HRH the Crown Prince's Personal Affairs Office would like to announce that the reports have caused misunderstanding and confusion as the claims are false and intended as a means to further MR Tongnoi Tongyai's own business interests. The claims have not only damaged the country but also destabilised international investment in Thailand.

In fact MR Tongnoi Tongyai is a cunning man and personally immoral. After being denied permission to extend his term as HM's Deputy Principal Private Secretary, he asked to be transferred to HRH the Crown Prince's Personal Affairs Office. HRH the Crown Prince was compassionate enough to engage him, and he was assigned to work suiting his professional abilities, translating and drafting English documents and occasionally writing letters.

However, he proved a shrewd deceiver, habitually passing himself off as closely linked to HRH the Crown Prince, and he worked to a hidden agenda, often without transparency, which caused discontent among his colleagues at all levels. He was unswayed by the kindness of HRH the Crown Prince in having given him an opportunity to prove himself.

On the contrary, he took advantage of his position to make false claims for his personal gain, claims which led to his being approached by Temasek Holdings to be an adviser. His behaviour has shown him ungrateful for HRH the Crown Prince's mercy and has damaged both the institution and the country.

HRH the Crown Prince's Personal Office considers MR Tongnoi Tongyai a perverse abuser of power for his own benefit. His acts have misled the public and harmed HRH the Crown Prince's Personal Affairs Office, which thus finds itself obliged to publicise the facts of the matter.