Anti-Corruption Commission plans to file charges against former national police chief Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda and three other high-level officers in connection with the 2.1 billion baht purchase of equipment for the Immigration Police Bureau (IPB) in 2019, a police source said.
The case emerged when Sittra Biabungkerd of the People's Lawyers Foundation asked the NACC to investigate the biometrics procurement project after it was found the equipment did not meet the specifications in the terms of reference.
The company contracted to supply the equipment was also unable to deliver it to the Royal Thai Police Office (RTPO) in six consignments within 66 days, by May 2, 2019, as stated in the contract.
Despite these shortcomings, the RTPO agreed to accept the equipment and extended the deadline to June 30, 2019 so the supplier did not have to pay a fine of 5 million baht a day.
In 2020, Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn, a former IPB commissioner who was then an RTPO adviser, was called by the NACC as a witness.
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Vocabulary
- biometric (adj): using some unique part of a person's "biology" or body to identify them, such as a scan of the retina of their eye which is unique - สถิติชีวภาพ
- commissioner: the head of a particular police force in some countries - ผู้ตรวจการณ์
- consignment (noun): goods that are delivered to someplace - จำนวนสินค้าที่ส่งไป
- contract: an official written agreement - สัญญา
- corruption (n): dishonest or illegal behaviour, especially of people in authority -
- emerge: to become known - เป็นที่ประจักษ์ต่อ
- fine: an amount of money that you have to pay because you have broken the law - ค่าปรับ
- procurement: the process of buying supplies or equipment for a government department or company - การจัดซื้อวัสดุ เครื่องมือสำหรับบริษัท หรือหน่วยงานของรัฐ
- shortcoming: a fault in somebody's character, a plan, a system, etc. - จุดอ่อน, ปมด้อย
- specifications: a detailed description of how something is, or should be, designed or made - ข้อมูลจำเพาะ (มักปรากฏท้ายคู่มือผลิตภัณฑ์ต่างๆ เช่น เครื่องใช้ไฟฟ้า)
- terms of reference: the instructions that someone must follow when they study, examine or carry out something the instructions that someone must follow when they study, examine or carry out something - ขอบเขตของงาน, รายละเอียด เงื่อนไขหรือข้อกำหนด
- witness: a person who sees something happen - ผู้ที่เห็นเหตุการณ์
