Suthep denies involvement in alleged PCC irregularities

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Suthep slaps Tarit with libel suit

Ex-deputy PM rejects claims of police station graft

Published: 7 Feb 2013 at 13.51
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Former deputy premier Suthep Thaugsuban Thursday filed a libel suit against Department of Special Investigation chief Tarit Pengdith for trying to implicate him in alleged irregularities in the police stations construction project.

Former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban on Thursday defended his role in the police station building contract saga after the Department of Special Investigation launched a probe of alleged corruption in the unfinished projects. (Photo by Apichart Jinakul)

Mr Suthep, who oversaw the Royal Thai Police during the Democrat administration, insisted that neither he nor former premier Abhisit Vejjajiva had any knowledge of a letter from potential bidders opposing the Royal Thai Police plan to centralise the bidding process for 396 police stations nationwide.

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boontong
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Discussion 55 : 08 Feb 2013 at 09.2755
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brilliant #55 - The present government has indeed followed up the contract and see to its completion. They have magnanimously allowed extensions to PCC based on the reasons given by the bid winner, but they did not make good the situation despite extensions. The horrifying part is during the course of inspecting the project implementation; irregularities surfaced. If the government has not been diligent in its monitoring of the project, irregularities won't surface.
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Discussion 54 : 08 Feb 2013 at 08.1654
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majority - "If a former PM could be sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for allowing his wife to openly bid for a piece of land, then the one who approved every step of this fishy deal which caused the state damages in billions of baht, must be put behind bar the rest of his life, if not a capital punishment."

That's just silly and disingenuous. And the current government was the one responsible for implementing and overseeing the contract. What's up with that?
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Discussion 53 : 08 Feb 2013 at 07.4853
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majority - "If a former PM could be sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for allowing his wife to openly bid for a piece of land, then the one who approved every step of this fishy deal which caused the state damages in billions of baht, must be put behind bar the rest of his life, if not a capital punishment."

Does that also apply to the corrupt government that was supposed to implement and oversee the project also, but kept putting it off until they had to find a scapegoat for their own incompetence?
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Discussion 52 : 08 Feb 2013 at 07.3552
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It would be wise for the ex Dep PM to let the court of law handle the case first before making any counter move against a government official who is just doing his job.
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Discussion 51 : 08 Feb 2013 at 06.5851
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If the Dems are responsible and did something wrong, then why did PT not blame them for that while PT was in the opposition? Isn't it the oppositions job to scrutinize what the ruling party does?

And if it was the Dems mistake and mess, then why would PT approve an extension of the contract saving PCC 5.8 million baht a day(!) in fines? Could it be some deal like reducing the fine to one million per day and another bank account number? Maybe PT has something to explain as well?
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Discussion 50 : 08 Feb 2013 at 06.3950
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This is rich. He looks and sounds like a Thai version of Richard Nixon: "I am not a crook!"
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Discussion 49 : 08 Feb 2013 at 05.5649
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Discussion 47,
I am sure the corrupt in Dubai says the same thing.
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Discussion 48 : 08 Feb 2013 at 05.1248
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Virtually, all Thai politicians are corrupted, including Suthep. So, the question is how corrupt is he, and compared to whom?
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Discussion 47 : 08 Feb 2013 at 04.5647
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Suddenly I had a flashback of Richard Nixon's "I am not a crook" speech.
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Discussion 46 : 08 Feb 2013 at 00.1046
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Was the People Power Party (PPP) not set up by Thaksin where his team nominated Samak ex-Bangkok governor as PM for PPP? I recall PPP was then disqualified so that led Thaksin to set up Pua Thai Party (PTP) so the DSI need to investigate this matter with Thaksin right?
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