Purported photo of Surayud's holiday home is fake: NCCC
National Counter Corruption Commission member Klanarong Chantik raises a document during a press conference on the NCCC’s findings into irregularity allegations against Premier Surayud Chulanont. NCCC chairman Panthep Klanarongran is at his right.
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The National Counter Corruption Commission will question a man over allegedly false evidence he submitted against Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont and may charge him with perjury.
The man submitted a photograph purporting to be the prime minister's holiday home. "The picture of what complainant Sudchai Boonchai said was Surayud's Nakhon Ratchasima vacation home is completely different from what graft investigators uncovered after an on-site inspection," commission chairman Panthep Klanarongran said yesterday. Sudchai submitted a picture of a luxury home complete with swimming pool and "five-star" facilities. He claimed Surayud owned it. The site visit showed the actual building to be a one-storey bungalow, he said. In his complaint, Sudchai submitted the picture as evidence of unexplained wealth and sought a commission probe. He asked for Surayud's assets accumulated before becoming prime minister to be investigated. Panthep said the commission was checking Surayud's seven asset statements filed while serving in the military and as member of an appointed Senate.
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